Weather Guide For The Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System

Author : B. D. Lawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weather Guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System written by B. D. Lawson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This weather guide includes detailed specifications for locating and instrumenting fire weather stations, taking weather observations, and overwintering the Drought Code component of the FWI System. The sensitivity of the FWI System components to weather elements is represented quantitatively. The importance of weather that is not directly observable is discussed in the context of fuel moisture and fire behavior. Current developments in the observation and measurement of fire weather and the forecasting of fire danger are discussed, along with the implications for the reporting of fire weather of increasingly automated fire management information systems.

Author : C. E. Van Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Development and Structure of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System written by C. E. Van Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Canadian Forestry Service
Publisher : Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3L/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tables for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System written by Canadian Forestry Service and published by Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service. This book was released on 1984 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourth edition of tables for calculating the six standardcomponents of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. Thefirst three components are fuel moisture codes that follow dailychanges in the moisture contents of three classes of forestsfuel; the final three are fire behaviour indexes that representrate of spread, amount of available fuel, and fire intensity. The system provides a uniform method of rating fire danger acrossCanada.

Author : Pacific Forest Research Centre. Fire Research Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Weather Indices written by Pacific Forest Research Centre. Fire Research Group and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : M. D. Flannigan
Publisher : Chalk River, Ontario : Petawawa National Forestry Institute, Forestry Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Relative Humidity Measurement for Fire Danger Rating in Canada written by M. D. Flannigan and published by Chalk River, Ontario : Petawawa National Forestry Institute, Forestry Canada. This book was released on 1989 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9781921605178
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Fire Weather as Represented by the McArthur Forest Fire Danger Index and the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Benjamin Schwarz
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656732442
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparing the Fire Danger Rating Systems of Canada and the US: FWI versus NFDRS written by Benjamin Schwarz and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Forestry / Forestry Economics, grade: 1,3, University of Toronto, language: English, abstract: This paper describes and compares conceptually the Fire Weather Index (FWI) system of Canada and the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) of the USA. The relatively simple FWI system rates fire danger for all Canada and is based on empirical field-data derived from a single fuel type. The laboratory-based NFDRS, in contrast, allows more specification for distinct fire danger areas and models fuel moisture more abstract and in different classifications. Relative strengths and weaknesses with regard to the vegetative conditions in the particular country are discussed. The use of empirical data and the good and simple representation of soil moisture are the major strengths of the FWI system. The NFDRS wins through its possibility to model specifically a distinct fire danger area and through the consideration of live fuel moisture content. The conclusion of this paper is that both systems can benefit from each other. A combination of the simplicity of the FWI and specialization on a distinct area through the site descriptors similar to the ones of the NFDRS is proposed.

Author : Kelvin G. Hirsch
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1H/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) System written by Kelvin G. Hirsch and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian Forest Fire Behaviour Prediction (FBP) System provides a systematic method of assessing fire behaviour. The FBP System has 14 primary inputs that can be divided into 5 general categories: fuels, weather, topography, foliar moisture content, and type and duration of prediction. In the FBP System these inputs are used to mathematically develop 4 primary and 11 secondary outputs. Primary outputs are generally based on a fire intensity equation, and secondary outputs are calculated using a simple elliptical fire growth model. This publication provides diagrams, examples, and exercises that explain the FBP System in a user-oriented manner. This guideline delineates the interpretation of the FBP System's inputs and outputs and details how the predictions are derived.

Author : Emilio Chuvieco
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 981238569X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wildland Fire Danger written by Emilio Chuvieco and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a wide range of techniques for extracting information from satellite remote sensing images in forest fire danger assessment. It covers the main concepts involved in fire danger rating, and analyses the inputs derived from remotely sensed data for mapping fire danger at both the local and global scale. The questions addressed concern the estimation of fuel moisture content, the description of fuel structural properties, the estimation of meteorological danger indices, the analysis of human factors associated with fire ignition, and the integration of different risk factors in a geographic information system for fire danger management.

Author : Stephen J. Pyne
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774840277
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awful Splendour written by Stephen J. Pyne and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire is a defining element in Canadian land and life. With few exceptions, Canada's forests and prairies have evolved with fire. Its peoples have exploited fire and sought to protect themselves from its excesses, and since Confederation, the country has devised various institutions to connect fire and society. The choices Canadians have made says a great deal about their national character. Awful Splendour narrates the history of this grand saga. It will interest geographers, historians, and members of the fire community.