Using a Simple Parcel Model to Investigate the Haines Index

Mary Ann Jenkins; Steven K. Krueger; Ruiyu Sun

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Using a Simple Parcel Model to Investigate the Haines Index

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Authors:

Mary Ann Jenkins, Steven K. Krueger, Ruiyu Sun

Year:

2003

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Second International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress: 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; 2003 November 16-20; Orlando, FL. Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society: 3.3.

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Abstract

The Haines Index (Haines 1988) ia fire-weather index based on stability and moisture conditions of the lower atmosphere that rates the potential for large fire growth or extreme fire behavior. The Hained Index is calculated by adding a temperature term a to a moisture term b.

Citation

Jenkins, Mary Ann; Krueger, Steven K.; Sun, Ruiyu. 2003. Using a Simple Parcel Model to Investigate the Haines Index. In: Second International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress: 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; 2003 November 16-20; Orlando, FL. Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society: 3.3.