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Type: Book Chapter
Author(s): J. E. Deeming
Editor(s): Douglas H. Baker; M. A. Fosberg
Publication Date: 1976

Extensive use of the 1972 version of the National Fire-Danger Rating System has pointed up deficiencies that the 1978 update is expected to correct. Eighteen fuel models will be provided as well as a completely overhauled fire occurrence module. The system will respond to longer-term drying, and changes have been made that will make the system better reflect seasonal trends in fire danger due to changing sun angle and day length.

Citation: Deeming, J. E. 1976. The national fire-danger rating system-latest developments, 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. 50-53.

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fuels    Models    Planning    Weather
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • brush
  • Colorado
  • droughts
  • fire danger rating
  • fire frequency
  • forest types
  • fuel models
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • grasslands
  • human caused fires
  • ignition
  • lightning caused fires
  • Michigan
  • Montana
  • precipitation
  • rate of spread
  • savannas
  • season of fire
  • seasonal activities
  • slash
  • weather observations
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7414 • Location Status: Not in file • Call Number: A13.88:RM-32 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 33275

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