Standard fire behavior fuel models: A comprehensive set for use with Rothermel's surface fire spread model

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 153 RMRS-GTR, 2005, Pages 1-76

  Scott, Joe H ^a   Burgan, Robert E ^b  

^a Systems for Environmental Management   (United States)

^b Applications Team   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic fuel model; Fire behavior prediction; Fire modeling; Surface fuel

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUEL; MODEL; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 34247397882     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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