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Title

Derivation of the 1- and 10-hour timelag fuel moisture calculations for fire-danger rating
Document Type: Report
Author(s): Michael A. Fosberg; John E. Deeming
Publication Year: 1971

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Keyword(s):
  • climatology
  • fine fuels
  • fire danger rating
  • fire management planning
  • fire models
  • fire weather
  • forest management
  • fuel management
  • fuel models
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • fuelwood
  • humidity
  • mathematical models
  • moisture
  • NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System
  • Pinus ponderosa
  • radiation
  • rate of spread
  • relative humidity
  • temperature
  • timelag
  • weather observations
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Description

Procedures for calculating the moisture contents of 1- and 10-hour timelag fuels have been developed based on theoretical calculations of the rate of moisture transport in wood. The 1 -hour timelag calculation is superior to fine fuel moisture calculations developed previously because there is no regional bias, making it valid over a wider range of conditions, and because it separates out the effects of the environmental factors of temperature, humidity, and solar radiation. The 10-hour timelag calculation produced values reasonably consistent with observations obtained from 1/2-inch ponderosa pine fuel sticks exposed under field conditions.

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Fosberg, Michael A.; Deeming, John E. 1971. Derivation of the 1- and 10-hour timelag fuel moisture calculations for fire-danger rating. Research Note RM-RN-207. Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 8 p.