Development of an adapted empirical drought index to the Mediterranean conditions for use in forestry

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-250

  Ganatsas, Petros ^a   Antonis, Mantzavelas ^b   Marianthi, Tsakaldimi ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b OMIKRON Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; KBDI; Keetch Byram drought index; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; FOREST FIRE; GRASS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES; WILDFIRE;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 78650175200     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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