Objective identification of multiple large fire climatologies: An application to a Mediterranean ecosystem

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Ruffault, J ^a,b   Moron, V ^b,c   Trigo, R M ^d   Curt, T ^a  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

climate change; Fire regime; fire weather; large fires; Mediterranean France

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CURRENT INCREASE; FIRE REGIMES; FIRE WEATHER; MEDITERRANEAN ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN FRANCE; OBJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION;

FIRES;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATOLOGY; FIRE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOISTURE CONTENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WIND VELOCITY;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84980332109     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/7/075006     Document Type: Article

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