Risk assessment for wildfire in the Western United States

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 870, 2013, Pages 249-252

  Peterson, David L ^a   Littell, Jeremy S ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY FLUX; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST FIRE; FOREST HEALTH; PARAMETERIZATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84878405308     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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