1988 Revisions to the 1978 National Fire-Danger Rating System

Burgan, Robert E.

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“…Since then there have been some minor adjustments (Burgan 1988 and an Energy Release Component (ERC). These two components are combined to produce the Burning Index, based on a suite of physics-based nonlinear dynamic equations.…”

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A critical assessment of the Burning Index in Los Angeles County, California

Schoenberg

Chang

Keeley

et al. 2007

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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The Burning Index (BI) is commonly used as a predictor of wildfire activity. An examination of data on the BI and wildfires in Los Angeles County, California from January 1976 to December 2000 reveals that although the BI is positively associated with wildfire occurrence, its predictive value is quite limited. Wind speed alone has a higher correlation with burn area than BI, for instance, and a simple alternative point process model using wind speed, relative humidity, precipitation and temperature well outperforms the BI in terms of predictive power. The BI is generally far too high in Winter and too low in Fall, and may exaggerate the impact of individual variables such as wind speed or temperature during times when other variables, such as precipitation or relative humidity, render the environment ill-suited for wildfires.

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A critical assessment of the Burning Index in Los Angeles County, California

Schoenberg

Chang

Keeley

et al. 2007

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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“…Studies of the interaction between fire-weather conditions and wildfire activity have focused on modeling short timescale meteorologic and wildfire behavior variability (Fujioka, 1997;Andrews and Queen, 2001). Modeling efforts have helped quantify the role of weather variability relative to fuel conditions and amounts and local topography (Deeming et al, 1977;Burgan, 1988;Pyne et al, 1996). The development of fire danger rating systems has allowed for the integration of longer-term (seasonal) climatic variability and shortterm meteorological variability into decision support tools for fire management.…”

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Synoptic climatology of extreme fire-weather conditions across the southwest United States

Crimmins

2006

Int. J. Climatol.

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Extreme fire-weather conditions are usually thought of as discrete events rather than part of a continuum of meteorological and climatological variability. This study uses a synoptic climatological approach (weather typing) to examine the seasonal climatology of extreme fire-weather conditions across the southwest United States (Arizona and New Mexico) during the period of 1988-2003. Three key circulation patterns representing broad southwesterly flow and large geopotential height gradients are associated with over 80% of the extreme fire-weather days identified in this study. Seasonal changes in relative humidity levels, strength of height gradient, and geopotential heights all modulate the relationship between these key circulation patterns and extreme fire-weather days. Examination of daily incident summaries for three recent wildfires

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“…Long-term weather determines the moisture content and combustibility of deeper organic layers and dead logs. The moisture content of these fuels is reflected by the NFDRS 1,000-hour time-lag fuel moisture (Deeming and others 1977), Canadian Duff Moisture Code and Drought Code (Hirsch 1996;Stocks and others 1989;Van Wagner 1987Wotton and others 2009), Keetch-Byram Drought Index (Burgan 1988(Burgan , 1993Fujioka and others 2008), or Palmer Drought Index. Wind is perhaps the single most important cause of spatial and temporal variation within boreal forests.…”

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Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on cultural resources and archaeology

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Jones²,

Koerner³

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This state-of-knowledge review provides a synthesis of the effects of fire on cultural resources, which can be used by fire managers, cultural resource (CR) specialists, and archaeologists to more effectively manage wildland vegetation, fuels, and fire. The goal of the volume is twofold: (1) to provide cultural resource/archaeological professionals and policy makers with a primer on fuels, fire behavior, and fire effects to enable them to work more effectively with the fire management community to protect resources during fuels treatment and restoration projects and wildfire suppression activities; and (2) to provide fire and land management professionals and policy makers with a greater understanding of the value of cultural resource protection and the methods available to evaluate and mitigate risks to CR. The synthesis provides a conceptual fire effects framework for planning, managing, and modeling fire effects (chapter1) and a primer on fire and fuel processes and fire effects prediction modeling (chapter 2). A synthesis of the effects of fire on various cultural resource materials is provided for ceramics (chapter 3), lithics (chapter 4), rock art (chapter 5), historic-period artifacts/materials (chapter 6), and below-ground features (chapter 7). Chapter 8 discusses the importance of cultural landscapes to indigenous peoples and emphasizes the need to actively involve native people in the development of collaborative management plans. The use and practical implications of this synthesis are the subject of the final chapter (chapter 9).Keywords: cultural resources, heritage resources, archaeology, fire regime, fire environment, fuels management, fire management, fire planning, wildfire, prescribed fire, First-Order fire effects, Second-Order fire effects, Third-Order fire effects, Burned Area Emergency Rehabilitation (BAER), fire severity, traditional cultural knowledge (TKE), cultural landscapesTo order, check any box or boxes below, fill in the address form, and send to the mailing address listed below. Or send your order and your address in mailing label form to one of the other listed media.RMRS-GTR-42-vol. 1. Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on fauna. Send to: ________________________________________________________________________________ Name RMRS-GTR ________________________________________________________________________________ AddressYou may order additional copies of this publication by sending your mailing information in label form through one of the following media. Please specify the publication title and number. Publishing ServicesTelephone ( Summary ____________________________________Cultural resources refer to the physical evidence of human occupations that cultural resource specialists and archaeologists use to reconstruct the past. This includes the objects, locations, and landscapes that play a significant role in the history or cultural traditions of a group of people. Cultural resources include artifacts of historical significance left by prehistoric aboriginal p...

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1988 Revisions to the 1978 National Fire-Danger Rating System

Cited by 133 publications

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A critical assessment of the Burning Index in Los Angeles County, California

A critical assessment of the Burning Index in Los Angeles County, California

Synoptic climatology of extreme fire-weather conditions across the southwest United States

Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on cultural resources and archaeology

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