Modeling fire effects

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 373-380

  Reinhardt, Elizabeth D ^a   Keane, Robert E ^a   Brown, James K ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire effects; Modeling; Scale; Simulation; Smoke; Vegetation succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623990     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf01035     Document Type: Article

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