Low-level wind maxima in the 1969 San Mateo and Walker Fires

Bill C. Ryan; George R. Ellis; Donald V. Lust

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Low-level wind maxima in the 1969 San Mateo and Walker Fires

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Authors:

Bill C. Ryan, George R. Ellis, Donald V. Lust

Year:

1971

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Res. Paper PSW-RP-75: Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest & Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 10 p

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Abstract

The strong band of low-level winds that affected the severity of the San Mateo and Walker Fires in southern California on August 1969 was analyzed and studied. Mechanisms that could have caused or contributed to these winds and similar wind situations were evaluated and are discussed. Results show that the winds in this case were probably a product of several mechanisms in combination.

Keywords

fire weather, windflow, San Mateo Canyon Fire, Walker Basin Fire

Citation

Ryan, Bill C.; Ellis, George R.; Lust, Donald V. 1971. Low-level wind maxima in the 1969 San Mateo and Walker Fires. Res. Paper PSW-RP-75: Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest & Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; 10 p