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Author: Jennifer L. Barnes, James Higgins, Eric A. Miller, Jennifer L. Hrobak, Lisa B. Saperstein
Publisher: AWFCG Fire Research Development and Application Committee and Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2014

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.


Author: Jennifer L. Barnes, James Higgins, Eric A. Miller, Jennifer L. Hrobak, Lisa B. Saperstein
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.


Author: Jennifer L. Barnes, James Higgins, Eric A. Miller, Jennifer L. Hrobak, Lisa B. Saperstein
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.


Author: Jennifer L. Barnes, James Higgins, Eric A. Miller, Jennifer L. Hrobak, Lisa B. Saperstein
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

Part of the interagency Alaska Fuel Moisture Sampling Workshops in May 2012 and 2013 held by FRDAC, in partnership with the Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC), to train fire staff on fuel moisture sampling. This power point provides an overview of techniques for fuel moisture sampling.


Author: Eric A. Miller
Publisher: AWFCG Fire Research Development and Application Committee and Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013

Sampling guide for the moisture content of dead grass-like plants in Alaska.


Publisher: Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Year: 2013

Part of the interagency Alaska Fuel Moisture Sampling Workshops in May 2012 and 2013 held by FRDAC, in partnership with the Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC), to train fire staff on fuel moisture sampling. This power point provides an introduction to fuel mositure sampling.