Weather Awareness: On the Lookout for Wildfire in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Mountains are crucial places in which to observe, experience, and learn about rapid weather and climate shifts, felt to varying degrees in different contexts. Fire lookout observers, immersed in the mountain environments of Alberta, Canada, for 5 to 6 months of the year, many of them returning to th...
Main Authors: | Kristen Anne Walsh, Mary Sanseverino, Eric Higgs |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Mountain Society
2017-11-01
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Series: | Mountain Research and Development |
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Online Access: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-16-00048.1 |
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