Wildfire occurrence in forests of the Altai–Sayan region under current climate changes

Contemporary Problems of Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-36

  Ponomarev, E I ^a   Kharuk, V I ^a  

^a SUKACHEV INSTITUTE OF FOREST   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Altai Sayan region; dryness index; weather station data; wildfire

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WEATHER STATION; WILDFIRE;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; SAYAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84961626118     PISSN: 19954255     EISSN: 19954263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S199542551601011X     Document Type: Article

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