The following process can be used for drying duff, foliar, woody, and herbaceous fuel moisture samples along with entering data and calculating moisture content and the CFFDRS Indices.
Alaska Fuel Moisture Sampling Guides
Publisher: AWFCG Fire Research Development and Application Committee and Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2014
Publisher: AWFCG Fire Research Development and Application Committee and Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013
This method has been modified from the Fuel Moisture Sampling in Boreal Forest Duff manual (by Brenda Wilmore) for field use. For more information on volumetric or TDR (time domain reflectometry) probe sampling procedures, please refer to the full sampling manual. The destructive sampling technique described below is designed to help you quickly collect, measure, and process duff moisture...
Publisher: AWFCG Fire Research Development and Application Committee and Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013
The methods below are generally based on R.A. Norum and M. Miller, 1984. Measuring Fuel Moisture Content in Alaska: Standard Methods and Procedures. USFS General Technical Report PNW-171. See also Fuel Moisture Collection Methods 2011, http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdf/11511803.pdf
Publisher: AWFCG Fire Research Development and Application Committee and Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013
Fuel moisture data entry spreadsheet for use in Alaska.
Publisher: Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013
In 2012 the AWFCG Fire Modeling and Analysis Committee (FMAC) identified the need to determine live fuel moisture contents as these are direct inputs into fire behavior modeling software currently being used in Alaska (e.g. WFDSS FSPro, Short-Term-Fire Behavior; BEHAVE; and Canadian Fire Behavior Prediction System). Live fuel moisture sampling involves the collection and drying of stems,...
Publisher: AWFCG Fire Research Development and Application Committee and Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013
Grass is a prominent fuel type with fire behavior distinct from other carrier fuels, burning quickly and with sometimes surprising intensity. At its most specific level grass-like fuels include not just grass but also sedges and, more uncommonly, rushes. In Alaska grass-like fuels include tall grasses such as bluejoint (Calamagrostis) and wideleaf polargrass (Arctagrostis) or short grasses...
Publisher: Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013
In 2012 the AWFCG Fire Modeling and Analysis Committee (FMAC) identified the need to determine live fuel moisture contents as these are direct inputs into fire behavior modeling software currently being used in Alaska (e.g. WFDSS FSPro, Short-Term-Fire Behavior; BEHAVE; and Canadian Fire Behavior Prediction System). Live fuel moisture sampling involves the collection and drying of stems,...