Modeling topographic influences on fuel moisture and fire danger in complex terrain to improve wildland fire management decision support

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2133-2141

  Holden, Zachary A ^a   Jolly, W Matt ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Microclimate; Snowmelt; Topoclimate; Weather; Wildfire danger

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; MICROCLIMATE; SNOWMELT; TOPOCLIMATE; WEATHER; WILDFIRE DANGER;

ABLATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FACINGS; FIRE HAZARDS; FUELS; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SNOW;

FIRES;

ABLATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; COLD AIR; COMPLEX TERRAIN; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; MICROCLIMATE; MOISTURE CONTENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SENSOR; SLOPE ANGLE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WEATHER; WILDFIRE;

EID: 80055004398     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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