Modeling spatial and temporal dynamics of wind flow and potential fire behavior following a mountain pine beetle outbreak in a lodgepole pine forest

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-93

  Hoffman, Chad M ^a   Linn, Rodman ^b   Parsons, Russell ^c   Sieg, Carolyn ^d   Winterkamp, Judith ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Fire behavior; Heterogeneous fuels; HIGRAD FIRETEC; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FIRE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

COLEOPTERA; PINUS CONTORTA; PINUS MUGO; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 84922573907     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2015.01.018     Document Type: Article

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