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Handbook for Inventorying Surface Fuels and Biomass in the Interior West

Author : James Kerr Brown

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Page : 52 pages

File Size : 40,12 MB

Release : 1982

Category : Forest litter

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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

Author : Richard C. Rothermel

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Page : 168 pages

File Size : 40,24 MB

Release : 1983

Category : Flame spread

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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.





BEHAVE

Author : Patricia L. Andrews

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Page : 134 pages

File Size : 42,77 MB

Release : 1986

Category : Fire testing

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Describes BURN Subsystem, Part 1, the operational fire behavior prediction subsystem of the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system. The manual covers operation of the computer program, assumptions of the mathematical models used in the calculations, and application of the predictions.











Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho

Author : Robert Wilbur Steele

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Page : 148 pages

File Size : 33,86 MB

Release : 1981

Category : Forest ecology

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A land-classification system based upon potential natural vegetation is presented for the forests of central Idaho. It is based on reconnaissance sampling of about 800 stands. A hierarchical taxonomic classification of forest sites was developed using the habitat type concept. A total of eight climax series, 64 habitat types, and 55 additional phases of habitat types are defined and described. A diagnostic key is provided for field identification of the types based on indicator species used in development of the classification.



Forest Habitat Types of Montana

Author : Robert D. Pfister

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Page : 190 pages

File Size : 23,46 MB

Release : 1977

Category : Forest ecology

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A land-classification system based upon potential natural vegetation is presented for the forests of Montana. It is based on an intensive 4-year study and reconnaissance sampling of about 1,500 stands. A hierarchical classification of forest sites was developed using the habitat type concept. A total of 9 climax series, 64 habitat types, and 37 additional phases of habitat types are defined. A diagnostic key is provided for field identification of the types based on indicator species used in development of the classification.