Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Fernandes, Paulo
Data de Publicação: 2000
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10348/1852
Resumo: Expertise and knowledge of forest fire behaviour provide a sound basis to fire management activities. This study examines the possibility of describing fire spread in shrubland by means of a simple empirical model. Rates of fire spread up to 20 m min-1 and the associated weather and fuel conditions were measured on a set of experimental and prescribed burns in four different shrub fuel types in Portugal. Shrubland fire spread in flat terrain could be accurately predicted in terms of wind speed, aerial dead fuel moisture content and vegetation height. However, it was not possible to identify individual effects of the fuel-complex descriptors on fire propagation. Preliminary fire spread models are presented but their use should be restricted to mild to moderate burning conditions until more extensive experimentation is carried out
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
title Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
spellingShingle Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
Fernandes, Paulo
Fire behaviour modelling
Forest fire management
Shrubland
Heathland
Portugal
title_short Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
title_full Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
title_fullStr Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
title_sort Fire spread prediction in shrub fuels in Portugal
author Fernandes, Paulo
author_facet Fernandes, Paulo
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Fernandes, Paulo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Fire behaviour modelling
Forest fire management
Shrubland
Heathland
Portugal
topic Fire behaviour modelling
Forest fire management
Shrubland
Heathland
Portugal
description Expertise and knowledge of forest fire behaviour provide a sound basis to fire management activities. This study examines the possibility of describing fire spread in shrubland by means of a simple empirical model. Rates of fire spread up to 20 m min-1 and the associated weather and fuel conditions were measured on a set of experimental and prescribed burns in four different shrub fuel types in Portugal. Shrubland fire spread in flat terrain could be accurately predicted in terms of wind speed, aerial dead fuel moisture content and vegetation height. However, it was not possible to identify individual effects of the fuel-complex descriptors on fire propagation. Preliminary fire spread models are presented but their use should be restricted to mild to moderate burning conditions until more extensive experimentation is carried out
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