Surface fire effects on conifer and hardwood crowns--applications of an integral plume model

Matthew B. Dickinson; Anthony Bova; Kathleen Kavanagh; Antoine Randolph; Lawrence Band

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Surface fire effects on conifer and hardwood crowns--applications of an integral plume model

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Matthew B. Dickinson, Anthony Bova, Kathleen Kavanagh, Antoine Randolph, Lawrence Band

Year:

2009

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Hutchinson, Todd F., ed. Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference; 2008 May 20-22; Carbondale, IL. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-46. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 148.

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Abstract

An integral plume model was applied to the problems of tree death from canopy injury in dormant-season hardwoods and branch embolism in Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) crowns. Our purpose was to generate testable hypotheses. We used the integral plume models to relate crown injury to bole injury and to explore the effects of variation in fire behavior.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference

Citation

Dickinson, Matthew; Bova, Anthony; Kavanagh, Kathleen; Randolph, Antoine; Band, Lawrence. 2009. Surface fire effects on conifer and hardwood crowns--applications of an integral plume model. In: Hutchinson, Todd F., ed. Proceedings of the 3rd fire in eastern oak forests conference; 2008 May 20-22; Carbondale, IL. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-46. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 148.