Considerations for characterizing fuels as inputs for fire behavior models

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 102-114

  Hall, Sonia A ^a   Burke, Ingrid C ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Active crown fire hazard; Canopy base height; Canopy bulk density; Fire behavior simulation model inputs; Fuel Models; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; MANAGERS;

ACTIVE CROWN FIRE HAZARD; CANOPY BASE HEIGHT; CANOPY BULK DENSITY; FIRE BEHAVIOR SIMULATION MODEL INPUTS; FUEL MODELS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; MONTANE FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; FORESTRY;

EID: 33646086222     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.022     Document Type: Article

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