Aids to determining fuel models for estimating fire behavior

Hal E. Anderson

doi:10.2737/INT-GTR-122

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Aids to determining fuel models for estimating fire behavior

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Authors:

Hal E. Anderson

Year:

1982

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-122

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-122. Ogden, Utah: U.S.Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 22 p.

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Abstract

Presents photographs of wildland vegetation appropriate for the 13 fuel models used in mathematical models of fire behavior. Fuel model descriptions include fire behavior associated with each fuel and its physical characteristics. A similarity chart cross-references the 13 fire behavior fuel models to the 20 fuel models used in the National Fire Danger Rating System.

Keywords

forest fuels, modeling, fire behavior

Citation

Anderson, Hal E. 1982. Aids to determining fuel models for estimating fire behavior. Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-GTR-122. Ogden, Utah: U.S.Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 22 p.