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    • Wind and slope effects on laboratory-scale fire behavior

    Metadata Updated: March 30, 2024

    Wind and slope interaction effects on rate of spread, flame length and flame angle were examined in 65 fires in an open-topped tilting wind tunnel. Fuel beds consisted of vertically-oriented birch sticks and horizontally oriented aspen excelsior. A complete factorial experiment with five wind velocities (-1.1 to 1.1 meters/second) and five slope angles (-30 to 30%) arranged in a randomized complete block design was replicated twice. Flame rate of spread, flame height, and flame angle were measured using thermocouples and video imagery. Moisture content of 60 fires was 11%; 5 fires had a fuel moisture content of 35%. This data publication includes data summarizing the 65 fires, velocity profiles measured in the wind tunnel, and raw thermocouple data for the 65 fires.

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    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024

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    Harvested from USDA JSON

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 3, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 30, 2024
    Publisher U.S. Forest Service
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2018-04-26
    Data Last Modified 2024-03-15
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 005:96
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    Homepage URL https://data-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/documents/usfs::wind-and-slope-effects-on-laboratory-scale-fire-behavior
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Program Code 005:059
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