Handbook for Inventorying Surface Fuels and Biomass in the Interior West
Handbook for Inventorying Surface Fuels and Biomass in the Interior West

Author: James Kerr Brown

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Published: 1982

Total Pages: 52

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Presents comprehensive procedures for inventorying weight per unit area of living and dead surface vegetation, to facilitate estimation of biomass and appraisal of fuels. Provides instructions for conducting fieldwork and calculating estimates of downed woody material, forest floor litter and duff, herbaceous vegetation, shrubs, and small conifers. Procedures produce the most accurate estimates in the Interior West; however, techniques for herbs, litter, and downed woody material are applicable anywhere. Includes computer program and card punching instructions for processing inventory data.

How to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fires
How to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fires

Author: Richard C. Rothermel

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Published: 1983

Total Pages: 168

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This manual documents procedures for estimating the rate of forward spread, intensity, flame length, and size of fires burning in forests and rangelands. Contains instructions for obtaining fuel and weather data, calculating fire behavior, and interpreting the results for application to actual fire problems.

BEHAVE
BEHAVE

Author: Patricia L. Andrews

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Published: 1986

Total Pages: 134

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Describes BURN Subsystem, Part 1, the operational fire behavior prediction subsystem of the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system. The manual covers operation of the computer program, assumptions of the mathematical models used in the calculations, and application of the predictions.