Relative importance of weather and climate on wildfire growth in interior Alaska

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-486

  Abatzoglou, John T ^a   Kolden, Crystal A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

boreal forest; fire danger indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959554079     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF10046     Document Type: Article

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