Fire-climate interaction in forests of the American Pacific coast

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2006, Pages

  Trouet, Valerie ^a   Taylor, Alan H ^a   Carleton, Andrew M ^a   Skinner, Carl N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; FIRES; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; FORESTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; WILDFIRE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FIRES;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; FOREST FIRE; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; TELECONNECTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AMERICAN PACIFIC; ANNUAL AREA BURNED; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATIC VARIATION; NATIONAL FORESTS; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SELF-ORGANIZING MAPPING;

EID: 35548943153     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027502     Document Type: Article

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