NCEP-ECPC monthly to seasonal US fire danger forecasts

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-414

  Roads, J ^a   Tripp, P ^a   Juang, H ^b   Wang, J ^b   Fujioka, F ^c   Chen, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

climate models; fire climatology.

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954093336     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07079     Document Type: Article

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