A coupled atmosphere-fire model: Role of the convective froude number and dynamic fingering at the fireline

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 177-190

  Clark, Terry L ^a   Jenkins, Mary Ann ^b   Coen, Janice L ^a   Packham, David R ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atmospheric model; Dynamic fingering; Fire dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040121326     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF9960177     Document Type: Article

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