- Author
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Mphale, K. M.
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Luhanga, P. V. C.
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Heron, M. L.
- Title
- Microwave Attenuation in Forest Fuel Flames.
- Coporate
- Botswana Univ., P/Bag 0022, Gaborone, Botswana
James Cook Univ., Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia
- Journal
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Combustion and Flame,
Vol. 154,
No. 4,
728-739,
September 2008
- Keywords
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forest fires
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fuels
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attenuation
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plasmas (physics)
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emissions
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combustion
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controlled burning
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equations
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experiments
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flame temperature
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thermocouples
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alkali metals
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alkaline metals
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heat transfer
- Identifiers
- active remote sensing systems; flame conductivity; weakly ionized plasma; thermal ionisation; vegetation combustion; microwave attenuation from S-parameter measurements; natural forest fuel samples; forest fuel flame temperature measurement; alkali and alkaline metal content in the forest fuel sample; S-parameter measurements; thermocouple temperature correction; combustion behaviour of the samples in the hexagonal burner; measured phase shifts; electron density and collision frequency during flaming; alkali content in forest fuels used in the burner (ICP-AES method); electron density in forest fuel flames; collision frequency in forest fuel flames