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Combustion products from ventilation controlled fires: toxicity assessment and modelling [PDF]
, 2012 Toxic smoke from fires is regularly identified as the leading cause of death in fire casualties. In most countries statistics suggest more than 70% of fire deaths are caused by either toxic smoke inhalation, or heat burns and toxic smoke inhalation.
Aljumaiah, Omar Abdulaziz O.
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An Overview of Behaviour in Fires [PDF]
, 1996 The major differences between fires in the patterns of behaviour that are associated with them are not due to variations between the personalities of the people present or to particular physical details of the design of the buildings involved.
Canter, David V.
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Turbulence modelling of turbulent buoyant jets and compartment fires [PDF]
, 2001 Turbulent buoyant jets are a major feature in fire hazards. The solution of the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations through computational fluid dynamic (CFD) techniques allow such flows to be simulated.
Sanderson, V. E.
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DYNAMICS OF FOREST FIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA [PDF]
Вопросы лесной науки, 2022 The Republic of Buryatia is annually exposed to forest fires, resulting in significant damage to the economy, population and ecology of the region. The purpose of this study is to analyze and assess the fire hazard situation on the territory of the ...
A. V. Ignateva, N. V. Baranovskiy
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Convolution Optimization in Fire Classification
IEEE Access, 2022 Early alert fire and smoke detection systems are crucial for daily and security management decision-making. Recent literature approaches are based on Deep Learning (DL) models.
Angel Ayala +4 more
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VIIRS after 10 Years—A Perspective on Benefits to Forecasters and End-Users
Remote Sensing, 2023 In the ten years of VIIRS observations, a wide range of applications, both operational and research-based, have been developed, observed, and utilized at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).
Matthew A. Rogers +6 more
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WILDFIRES AS A FACTOR OF LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND FOREST ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS
Вопросы лесной науки, 2022 Due to the ever-increasing anthropogenic impact and global climate change, wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense all over the world. The wildfire factor is turning into an acute problem for forested countries that requires prompt solutions as ...
A. P. Geraskina +5 more
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Journal of Open Research Software, 2019 The Fire ROS Calculator is a software tool built using MATLAB to assist researchers from the wildfire research area in analysing wildland fire behaviours.
Abdelrahman Abouali +1 more
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Plants, 2023 The process of water retention on the surface of the assimilation apparatus of plants is inextricably linked with the water capacity of tree crowns and depends mainly on the condition of the leaf itself.
Agata Kwika +2 more
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Wildfire-Induced CO Plume Observations From NAST-I During the FIREX-AQ Field Campaign
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021 The fire influence on regional to global environments and air quality (FIREX-AQ) field campaign was conducted during August 2019 to investigate the impact of wildfire and biomass smoke on air quality and weather in the continental United States.
Daniel K. Zhou +7 more
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