Nomographs for estimating surface fire behavior characteristics

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 192 RMRS-GTR, 2007, Pages 1-112

  Scott, Joe H ^a  

^a Systems for Environmental Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire behavior prediction; Flame length; Fuel model; Rate of spread

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GRAPHICAL METHOD; SLOPE; WIND;

EID: 34248221055     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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