Tables for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System
Tables for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System

Author: Canadian Forestry Service

Publisher: Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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Fourth edition of tables for calculating the six standardcomponents of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. Thefirst three components are fuel moisture codes that follow dailychanges in the moisture contents of three classes of forestsfuel; the final three are fire behaviour indexes that representrate of spread, amount of available fuel, and fire intensity. The system provides a uniform method of rating fire danger acrossCanada.

Wildland Fire Danger Estimation and Mapping
Wildland Fire Danger Estimation and Mapping

Author: Emilio Chuvieco

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9789812791177

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The book presents a wide range of techniques for extracting information from satellite remote sensing images in forest fire danger assessment. It covers the main concepts involved in fire danger rating, and analyses the inputs derived from remotely sensed data for mapping fire danger at both the local and global scale. The questions addressed concern the estimation of fuel moisture content, the description of fuel structural properties, the estimation of meteorological danger indices, the analysis of human factors associated with fire ignition, and the integration of different risk factors in a geographic information system for fire danger management.

Browsing Science Research at the Federal Level in Canada
Browsing Science Research at the Federal Level in Canada

Author: Brian B. Wilks

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9780802088116

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Wilks provides a historical background, list of publications, and description of activities for most of the major science initiatives undertaken at the federal level. He surveys a wide range of government documents and monographic and serial science collections used by both faculty and students.