Developing custom fire behavior fuel models from ecologically complex fuel structures for upper Atlantic Coastal Plain forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 273, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-57

  Parresol, Bernard R ^a   Scott, Joe H ^b   Andreu, Anne ^c   Prichard, Susan ^c   Kurth, Laurie ^d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Pyrologix LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Centroid; Cluster analysis; Euclidean distance; Fuel characteristic classification system; Surface fuels

Indexed keywords

CENTROID; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CLUSTER CENTROIDS; COASTAL PLAIN; COMPLEX DATA; COMPLEX FUELS; EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FIRE BEHAVIOR FUEL MODEL; FIRE FLAME; FIRE MODELS; FIRE RATE; FIRE SIMULATION; FLAME LENGTH; FUEL CHARACTERISTIC CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; FUEL CHARACTERISTICS; FUEL INVENTORIES; FUEL LOADS; FUEL MODEL; FUEL MOISTURE; GEO-SPATIAL; HARDWOOD STANDS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; OBJECTIVE METHODS; PINE STAND; POINT DATA; REMOTE SENSING INFORMATION; SHRUB LAYERS; SIMULTANEOUS CALIBRATION; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED; WOODY DEBRIS;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEBRIS; FORESTRY; FUEL GAGES; FUELS; HARDWOODS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING;

FIRES;

BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST INVENTORY; FUEL; LANDSCAPE; LICHEN; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REMOTE SENSING; SHRUB; STAND STRUCTURE; WOODY DEBRIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CLASSIFICATION; DISTANCE; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST FIRES; HARDWOODS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; REMOTE SENSING;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

BRYOPHYTA; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 84859217051     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.024     Document Type: Article

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