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Role of buoyant flame dynamics in wildfire spread
Year: 2015
Large wildfires of increasing frequency and severity threaten local populations and natural resources and contribute carbon emissions into the earth-climate system. Although wildfires have been researched and modeled for decades, no verifiable physical theory of spread is available to form the basis for the precise predictions needed to manage fires more effectively and reduce their environmental, economic, ecological and climate impacts. Here, we report new experiments conducted at multiple scales which appear to reveal how wildfire spread derives from the tight coupling between flame…
Publication Type: Journal Article