Analysis of small-scale convective dynamics in a crown fire using infrared video camera imagery

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1401-1420

  Clark, Terry L ^a   Radke, Larry ^a   Coen, Janice ^a   Middleton, Don ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION; FIRE; FLUID DYNAMICS; VORTEX;

EID: 0033393324     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<1401:AOSSCD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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