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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1971
Numerical simulation of dead fuel behavior under different climatological regimes has quantified three universal characteristics of fuels: (1) response of the fuel to climatological moisture-induced stress; (2) response of the outer layers of the fuel to both standard drying conditions and climatological stress; and (3) time required for a fuel to become independent of its previous moisture history. The first two characteristics provide a basis for fuels classification. The third allows us to evaluate fuel moisture contributions to fire persistence and conditioning time for fuel moisture sensors.
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Citation: Fosberg, Michael A. 1971. Climatological influenced on moisture characteristics of dead fuel: theoretical analysis. Forest Science 17(1):64-72.
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Keywords:
- air temperature
- annual weather cycles
- climatological regimes
- climatology
- dead fuels
- EMC - Equilibrium Moisture Content
- fiber saturation
- Fickian diffusion
- fire hazard
- fire persistence
- forest fuels
- fuel accumulation
- fuel loading
- fuel moisture
- fuel moisture sensors
- fuels classification
- histories
- humidity
- ignition
- litter
- lumber seasoning
- moisture
- moisture-induced stress
- mountains
- Pinus ponderosa
- ponderosa pine
- quasi-steady state
- statistical analysis
- timelag
- water
- weather observations
- wood
Tall Timbers Record Number: 7995 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: Journals-F and Fire File DDW • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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