Long-distance spotting potential of bark strips of a ribbon gum (Eucalyptus viminalis)

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1109-1117

  Hall, James ^a   Ellis, Peter F ^b   Cary, Geoffrey J ^a   Bishop, Glenys ^c   Sullivan, Andrew L ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

burnout time; experiment; flameout time; modelling; spotfire; terminal velocity; wildfire

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948766172     PISSN: 10498001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WF15031     Document Type: Article

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