Infrared imagery of crown-fire dynamics during FROSTFIRE

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1241-1259

  Coen, Janice ^a   Mahalingam, Shankar ^b   Daily, John ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE SENSORS; INFRARED IMAGING; METEOROLOGY; WIND EFFECTS;

CROWN-FIRE DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC MECHANISMS; FIREFIGHTERS; IMAGE-FLOW-ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; INFRARED IMAGERY;

FIRE PROTECTION;

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 5044239208     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2004)043<1241:IIOCDD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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