Predicting fire behavior in U.S. Mediterranean ecosystems

Frank A. Albini; Earl B. Anderson

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Predicting fire behavior in U.S. Mediterranean ecosystems

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Authors:

Frank A. Albini, Earl B. Anderson

Year:

1982

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

In: Conrad, C. Eugene; Oechel, Walter C. 1982. Proceedings of the symposium on dynamics and management of Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-58. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station: 483-489.

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Abstract

Quantification and methods of prediction of wildland fire behavior are discussed briefly and factors of particular relevance to the prediction of fire behavior in Mediterranean ecosystems are reviewed. A computer-based system which uses relevant fuel information and current weather data to predict fire behavior is in operation in southern California. Some of the difficulties encountered in attempts to isolate model and data deficiencies are described.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the symposium on dynamics and management of Mediterranean-type ecosystems

Citation

Albini, Frank A.; Anderson, Earl B. 1982. Predicting fire behavior in U.S. Mediterranean ecosystems. In: Conrad, C. Eugene; Oechel, Walter C. 1982. Proceedings of the symposium on dynamics and management of Mediterranean-type ecosystems. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-58. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station: 483-489.