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Wildland fires: predicting the behavior of wildland fires-among nature's most potent forces-can save lives, money, and natural resources
During a period of three days in mid-February 1983, bushfires swept over 400,000 ha in southern Australia, killing 74 people, destroying more than 2,000 homes, and burning out 7 towns. This tragic repetition of the fires of January 1939, in which 71…
Author(s): Frank A. Albini
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Modeling behavior of prescribed fires in Yosemite National Park
The National Fire Danger Rating System and the Fire Behavior Prediction System were tested on prescribed fires burning uderneath canopies in six fuel types in Yosemite National Park, California. The mea error for rate of spread was +0.03 .foot per…
Author(s): Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Stephen J. Botti
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Changes in fire weather distributions: effects on predicted fire behavior
Data that represent average worst fire weather for a particular area are used to index daily fire danger; however, they do not account for different locations or diurnal weather changes that significantly affect fire behavior potential. To study the…
Author(s): Lucy A. Salazar, Larry S. Bradshaw
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