Fire weather and climate of New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Forestry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 13-18

  Pearce, H Grant ^b   Clifford, Veronica ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE DANGER; FIRE ENVIRONMENT; FIRE WEATHER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KEY COMPONENT; LOW HUMIDITY; NEW ZEALAND; STRONG WINDS; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER STATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGY;

FIRES;

EID: 78650728974     PISSN: 11747986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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