A mathematical model for predicting the maximum potential spotting distance from a crown fire

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  International Journal of Wildland Fire

• Publication date

  2012-08-27

• Fields of study

  Geography, Mathematics, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1071/WF11020
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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