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Type: Book
Publication Date: 1958
The Prescribed Burn Fireclimate Survey 1-57 was the first of four prescribed burn surveys in 1957. In this burn we were looking particularly for effects of fire on the wind patterns on the lee side of the fire. Instrumentation, observation techniques, and data collected were such, however, that fireclimate patterns for the burn area could be related to the general weather pattern. One surprising phenomenon observed in the survey was an increase in wind speed on the lee side of the fire near the head of one small canyon. This is an area where indrafts have usually been thought to decrease prevailing wind speed or to change its direction. This apparent effect of fire must have further investigation and study.
Citation: Countryman, C. M., and M. J. Schroeder. 1958. Prescribed burn fire climate survey 1-57. Technical Paper No. 29. Berkeley, CA, USDA Forest Service, California Forest and Range Experiment Station.
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Keywords:
- brush
- distribution
- field experimental fires
- firing techniques
- grasses
- pine
- Pinus sabiniana
- Quercus
- range management
- rangelands
- rate of spread
- sloping terrain
- smoke effects
- topography
- weather observations
- wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7275 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.62/10:29 • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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