4. An assessment of the role of anthropogenic climate change in the Alaska fire season of 2015

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2016, Pages S14-S18

  Partain, James L ^a   Alden, Sharon ^b   Bhatt, Uma S ^c   Bieniek, Peter A ^c   Brettschneider, Brian R ^c   Lader, Rick T ^c   Olsson, Peter Q ^d   Rupp, T Scott ^c,e   Strader, Heidi ^b   Thoman, Richard L ^a   Walsh, John E ^c   York, Alison D ^c   Ziel, Robert H ^f  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Alaska Interagency Coordination Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^e Alaska Biological Science Center   (United States)

^f Alaska Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; NOCV1;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 85011709995     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0149.1     Document Type: Article

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