fuelModels: Surface fuel models.

In firebehavioR: Prediction of Wildland Fire Behavior and Hazard

Description

Fuel models developed by Anderson (1982), Scott (1999), and Scott & Burgan (2005) for prediction of surface fire behavior.

Usage

data("fuelModels")

Format

A data frame with 60 observations of 18 variables:

fuelModelType

"S"tatic or "D"ynamic fuel load transfer

loadLitter

load of litter fuel (Mg/ha)

load1hr

load of 1-hr fuel (Mg/ha)

load10hr

load of 10-hr fuel (Mg/ha)

load100hr

load of 100-hr fuel (Mg/ha)

loadLiveHerb

load of herbaceous fuel (Mg/ha)

loadLiveWoody

load of woody fuel(Mg/ha)

savLitter

surface area to volume ratio of litter fuel (m2/m3)

sav1hr

surface area to volume ratio of 1-hr fuel (m2/m3)

sav10hr

surface area to volume ratio of 10-hr fuel (m2/m3)

sav100hr

surface area to volume ratio of 100-hr fuel (m2/m3)

savLiveHerb

surface area to volume ratio of herbaceous fuel (m2/m3)

savLiveWoody

surface area to volume ratio of woody fuel (m2/m3)

fuelBedDepth

depth of woody fuel (cm)

mxDead

dead fuel moisture of extinction (%)

heat

heat content (J/g)

description

fuel model description

source

scientific source

References

Anderson, H.E. 1982. Aids to determining fuel models for estimating fire behavior. INT-GTR-122. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experimental Station.
Scott, J.H. 1999. NEXUS: A system for assessing crown fire hazard. Fire Management Notes 59(2):20 –24.
Scott, J.H., & Burgan, R. E. 2005. A new set of standard fire behavior fuel models for use with Rothermel’s surface fire spread model. RMRS-GTR-153. US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.

See Also

rothermel

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