Projected climate change impact on fire risk and heavy snow loads in the Finnish forests
The aim of this work was to study the climate change impact on two specific abiotic risks affecting forests in Finland: fires and heavy snow loads. Approximately 1000 forest fires occur annually in Finland, but thanks to effective fire suppression, the average size of fires is only about 0.5 ha. Occ...
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Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English |
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Finnish Meteorological Institute
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/214066 |