Seasonal predictability of summer fires in a Mediterranean environment

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1076-1084

  Marcos, Raül ^a   Turco, Marco ^b   Bedía, Joaquín ^c   Llasat, Maria Carmen ^a   Provenzale, Antonello ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catalonia; drought; ECMWF System 4; regression model; seasonal forecast

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948753606     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF15079     Document Type: Article

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