- Author
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National Academy of Sciences
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National Research Council
- Title
- Study of Fire Problems.
- Coporate
- National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC
National Research Council, Washington, DC
- Report
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Publication 949,
1961,
183 p.
- Book or Conf
- Study of Fire Problems. Proceedings. July 17-August 11, 1961,
Woods Hole, MA,
1961
- Keywords
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fire research
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costs
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fire protection
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forest fires
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fire spread
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fire models
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fuels
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humidity
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flame radiation
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wind effects
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wildland fires
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urban/wildland interface
- Identifiers
- general features of the fire problem; economic aspects of fire; organization and operations of urban- and forest-fire protection; toward an understanding of fire; fire-front propagation; fuel characteristics of a forest; radiative transport problems arising in fire spread; effect of atmospheric humidity; estimation of winds in a forest; operations research in forest fire problems