Forest Fire Research: The Latest Advances Tools for Understanding and Managing Wildland Fire

• Published in: Journal of Combustion Vol. 2011; no. 2011; pp. 71 - 72
• Main Authors: Santoni, Paul-Antoine, Sullivan, Andrew, Morvan, Dominique, Mell, William E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Limiteds 01.01.2011; Hindawi Puplishing Corporation; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Hindawi Limited; Wiley
• Subjects: Decision analysis; Decision making; Decision support systems; Fire hazards; Forest & brush fires; Forest fires; Geographic information systems; Hazard mitigation; Knowledge management; Management planning; Prescribed fire; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Spatial analysis; Urban environments; Vortices; Wildfires; Australia

Advances in our knowledge of the driving mechanisms of wildland fire and the interaction of fire behavior with the natural and built environments will lead to more efficient decision support systems for fire danger rating, fire spread prediction, and fire hazard mitigation. The topics covered by the...