The potential and promise of physics-based wildfire simulation

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 161-172

  Hanson, Howard P ^a   Bradley, Michael M ^b   Bossert, James E ^a   Linn, Rodman R ^a   Younker, Leland W ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Emergency planning; Natural disaster; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039177626     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(00)00083-6     Document Type: Note

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