Australia's Black Saturday fires – Comparison of techniques for estimating emissions from vegetation fires
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Australia's Black Saturday fires - comparison of techniques for estimating emissions from vegetation fires
We present a comparison of techniques for estimating atmospheric emissions from fires using Australia's 2009 "Black Saturday" wildfires as a case study. Most of the fires started on Saturday the 7th of February 2009 (a date now known as "Black Saturday") and then spread rapidly, fanned by gale force winds, creating several firestorms and killing 173 people. The fires continued into early March,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Atmospheric Environment
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1352-2310
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.066