Weather type classification of wildfire ignitions in the central Gulf Coast, United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2620-2634

  Labosier, Christopher F ^a   Frauenfeld, Oliver W ^a   Quiring, Steven M ^a   Lafon, Charles W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Southeast USA; Synoptic climatology; Teleconnections; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; TROPICS;

MODERN TECHNIQUES; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; SOUTHEAST USA; SPATIAL SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; SPEARMAN RANK CORRELATION; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; TELECONNECTIONS; WILDFIRE;

FIRES;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TELECONNECTION; WILDFIRE;

DROUGHT; FOREST FIRES; METEOROLOGY; SOUTHERN USA;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937057603     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4160     Document Type: Article

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