WILDFIRE ZONES ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGE

WILDFIRE ZONES ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGE

An objective approach to regionalizing climatic characteristics affecting wildfire ignition potential is useful in fire control strategies. Temperature and humidity observations statistically predict equilibrium moisture content characteristics providing a first approximation to the moisture content...

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Published in:Annals of the Association of American Geographers Vol. 68; no. 1; pp. 89 - 94
Main Author: FURMAN, R. WILLIAM
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK Taylor & Francis Group 01-03-1978
Association of American Geographers
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:
Climate change
Climate models
Climatic zones
Climatology
Forest fires
Forest service
Moisture content
Topographical aspect
Valleys
Wildfires
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Summary:An objective approach to regionalizing climatic characteristics affecting wildfire ignition potential is useful in fire control strategies. Temperature and humidity observations statistically predict equilibrium moisture content characteristics providing a first approximation to the moisture content of dead, fine fuels. Principal component and cluster analysis grouped fuel moisture attributes for seven locations on a mountain ridge spanning nearly 1000 m in elevation difference on two aspects and within a maximum separation distance of 5 km. The final three groupings showed a dominance of neither elevation nor aspect influences but, rather, a mixture of both.
ISSN:0004-5608
1467-8306
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1978.tb01183.x