Alternative equations to estimate the surface-to-volume ratio of different forest fuel particles

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 648-656

  Hachmi, M ^a   Sesbou, A ^a   Benjelloun, H ^a   Bouanane, F ^b  

^a Ecole Nationale Forestiere d'Ingenieurs   (Morocco)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Ellipse perimeter; Morocco; perimeter to surface ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051661864     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF09042     Document Type: Article

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