A Mesoscale Model Application to Fire Weather Winds

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 255-263

  Gómez Tejedor, José A ^a   Estrela, María J ^b   Millán, Millán M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire meteorology; Forest fire; Meteorological models; RAMS (Regional Atmospheric Modeling System); Spanish Mediterranean Coast; Valencian Region; Wind

Indexed keywords

VALENCIA;

EID: 0000738502     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf00010     Document Type: Article

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