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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"fuel moisture content"”.
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Remote sensing to characterise vegetation fuel moisture content in the UK uplands
… are likely to start can become more accurate. Fuel moisture content (FMC) is one of the most important factors influencing wildfire risk, as it controls the probability of ignition and the rate of spread of a fire. This work aims to assess the potential of calibrated time-series Sentinel-2A …
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Development Of A Unified Approach (An Index) To Study The Particulate, Carbon Monoxide Emissions And The Combustion Efficiency Using Field And Laboratory Investigations
… uses biomass and other renewable sources of fuel for cooking and other heating purposes. The Biomass is not burnt efficiently which results in the release of pollutants which are the products of incomplete combustion. Previously, studies have been done to study the PM2.5, CO, methane and non …
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Visualising convective heat transfer in a propagating wildland fire
… heat transfer, especially in fine porous fuels. This thesis investigates the complex contributions of convective heating and cooling and their influence on the rate of spread (ROS) in bushfires through a combination of physics-based numerical simulations and experimental methods. Numerical …
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Fuel characterization using remote sensing in support of large-scale wildfire management in the Cerrado biome
… changes in the fire regime. Managing fuels is one of the most important options we have for reducing wildfire’s negative impacts on society and the environment and amplifying positive ones on fire-dependent flora. Large areas such as Cerrado often require remote sensors to characterize …
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Beaver moderated fire resistance in the North Cascades and potential for climate change adaptation
… resistance to wildfire by increasing soil and fuelmoisture in riparian zones and surrounding uplands, hindering fuel ignition and fire rate of spread. To test this hypothesis, beaver impounded sites and paired undammed reference reaches were compared using field moisture surveys, GIS analysis …
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Fuel moisture and fuel dynamics in woodland and heathland vegetation of the Sydney Basin
… and in some vegetation types up to 70 % of fuel consumed during a fire can be live. Research into fire behaviour and fuel dynamics has been minimal. To address this issue this thesis investigated the principal factor affecting the ease of ignition and rate of combustion of individual fuel …
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The differences in grass species composition and the effects on fire behaviour in an African mesic savanna
… on fire behaviour through their differing fuel characteristics related to each species specific phenologies and morphologies. Climate change and elevated atmospheric CO2 levels may influence the trajectory of grassy ecosystems over a large spatial and temporal scale. These dynamics operate …