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Type: Book Chapter
Editor(s): Douglas H. Baker; M. A. Fosberg
Publication Date: 1976
The dispersion of smoke in the atmosphere was studied during a controlled fire of forest debris. An instrumented aircraft measured smoke density and other parameters in multiple traverses through the smoke plume. The data permitted contour maps of constant smoke density to be drawn in three dimensions. Centerline smoke density reached a maximum of 0.43 g/m3. Supporting meteorological data were taken at an array of towers (7 towers, each 62 meters high) near the fire, and at different elevations on a TV tower (400 meters high) located 35 km from the site of the fire. The data will permit the testing of mathematical models for the prediction of the dispersion of pollutants in the atmosphere.
Citation: Murphy, C. E., J. T. Sigmon, D. T. Williams, P. W. Ryan, and W. H. McNab. 1976. Smoke dispersal from a controlled fire over a logged pine forest area, 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. 228-231.
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Keywords:
- elevation
- Georgia
- pine forests
- site treatments
- smoke behavior
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7728 • Location Status: Not in file • Call Number: A13.88:RM-32 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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