Los Alamos forest fire impact modeling

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-384

  Earles, T Andrew ^a   Wright, Kenneth R ^a   Brown, Christopher ^a   Langan, Thomas E ^a  

^a WRIGHT WATER ENGINEERS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system.; Hydraulics; Modeling; Surface water hydrology; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDES; DRAINAGE; FLOOD CONTROL; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY; INFILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATERSHEDS; WETTING;

ACTINIDE TRANSPORT; FIRE IMPACT MODELING; FLOODPLAIN DILNEATION; WILDFIRES;

WATER RESOURCES;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; WILDFIRE;

LOS ALAMOS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LEUCAENA DIVERSIFOLIA;

EID: 4544283987     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01036.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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