Assessing crown fire potential in coniferous forests of western North America: A critique of current approaches and recent simulation studies

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-398

  Cruz, Miguel G ^a,b   Alexander, Martin E ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

canopy base height; canopy bulk density; crown fire behaviour; crown fraction burned; crowning; Crowning Index; dead fuel moisture content; fire behaviour; fire behaviour modelling; fireline intensity; foliar moisture content; forest structure; rate of fire spread; Torching Index; wind speed.

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 77954113551     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF08132     Document Type: Review

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