Behind the flaming zone: Predicting woody fuel consumption in eucalypt forest fires in southern Australia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2049-2067

  Hollis, J J ^a,b,c   Matthews, S ^b,c,d   Anderson, W R ^a   Cruz, M G ^b   Burrows, N D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Eucalypt forest fire; Forest Fire Danger Index; Woody fuel consumption

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMBUSTION STAGE; DATA SETS; EMISSION TARGETS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; EUCALYPT FOREST; EUCALYPT FOREST FIRE; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE MANAGERS; FOREST FIRE DANGER INDEX; FOREST FIRES; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; FUEL LOADS; FUEL PARTICLES; HIGH INTENSITY; LAND MANAGEMENTS; LINEAR MODEL; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MODEL DEVELOPMENT; POST-FIRE; WOODY FUEL CONSUMPTION;

AIR QUALITY; DEBRIS; DEFORESTATION; FUEL GAGES; FUELS; IGNITION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; STEEL METALLURGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FIRES;

AIR QUALITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; WILDFIRE;

AIR QUALITY; DEFORESTATION; DISPERSIONS; EUCALYPTUS; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUELS; IGNITION; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALLURGY; STEEL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79955021443     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.031     Document Type: Article

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