Characterizing fuels in the 21st Century

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 10, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 381-387

  Sandberg, David V ^a   Ottmar, Roger D ^a   Cushon, Geoffrey H ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; FCC; Fire behavior; Fire effects; Fire management; Fire modeling; Fuel characteristics; Fuel classification; Fuel models; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035634894     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/wf01036     Document Type: Article

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