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From the summary ... ' In summary, the results of these large scale fire tests, conducted under marginal burning conditions, were negative; but, paradoxically, I find this very heartening, for we can now be much more confident in our predictions of fire behavior to be expected…
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: catastrophic fires, chemistry, eucalyptus, fire intensity, fire whirls, flammability, fuel loading, ignition, litter, needles, nuclear winter, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, rate of spread, surface fires, temperature, topography, tropical forests, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires