Fire growth using minimum travel time methods

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1420-1424

  Finney, Mark A ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FIRES; INTERPOLATION;

TRAVEL TIME METHODS;

FORESTRY;

FIRE; MODELING; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 0036443353     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-068     Document Type: Article

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