Fire weather and large fire potential in the northern Sierra Nevada

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-35

  Collins, Brandon M ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire management; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FIRE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER STATION;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893423140     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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