Development and evaluation of the photoload sampling technique

USDA Forest Service - Research Paper RMRS-RP

Volumn , Issue 61 RMRS-RP, 2007, Pages 1-32

  Keane, Robert E ^a   Dickinson, Laura J ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel load loading; Fuel sampling; Line intersect inventory; Photo series; Wildland fire and fuels

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE FUEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRE BEHAVIOR; PHOTOGRAPH; SAMPLING; WILDFIRE;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34247326990     PISSN: 05025001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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