Projected effects of climate and development on California wildfire emissions through 2100

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2298-2304

  Hurteau, Matthew D ^a   Westerling, Anthony L ^b   Wiedinmyer, Christine ^c   Bryant, Benjamin P ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84894234951     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4050133     Document Type: Article

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