Physically motivated empirical models for the spread and intensity of grass fires

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 595-601

  Higgins, Steven I ^a   Bond, William J ^b   Trollope, Winston S W ^c   Williams, Richard J ^d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire behaviour; Fire intensity; Grassland; Rate of spread; Savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849138750     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF06037     Document Type: Article

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