Synoptic circulation control on wild fire occurrence

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 544-552

  Kassomenos, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

COST 733; KMEANS; Synoptic circulation; Weather catalogues; Wild fires

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CIRCULATION CONTROL; FOREST FIRES; K-MEANS; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SYNOPTIC CIRCULATION; SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; WEATHER SYSTEMS; WILD FIRE;

COST REDUCTION; DEFORESTATION; LIBRARIES;

FIRES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; FOREST FIRE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WILDFIRE;

COST CONTROL; CULTIVATION; DEFORESTATION; FIRES; GREECE; LIBRARIES; MEDITERRANEAN; PRECIPITATION; WEATHER;

GREECE;

EID: 77954959240     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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