Projection of fire potential to future climate scenarios in the Alpine area: Some methodological considerations

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 733-746

  Cane, D ^a   Wastl, C ^b   Barbarino, S ^a   Renier, L A ^a   Schunk, C ^b   Menzel, A ^b  

^a ARPA PIEMONTE   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; HIGHER RESOLUTION; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; LONG TERM RECORDS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MULTI-MODEL ENSEMBLE; MULTI-MODEL SUPERENSEMBLE; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DEFORESTATION;

FIRES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COSMO-SKYMED; FUTURE PROSPECT; IMAGE RESOLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WILDFIRE;

DEFORESTATION; FOREST FIRES; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ALPS;

EID: 84880572914     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0775-7     Document Type: Article

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