Research progress on forest fire whirl

Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1056-1062

  Zhao, Feng Jun ^a,b   Wang, Ming Yu ^a,b   Shu, Li Fu ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

^b Forestry Institute of the Academy of Forestry   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Fire whirl; Forest fire; Generation mechanism; Model

Indexed keywords

FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; LABORATORY METHOD; LASER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VORTEX;

EID: 77953742474     PISSN: 10019332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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