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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): R. S. McAlpine; T. G. Eiber
Publication Date: 1985

Weather data from Upsala and Atikokan, Ontario, were used to determine the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System values and to calculate the soil moisture for two soil types using the Thornthwaite water balance. The Duff Moisture Code and the Drought Code were found to give excellent correlations with the total soil moisture content under most weather patterns.© National Research Council of Canada, NRC Research Press. Abstract reproduced by permission.

Citation: McAlpine, R. S., and T. G. Eiber. 1985. The Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System as a predictor of total soil moisture content as estimated by the Thornwaite water balance. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, v. 15, p. 1194-1195.

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Topics:
Fire Ecology    Climate    Models    Weather
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • Canada
  • droughts
  • duff
  • fire danger rating
  • forest management
  • moisture
  • Ontario
  • soil moisture
  • soils
  • water
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7813 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Journals-C • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 33645

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