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Development of custom fire behavior fuel models from FCCS fuelbeds for the Savannah River fuel assessment project [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C : United States. Dept. of Energy. Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, 2009.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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10 pages : digital, PDF file
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United States. Department of Agriculture, United States. Department of Energy. Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety, and Health, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The purpose of this project is to create fire behavior fuel models that replicate the fire behavior characteristics (spread rate and fireline intensity) produced by 23 candidate FCCS fuelbeds developed for the Savannah River National Wildlife Refuge. These 23 fuelbeds were created by FERA staff in consultation with local fuel managers. The FCCS produces simulations of surface fire spread rate and flame length (and therefore fireline intensity) for each of these fuelbeds, but it does not produce maps of those fire behavior characteristics or simulate fire growth—those tasks currently require the use of the FARSITE and/or FlamMap software systems. FARSITE and FlamMap do not directly use FCCS fuelbeds, but instead use standard or custom fire behavior fuel models to describe surface fuel characteristics for fire modeling. Therefore, replicating fire growth and fire behavior potential calculations using FCCS‐simulated fire characteristics requires the development of custom fuel models that mimic, as closely as possible, the fire behavior characteristics produced by the FCCS for each fuelbed, over a range of fuel moisture and wind speeds.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:10-02-r
10-02-r
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Published through SciTech Connect.
07/23/2009.
"10-02-r"
Scott, Joe, H.
Type of Report and Period Covered Note
Final; 10/01/2009 - 09/30/2010
Funding Information
AI09-00SR22188
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