Synoptic patterns associated with wildfires caused by lightning in Castile and Leon, Spain

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 851-863

  Garcia Ortega E ^a   Trobajo, M T ^a   Lopez L ^a   Sanchez J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; LIGHTNING; NATURAL HAZARD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM; WILDFIRE;

CASTILE; CASTILLA Y LEON; LEON [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SPAIN;

EID: 79952808314     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-851-2011     Document Type: Article

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