BehavePlus fire modeling system, version 4.0: Variables

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR

Volumn , Issue 213 RMRS-GTR, 2008, Pages 1-110

  Andrews, Patricia L ^a,b,c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Fire Sciences Laboratory   (United States)

^c Fire Sciences Laboratory

Author keywords

Computer program; Fire behavior; Fire intensity; Fire modeling; Fire spread

Indexed keywords

DIAGRAM; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAPHICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 48749124233     PISSN: 02775786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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