Chapter 3 Characterizing Sources of Emissions from Wildland Fires

Developments in Environmental Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages 61-78

  Ottmar, Roger D ^a   Miranda, Ana Isabel ^a   Sandberg, David V ^a  

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EID: 51949119436     PISSN: 14748177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-8177(08)00003-X     Document Type: Review

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