Document

Title

Distribution of moisture in spruce-fir duff and its relevance to fire danger rating
Document Type: Book
Author(s): A. D. Kiil
Publication Year: 1970

Cataloging Information

Keyword(s):
  • Abies lasiocarpa
  • Abies spp.
  • Alberta
  • Canada
  • clearcutting
  • coniferous forests
  • crown fires
  • distribution
  • duff
  • evapotranspiration
  • fine fuels
  • fire control
  • fire danger rating
  • fire hazard reduction
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire suppression
  • flammability
  • fuel loading
  • fuel types
  • logging
  • moisture
  • Picea
  • Picea glauca
  • precipitation
  • rate of spread
  • surface fires
  • wildfires
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Record Last Modified: June 1, 2018
FRAMES Record Number: 34923
Tall Timbers Record Number: 9208
TTRS Location Status: In-file
TTRS Call Number: Fire File CAN DOC DDW
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Description

Moisture content, owing to its direct effect on flammability of forest fuels, must be incorporated into a fire danger rating system. Accurate indicators of moisture content in different fuels are particularly important when separate burning tables are required for major fuel complexes. In the past, the development of such indicators has been hindered by a lack of quantitative information about the amount and distribution of moisture in different fuel layers. The study reported here was carried out to clarify duff-moisture relationships in the duff layer of overmature spruce-fir (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss and Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.) stands and clearcuts and to provide a quantitative basis for stratifying the forest floor according to depth, weight, and/or water-holding capacity.

Citation:
Kiil, A. D. 1970. Distribution of moisture in spruce-fir duff and its relevance to fire danger rating. Internal Report No. A-34. Edmonton, Alberta, Forest Research Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Forestry, Canadian Forestry Service.