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Title

Estimating live fuel moisture for the 1978 National Fire Danger Rating System
Document Type: Report
Author(s): Robert E. Burgan
Publication Year: 1979

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Keyword(s):
  • fire danger rating
  • fire fuels
  • fuel loading
  • fuel moisture
  • grass fuels
  • herbaceous vegetation
  • live fuels
  • moisture
  • moisture
  • NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System
  • plant moisture
  • shrub fuels
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Description

Describes a model for estimating moisture content of live herbs, shrubs, and grasses as part of the 1978 NFDRS. Weather parameters are used to calculate moisture content for annual or perennial herbaceous plants and leaves and twigs of small woody plants. Provides for adjusting moisture profiles by season and climate. Replaces methods described in the 1972 NFDRS.

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Citation:
Burgan, Robert E. 1979. Estimating live fuel moisture for the 1978 National Fire Danger Rating System. Research Paper INT-RP-226. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. Ogden, Utah. 16 pp.