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Buoyancy induced convective flows play a very important role in forest fires. The main properties of the convective column above the fire front are presented. The case of a linear fire front propagating in a uniform slope is used to demonstrate the importance of buoyancy induced convection in the spread of a fire. The case of a fire propagating in a canyon is presented as an example of the complex interaction of a background wind, topography and the fire.
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Viegas, D.X. (1998). Convective Processes in Forest Fires. In: Plate, E.J., Fedorovich, E.E., Viegas, D.X., Wyngaard, J.C. (eds) Buoyant Convection in Geophysical Flows. NATO ASI Series, vol 513. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5058-3_17
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