Regional projections of the likelihood of very large wildland fires under a changing climate in the contiguous Western United States

Climatic Change

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 455-468

  Stavros, E Natasha ^a   Abatzoglou, John T ^b   McKenzie, Donald ^c   Larkin, Narasimhan K ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS;

CHANGING CLIMATE; CLIMATE PROJECTION; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SEASONAL CHANGES; WESTERN UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; MITIGATION; WILDFIRE;

GREAT BASIN; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85027918337     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1229-6     Document Type: Article

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