Predicting the ignition of crown fuels above a spreading surface fire. Part I: Model idealization

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-60

  Cruz, Miguel G ^a,b   Butler, Bret W ^c   Alexander, Martin E ^d,e   Forthofer, Jason M ^c   Wakimoto, Ronald H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

^e LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown fire initiation; Fire behavior; Heat transfer; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644828352     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF04061     Document Type: Article

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