Using fine-scale fuel measurements to assess wildland fuels, potential fire behavior and hazard mitigation treatments in the southeastern USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 273, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-3

  Ottmar, Roger D ^a   Blake, John I ^b   Crolly, William T ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire behavior; Fuel inventory; Fuel treatment effectiveness; Southeastern United States

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; DATA SOURCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE PRONE; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; FUEL INVENTORIES; FUEL INVENTORY; FUEL MANAGEMENT; FUEL TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS; FUEL TREATMENTS; HAZARD MITIGATIONS; RIVER SITES; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY; WILDLAND FIRE; WILDLAND FUELS;

FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES;

FUELS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST INVENTORY; FUEL; HETEROGENEITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859218362     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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