Fire growth simulations of the price canyon, thirtymile and storm king mountain fires using high resolution wind simulation tools and farsite

Joint Meeting of the Sixth Symposium on FIre and Forest Meteorology and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 147-150

  Butler, B W ^a   Forthofer, J M ^a   Stratton, R D ^a   Finney, M A ^a   Bradshaw, L S ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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