Chapter 21 Fire Danger and Fire Behavior Modeling Systems in Australia, Europe, and North America

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 471-497

  Fujioka, Francis M ^a   Gill, A Malcolm ^a   Viegas, Domingos X ^a   Wotton, B Mike ^a  

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EID: 51949111532     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(08)00021-1     Document Type: Review

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