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Recent attempts to model the flow in very hot fire plumes where radiative transport of heat may significantly modify both the dynamics of the flow and the processes of combustion have met with only partial success. This paper gives an account of a model for the flow in a…
Person:
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: combustion, heat, ignition, radiation, wood

On the afternoon of February 7, 1962, Forest Ranger George Nunnelee and I were making routine equipment inspections in Covington County, AL. At approximately 2:30 p.m., while on higher elevations in the north end of the county, I commented to Mr. Nunnelee that a tall smoke in…
Person:
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, ash, blowup, fire case histories, fire control, fire danger rating, fire management, fire weather, fire whirls, smoke behavior, wildfires, wind