Fuel moisture sensitivity to temperature and precipitation: climate change implications

Climatic Change

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 59-71

  Flannigan, M D ^a   Wotton, B M ^b,c   Marshall, G A ^a   de Groot, W J ^b   Johnston, J ^b   Jurko, N ^b   Cantin, A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GREAT LAKES FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); DEFORESTATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; FUELS; MOISTURE;

CANADIAN FORESTS; DAILY PRECIPITATIONS; DAILY TEMPERATURES; EMISSION SCENARIO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FLOOR; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

CANADA;

EID: 84951569913     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1521-0     Document Type: Article

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