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Type: Report
Publication Date: 1979
Local fire managers can use previous years' fire weather observations (including data from the National Fire Weather Library) to estimate probabilities of future days' falling within burning and smoke dispersal prescriptions. The computer programs can be used by field personnel from remote terminals via telephone service.
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Citation: Furman, R. William. 1979. Using fire weather data in prescribed fire planning: two computer programs. General Technical Report RM-GTR-63. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 11 p.
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- climatology
- computer program
- fire use planning
- fire weather
- smoke dispersion
- transport wind speed
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FRAMES Record Number: 14164