Estimating combustion of large downed woody debris from residual white ash

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 245-248

  Smit, Alistair M S ^a   Hudak, Andrew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Burned area; Carbon; Emission estimates; Loss on ignition; Remote sensing; Savanna

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS AMERICANA;

EID: 27544492213     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF05011     Document Type: Article

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