Quantifying physical characteristics of wildland fuels using the fuel characteristic classification system

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2413-2420

  Riccardi, Cynthia L ^a   Prichard, Susan J ^b   Sandberg, David V ^a   Ottmar, Roger D ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOSSIL FUELS; WOOD FUELS;

CARBON ASSESSMENTS; CROWN FIRE PREDICTIONS; WILDLAND FUELS;

FORESTRY;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FUEL; FUELWOOD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SIMULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS;

EID: 38849149800     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-175     Document Type: Article

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