A comparison of three approaches for simulating fine-scale surface winds in support of wildland fire management. Part II. An exploratory study of the effect of simulated winds on fire growth simulations

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 982-994

  Forthofer, Jason M ^a   Butler, Bret W ^a   Mchugh, Charles W ^a   Finney, Mark A ^a   Bradshaw, Larry S ^a   Stratton, Richard D ^a   Shannon, Kyle S ^a   Wagenbrenner, Natalie S ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

fire behaviour modelling; wildland fire decision support; wind modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908228513     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF12090     Document Type: Article

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