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Prescribed Burn 2-57 was the second of four prescribed burns studied in 1957. In this burn we were particularly interested in studying air flow on the lee side of a ridge oriented approximately at right angles to the prevailing wind. Experience has shown that erratic fireā€¦
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Year: 1959
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: brush, distribution, fire whirls, grasses, ground cover, range management, rangelands, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke effects, topography, weather observations, wind