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

Publisher:

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13:

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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

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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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.


Publications of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

Publications of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

Author: Marguerite A. Israelson

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-09-17

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9780366957248

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Excerpt from Publications of the Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station: 1956 Through 1960 All publications listed in this supplement have been issued by the Intermountain Station since 1955. Research Paper 29 and Supplement 1 report papers published through 1955. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.