Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Modeling fuel consumption

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 317, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-50

  Ottmar, Roger D ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; Fuel consumption; Wildland fire emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FIRES; FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IGNITION; QUALITY CONTROL; TOPOGRAPHY;

AEROSOL EMISSIONS; ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; CARBON EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION INVENTORIES; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PYROLYSIS AND COMBUSTIONS; WILDLAND FIRE EMISSIONS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

BIOMASS BURNING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; DATA SET; FLOW MODELING; FUEL CONSUMPTION; PYROLYSIS; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84895930126     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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