Sensitivity and evaluation of current fire risk and future projections due to climate change: The case study of Greece

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 143-153

  Karali, A ^a   Hatzaki, M ^a   Giannakopoulos, C ^a   Roussos, A ^a   Xanthopoulos, G ^b   Tenentes, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FOREST FIRE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

GREECE;

EID: 84892994587     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-14-143-2014     Document Type: Article

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