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Type: Book Chapter
Editor(s): Douglas H. Baker; Michael A. Fosberg
Publication Date: 1976
Seasonal changes in day length and solar radiation intensity at three latitudes influenced the Man-Caused Ignition Component, the Energy Release Component, and the Burning Index of the National Fire-Danger Rating System. Seasonal effects for the Energy Release Component are greatest in fuel models with heavy loadings of large, dead fuels. Day length has little effect on the Man-Caused Ignition Component, but solar radiation intensity produces a small effect through its influence on fuel temperature. Inclusion of rate-or-spread in Burning Index computations reduces these effects.
Citation: Burgan, R. E. 1976. The effect of latitude and season on index values in the 1977 NFDR system, in DH Baker and MA Fosberg eds., Proceedings of the Fourth National Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology, November 16-18, 1976, St. Louis, MO. Ft. Collins, CO, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, General Technical Report RM-32, p. 70-74.
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Keywords:
- dead fuels
- energy
- fire danger rating
- fuel loading
- fuel models
- fuel types
- geography
- heavy fuels
- human caused fires
- ignition
- land management
- light
- Montana
- radiation
- rate of spread
- season of fire
- temperature
- weather observations
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7258 • Location Status: Not in file • Call Number: A13.88:RM-32 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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