The relationship of post-fire white ash cover to surface fuel consumption

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 780-785

  Hudak, Andrew T ^a   Ottmar, Roger D ^b   Vihnanek, Robert E ^b   Brewer, Nolan W ^c   Smith, Alistair M S ^c   Morgan, Penelope ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

black char; fire effects; fire severity; fuelbed; prescribed fire.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883420202     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12150     Document Type: Article

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