Spatial and temporal distribution of lightning fire and forecasting model for daxing'anling region

Forest Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-20

  Tian, Xiao Rui ^a   Shu, Li Fu ^a   Wang, Ming Yu ^a   Zhao, Feng Jun ^a  

^a State Forestry Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Daxing'anling region; Fire danger; Forecasting model; Lightning fire

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIRE; FORECASTING METHOD; GRASSLAND; HUMIDITY; LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WEATHER;

ASIA; CHINA; DA HINGGAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 64549146695     PISSN: 10011498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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