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Type: Journal Article
Author(s): P. Werth; R. Ochoa
Publication Date: 2003

From the text ... 'The Haines Index is the first attempt to construct a formal fire-weather index based upon features of the lower atmosphere.Does it work?... This index uses the environmental lapse rate (temperature difference) within a layer of air coupled with its moisture content to determine a LASI number.'

Citation: Werth, P., and R. Ochoa. 2003. The Haines Index and Idaho wildfire growth [reprinted from 1990]. Fire Management Today, v. 63, no. 4, p. 63-66.

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Topics:
Administration    Climate    Emissions and Smoke    Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Fire History    Fuels    Hazard and Risk    Intelligence    Models    Planning    Weather
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    National
Keywords:
  • catastrophic fires
  • Colorado
  • crown fires
  • fire case histories
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • fire size
  • fuel models
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • humidity
  • Idaho
  • lightning caused fires
  • moisture
  • Montana
  • national forests
  • Oregon
  • rate of spread
  • rural communities
  • smoke behavior
  • spot fires
  • statistical analysis
  • temperature
  • topography
  • Washington
  • water
  • wilderness fire management
  • wildfires
  • wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 15794 • Location Status: In-file • Call Number: A13.32:63/4 • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
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FRAMES Record Number: 40979

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