National gridded drought factors and comparison of two soil moisture deficit formulations used in prediction of Forest Fire Danger Index in Australia

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-197

  Finkele, Klara ^a,b   Mills, Graham A ^a,b   Beard, Grant ^c   Jones, David A ^c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FOREST FIRE; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846038366     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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