Modelling wildfire activity in Iberia with different atmospheric circulation weather types

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2761-2778

  Trigo, Ricardo M ^a,b   Sousa, Pedro M ^a   Pereira, Mário G ^a,c   Rasilla, Domingo ^d   Gouveia, Célia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Iberian Peninsula; Regression models; Weather types; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; FIRES; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

CORRELATION AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; REGRESSION MODEL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SYNOPTIC WEATHER PATTERNS; WEATHER TYPES; WILDFIRES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878945219     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3749     Document Type: Article

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