Long-Lead Prediction of the 2015 Fire and Haze Episode in Indonesia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2017, Pages 9996-10,005

  Shawki, Dilshad ^a   Field, Robert D ^b,c   Tippett, Michael K ^c,d   Saharjo, Bambang Hero ^e   Albar, Israr ^f   Atmoko, Dwi ^g   Voulgarakis, Apostolos ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f Ecosystem and Nature Resource Conservation   (Indonesia)

^g Indonesian Agency for Meteorology   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

biomass burning, fire; El Ni o; forecasting; haze; Indonesia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DROUGHT; FIRES; NICKEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS;

BIOMASS-BURNING; FIRE DANGER RATING; FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEMS; HAZE; INDONESIA; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEASONAL MODELING;

FORECASTING;

BIOMASS BURNING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DRY SEASON; EL NINO; FIRE; FORECASTING METHOD; HAZE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

ASIA; BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; NEW GUINEA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 85032454771     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017GL073660     Document Type: Article

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