Flammability limits of biogenic volatile organic compounds emitted by fire-heated vegetation (Rosmarinus officinalis) and their potential link with accelerating forest fires in canyons: A Froude-scaling approach

Journal of Fire Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 316-327

  Chetehouna, Khaled ^a   Courty, Léo ^a   Garo, Jean P ^b   Viegas, Domingos X ^c   Fernandez Pello, Carlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

accelerating forest fire; Biogenic volatile organic compounds emission; flammability limits; Froude scaling law

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FLAMMABILITY;

ACCELERATING FOREST FIRES; BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FLAMMABILITY LIMITS; FROUDE-SCALING LAW; MASS FRACTION; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; TEMPERATURE FUNCTION;

FIRES;

DEFORESTATION; EMISSION; FLAMMABILITY; FOREST FIRES; VOC;

EID: 84904763744     PISSN: 07349041     EISSN: 15308049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734904113514810     Document Type: Article

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