Climate controls on the variability of fires in the tropics and subtropics

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Van Der Werf, Guido R ^a   Randerson, James T ^b   Giglio, Louis ^c,e   Gobron, Nadine ^d   Dolman, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FIRES; ANNUAL PRECIPITATIONS; ARID ECOSYSTEMS; BURNED AREAS; COMPLEX INTERACTIONS; DERIVED DATUM; DRY SEASONS; ECOSYSTEM PROCESS; FIRE ACTIVITIES; FIRE EMISSIONS; FOREST AREAS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTEGRATED INFORMATIONS; INTER ANNUALS; INTERMEDIATE LEVELS; LAND MANAGERS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACKS; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTIONS; NORTHERN AUSTRALIA; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATIONS; PRECIPITATION RATES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITIES; TROPICAL FORESTS;

ARID REGIONS; DEFORESTATION; DISASTERS; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; FIRE DETECTORS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TROPICS;

FIRES;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SATELLITE DATA; TROPICAL FOREST;

AFRICA; AMAZON RIVER; ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 65549162980     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB003122     Document Type: Article

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