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Type: Conference Paper
Author(s): B. Michael Wotton; J. A. Mason; G. R. Hartley; C. N. Stefner
Editor(s): R. Todd Engstrom; Krista E. M. Galley; William J. de Groot
Publication Date: 2004

Wind speed and direction measurements took place around the perimeter of each of the main experimental fires of the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment, Northwest Territories. Wind was measured at 2-m, 5-m, and 10-m heights at distances of 20 to 30 m from the ignition side and fire exit side and at a control location. Comparisons are made between control tower winds and those at the ignition end of each plot measured during the duration of the burn. Pre-burn and post-burn in-stand winds were also measured in several stands and are compared. Flame temperature was measured from the forest floor up into the canopy in three locations within each of the experimental fires. Measurements were made by fine-gauge thermocouples capable of measuring the duration of flaming at a single point. Vertical variation in flame temperature and flame duration is shown. © 2004, Tall Timbers Research, Inc.

Citation: Wotton, B. M., J. A. Mason, G. R. Hartley, and C. N. Stefner. 2004. Flame temperature and wind speed measurements during experimental crown fires [abstract], in Engstrom, R. T., Galley, K. E. M., and de Groot, W. J., Proceedings 22nd Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference: Fire in temperate, boreal, and montane ecosystems. Kananaskis Village, Alberta, Canada. Tall Timbers Research, Inc.,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada [Imperial Printing Ltd.]. p. 227,

Cataloging Information

Topics:
Fire Behavior    Fire Ecology    Models    Weather
Regions:
Alaska    California    Eastern    Great Basin    Hawaii    Northern Rockies    Northwest    Rocky Mountain    Southern    Southwest    International    National
Keywords:
  • boreal forests
  • Canada
  • crown fires
  • experimental fires
  • field experimental fires
  • fire intensity
  • fire management
  • ignition
  • Northwest Territories
  • temperature
  • wind
Tall Timbers Record Number: 17554 • Location Status: In-file • Abstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 42477

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