Estimating fuel consumption for the upper coastal plain of South Carolina

Southern Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-12

  Goodrick, Scott L ^a   Shea, Dan ^b   Blake, John ^b  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b US Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Emissions; Fuel consumption; Prescribed fire

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FIRES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LANDFORMS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY REGULATIONS; EMISSIONS ESTIMATION; FIRE DANGER RATING SYSTEMS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRESCRIBED BURNING; PRESCRIBED FIRES; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP;

FUELS;

EID: 77249102115     PISSN: 01484419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sjaf/34.1.5     Document Type: Article

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