Fuel biomass and combustion factors associated with fires in savanna ecosystems of South Africa and Zambia

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 23551-23568

  Shea, Ronald W ^a,d   Shea, Barbara W ^a,d   Kauffman, J Boone ^a   Ward, Darold E ^b   Haskins, Craig I ^c   Scholes, Mary C ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d US Department of Agriculture ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS BURNING; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FUEL LOAD; SAVANNA ECOSYSTEM;

SOUTH AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0038616625     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95jd02047     Document Type: Article

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