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From the text...'Whether you are concerned with particulate matter, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, or hydrocarbons, all smoke components from wildland fires are generated from the incomplete combustion of fuel. The amount of smoke produced can be derived from knowledge of area…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: air quality, Artemisia, bibliographies, broadcast burning, carbon, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, Ceanothus, chaparral, combustion, computer programs, coniferous forests, conifers, fuel loading, fuel models, hardwoods, health factors, heat, heat effects, hydrocarbons, Juniperus, logging, national parks, particulates, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rural communities, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, Tsuga, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Wildfires are a major threat to the environment and human populations. Every year, 700,000 hectares of forest are burnt in Europe, and particularly in the Mediterranean area where Corsica is affected with its 550,000 hectares of forests. Among the threats induced by forest fires…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, wood, thermoplastic, decking slabs, France, firefighting, cone calorimeter