'Fuel moisture' presentation slideshows

Orientation Presentation Introduction to Danger Rating and the Fire Weather Index System

Orientation Presentation Introduction to Danger Rating and the Fire Weather Index System. Introduction to Fire Danger Rating Introduction to the CFFRDS - break - Introduction to the FWI. Outline.

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Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190)

Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior (S-190). Bureau of Land Management Salt Lake Field Office June 8-11, 1999. COURSE OBJECTIVES. Identify and discuss the three sides of the fire triangle.

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S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior

S-190 Introduction to Wildland Fire Behavior. Why we feel fire behavior training is critical. COURSE OBJECTIVES. Identify and discuss the three sides of the fire triangle. Identify the environmental factors of wildland fire behavior that affect the start and spread of wildland fire.

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Disturbance

Disturbance. Why it Matters in (Landscape) Ecology and Resource (Ecosystem) Management. Definition (Pickett and White 1985).

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Firefighter Refresher: Fuel Types and Suppression Tactics

Firefighter Refresher: Fuel Types and Suppression Tactics. Objective. Provide wildland firefighters with information on fuel types and tactics that apply to Virginia. Providing local information on fuel types and tactics will result in a safer work environment for firefighters. Major Fuel Types.

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Fred X. Turck

Before striking the match!. Fred X. Turck. CHEMISTRY 101. Heat/Chemical Energy. CELLULOSE + O. CO + H O + ENERGY. 2. 2. 2. Sun/Thermal Energy. CELLULOSE + O. CO + H O + ENERGY. 2. 2. 2. The energy flow for combustion is reverse to that for photosynthesis. Fire Triangle. Heat.

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FIRE BEHAVIOR

FIRE BEHAVIOR. Three types of fire behavior. Surface fire: Ground: Crown:. Fuels at or near the surface. Subsurface organic fuels (duff, organic soils). Tree crowns. Categories of fires according to human management action:. Wildfire: Management ignited prescribed fire:

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Determining and Distributing Real-Time Strategic-Scale Fire Danger Assessments

Determining and Distributing Real-Time Strategic-Scale Fire Danger Assessments. Chris Woodall and Greg Liknes USDA North Central Research Station, Forest Inventory and Analysis Program, St. Paul, MN. Jay Charney and Brian Potter

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System and Data Requirements for Fire and Air Planning

System and Data Requirements for Fire and Air Planning. Janice Peterson. System and Data Requirements Session Overview. Emissions Estimation (Janice Peterson) Fire Emissions Inventories (Sam Sandberg) Fire Activity Tracking (Mike Hilbruner) Monitoring (Jim Russell)

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High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network

High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network http://hpwren.ucsd.edu/ (part of http://anr.ucsd.edu) National Science Foundation awards 0087344, 0426879 and 0944131.

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1. FY09 GOES-R3 Project Proposal Title Page

1. FY09 GOES-R3 Project Proposal Title Page. Title : Trace Gas and Aerosol Emissions from GOES-R ABI Project Type : GOES-R algorithm development project Status : New (moved from AWG to risk reduction) Duration : 2 years Leads: Shobha Kondragunta (NESDIS/STAR) Other Participants :

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Simulated average area burnt by ED-SPITFIRE in tropical savannas is highest where neither fuel load nor fuel moisture is limiting (matches observed system behaviour, refer e.g. Spessa et al. (2005) GEB ).

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