Fuels and fire behavior dynamics on large-scale savanna fires in Kruger National Park, South Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 23541-23550

  Stocks, B J ^a   Van Wilgen, B W ^b,f   Trollope, W S W ^c   McRae, D J ^a   Mason, J A ^a   Weirich, F ^d   Potgieter, A L F ^e  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Biomedical Translational Research Initiative   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^f Jonkershoek Research Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FUEL LOAD; PARTICULATE; SAFARI PROJECT; SMOKE PLUME; TRACE GAS;

SOUTH AFRICA, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 0030407454     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd01734     Document Type: Article

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