firexp: field fire experiments in Vauda Nature Reserve, Italy

Description Usage Format Source References Examples

Description

The dataset include observations of surface head fire rate of spread (ROS) measured during field fire experiments in heathland fuels (mixed grass-shrub) carried out on flat terrain under differing fire weather conditions (Ascoli et al. 2009). For each ROS values of Rothermel's fire behavior fuel models parameters and environmental conditions are provided. Some ranges in the dataset are: ROS <- 0.9 - 26.3 m/min; wind speed <- 0.4 - 7.9 km/h; 1h fuels moisture: 10 - 27 percent.

Usage

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data (firexp)

Format

A data frame with 40 observations on the following 25 variables.

Load_1h

loading of 1h fuel class [t/ha]

Load_10h

loading of 10h fuel class [t/ha]

Load_100h

loading of 100h fuel class [t/ha]

Load_Live_Herb

loading of herbaceous fuels [t/ha]

Load_Live_Woody

loading of woody fuels [t/ha]

SA/V_1h

SAV of 1h fuel class [m2/m3]

SA/V_10h

SAV of 10h fuel class [m2/m3]

SA/V_100h

SAV of 100h fuel class [m2/m3]

SA/V_Live_Herb

SAV of herbaceous fuels [m2/m3]

SA/V_Live_Woody

SAV of woody fuels [m2/m3]

Fuel_Bed_Depth

fuel bed depth [cm]

Mx_dead

dead fuel moisture of extinction [percent]

Heat_1h

heat content of 1h fuel class [kJ/kg]

Heat_10h

heat content of 10h fuel class [kJ/kg]

Heat_100h

heat content of 100h fuel class [kJ/kg]

Heat_Live_Herb

heat content of herbaceous fuels [kJ/kg]

Heat_Live_Woody

heat content of woody fuels [kJ/kg]

Moist_1h

moisture of 1h fuel class on a dry weight basis [percent]

Moist_10h

moisture of 10h fuel class on a dry weight basis [percent]

Moist_100h

moisture of 100h fuel class on a dry weight basis [percent]

Moist_Live_Herb

moisture of herbaceous fuels on a dry weight basis [percent]

Moist_Live_Woody

moisture of woody fuels on a dry weight basis [percent]

u

midflame windspeed [km/h]

slope

site slope [

ros

observed rate of spread [m/min]]

Source

Ascoli, D., Marzano, R., and Bovio, G. (2006). Experimental fires for heather moorland management in north-western Italy. Forest Ecology and Management 234S: 258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.287.

References

Ascoli, D., Beghin, R., Ceccato, R., Gorlier, A., Lombardi, G., Lonati, M., Marzano, R., Bovio, G., and Cavallero, A. (2009). Developing an adaptive management approach to prescribed burning: a long-term heathland conservation experiment in north-west Italy. International Journal of Wildland Fire 18(6): 727-735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/WF07114.

Examples

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data (firexp) 
boxplot (firexp$ros)

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