On the existence of a steady state regime for slope and wind driven fires

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-117

  Viegas, Domingos X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

'Blow up'; Canyon fires; Convective effects; Fire acceleration; Fire behaviour; Fire dynamics; Fire growth; Modelling; Slope and wind effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442465922     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF03008     Document Type: Article

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