Multi-scalar influence of weather and climate on very large-fires in the Eastern United States

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2180-2186

  Barbero, Renaud ^a   Abatzoglou, John T ^a   Kolden, Crystal A ^a   Hegewisch, Katherine C ^a   Larkin, Narasimhan K ^b   Podschwit, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate fire linkages; Eastern United States; Temporal scales; Very large fires

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FUELS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC FACTORS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EASTERN UNITED STATES; FIRE LINKAGES; SEASONAL CLIMATE FORECAST; SEASONAL DROUGHTS; TEMPORAL SCALE;

FIRES;

EID: 84939463326     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4090     Document Type: Article

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