A downslope fire spread correction factor based on landscape-scale fire behaviour

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 153-163

  Sullivan, A L ^a   Sharples, J J ^b   Matthews, S ^a   Plucinski, M P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire behaviour; Kataburn; Prediction; Simulation; Topography; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

TOPOGRAPHY;

BUSHFIRE BEHAVIOUR; CORRECTION FACTORS; DOWNSLOPE; FIRE BEHAVIOUR; FIRE SPREAD; KATABURN; SIMULATION; WILDFIRE;

FORECASTING;

BURNING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIRE; LANDSCAPE; SIMULATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907072278     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2014.08.024     Document Type: Article

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