Numerical simulations of grassland fires in the Northern Territory, Australia: A new subgrid-scale fire parameterization

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2003, Pages

  Clark, Terry L ^a   Griffiths, Morwenna ^b   Reeder, Michael J ^b   Latham, Don ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Numerical modeling; Parameterization; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMBUSTION; NUMERICAL METHOD; OXIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 1342331979     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003340     Document Type: Article

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