Impact of antecedent climate on fire regimes in coastal California

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-182

  Keeley, Jon E ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; ENSO; Foehn winds

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243140509     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF03037     Document Type: Article

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