Extreme fire season in California: A glimpse into the future?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S5-S9

  Yoon, Jin Ho ^a   Simon Wang, S Y ^b   Gillies, Robert R ^b   Hipps, Lawrence ^b   Kravitz, Ben ^a   Rasch, Philip J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

BURNED AREAS; CALIFORNIA; FIRE RISKS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84955460906     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00114.1     Document Type: Review

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