Table of Contents: Preface
1. Vertical Atmosphere and Fire
(García Diez, Eulogio Luis and Santiago Domínguez Martín, Faculty of the Environmental Sciences, University of Salamanca (Spain) (pp. 1-32)
2. A Simulation Tool for Socio-economic Planning on Forest Fire Suppression Management
(Molina J.R., Rodríguez y Silva F. Herrera M.A. and Zamora R., Department of Forest Engineering, Campus de Rabanales, University of Córdoba, Spain) (pp. 33-88)
3. Wildfire in Deliblatska Pescara (Serbia) – Case Analysis on July 24th 2007
(Joao Fernando Pereira Gomes, Milan Radovanovic, Vladan Ducic, Milan Milenkovic, Milan Stevancevic, Centre for Biological and Chemical Engineering/IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering Department, IST- Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, and others) (pp. 89-140)
4. Variation of spatial fire behavior based on changes of forest fuel loadings
(J. Germán Flore Garnica, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, México) (pp. 141-170)
5. On Vegetation Modelling For Forest Fires Combustion Models
(O. Séro-Guillaume, D. Calogine, A. Collin, A Lamorlette, LEMTA UMR CNRS 7563 2 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye 54504 Vandoeuvre les Nancy) (pp. 171-207)
6. Potential for advancing fire research in Amazonia by integrating ground-based, remote-sensing and modeling studies for the region
(Manoel F. Cardoso, and George C. Hurtt, Centro de Ciência do Sistema Terrestre, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brasil, and others) (pp. 209-225)
7. Improvement of the gas oxidation modelling in wildland fires
(Virginie Tihay, Albert Simeoni, Paul-Antoine Santoni, Jean-Pierre Garo and Jean-Pierre Vantelon, Institut PRISME, IUT de Bourges, France, and others) (pp. 227-247)
8. Detection of the positions and computing the rate of spread of fire fronts using a radiative flame model and inverse method
(K. Chetehouna, O. Séro-Guillaume and D. Bernardin, ENSI de Bourges, Institut PRISME UPRES, France, and others) (pp. 249-271)
9. Factor Analysis applied to fire temperature effects on water quality
(Paulo Pereira , Xavier Úbeda, Luis Outeiro and Deborah A. Martin, Department of Physical Geography and Regional Geographical Analysis, University of Barcelona, Montalegre, Spain) (pp. 273-283)
10. Use Of Superabsorbents For Forest Fire Fighting
(João C.M. Bordado, João F.P. Gomes, Chemical Engineering Department, Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal, and others) (pp. 287-296)
11. Large Scale Forest Fires in Alaska: Detection and Prevention
Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido University, Japan) (pp. 297-314)
12. On Mathematical Foundations of Elliptical Forest Fire Spread Model
(J. Glasa, L. Halada, Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia) (pp. 315-333)
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