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Size and energy distribution of firebrands produced from burning trees
Firebrands generated from wildfires can contribute to wildfire spread and are a threat to structures in the wildland-urban interface (WUI). Understanding the characteristics such as the firebrand size, mass and heat flux to the recipient fuel are…
Author(s): Sampath Adusumilli, David L. Blunck
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A multiscale model of wood pyrolysis in fire to study the roles of chemistry and heat transfer at the mesoscale
Pyrolysis is a key process in all stages of wood burning from ignition to extinction. Understanding each stage is crucial to tackle wildfires and assess the fire safety of timber buildings. A model of appropriate complexity of wood pyrolysis and…
Author(s): Franz Richter, Guillermo Rein
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Temporal and spatial structure in a daily wildfire-start data set from the western United States (1986-96)
The temporal and spatial structure of 332 404 daily fire-start records from the western United States for the period 1986 through 1996 is illustrated using several complimentary visualisation techniques. We supplement maps and time series plots with…
Author(s): Patrick J. Bartlein, Steven W. Hostetler, Sarah L. Shafer, J. O. Holman, Allen M. Solomon
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