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11 Jun 2014
Research article |
| 11 Jun 2014
Temporal variations and change in forest fire danger in Europe for 1960–2012
A. Venäläinen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Change Research Unit, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
N. Korhonen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Change Research Unit, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
O. Hyvärinen
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate Change Research Unit, P.O. Box 503, 00101 Helsinki, Finland
N. Koutsias
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, G. Seferi 2, 30100 Agrinio, Greece
F. Xystrakis
Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, G. Seferi 2, 30100 Agrinio, Greece
I. R. Urbieta
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
J. M. Moreno
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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