Wildland–urban interface fire behaviour and fire modelling in live fuels

David R. Weise; B. Mike Wotton

doi:10.1071/WF09107

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Wildland–urban interface fire behaviour and fire modelling in live fuels

David R. Weise ^A and B. Mike Wotton ^B

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^A Forest Fire Laboratory, Pacific Southwest Research Station, USDA Forest Service, 4955 Canyon Crest Driver, Riverside, CA 92507, USA. Email: dweise@fs.fed.us

^B Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Canadian Forest Service, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 2E5, Canada. Email: mwotton@nrcan.gc.ca

International Journal of Wildland Fire 19(2) 149-152 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF09107
Published: 31 March 2010

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