The BlueSky smoke modeling framework

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 906-920

  Larkin, Narasimhan K ^a   O'Neill, Susan M ^b   Solomon, Robert ^a   Raffuse, Sean ^c   Strand, Tara ^a   Sullivan, Dana C ^c   Krull, Candace ^a   Rorig, Miriam ^a   Peterson, Janice ^d   Ferguson, Sue A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

^c SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 72149099565     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF07086     Document Type: Article

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