Reliable predictions of fuel consumption are critical in the eastern United States (US), where prescribed burning is frequently applied to forests and air quality is of increasing concern. CONSUME and the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM), predictive models developed to estimate fuel consumption and emissions from wildland fires, have not been systematically evaluated for application in the eastern US using the same validation data set. In this study, we compiled a fuel consumption data set from 54 operational prescribed fires (43 pine and 11 mixed hardwood sites) to assess each model’s uncertainties and application limits. Regions of indifference between measured and predicted values by fuel category and forest type represent the pote...
Significant quantities of forest land burn in the south-eastern United States as a result of wildfir...
In fire dependent forested ecosystems, fire managers are greatly interested in predicting the conseq...
Given that resource managers rely on computer simulation models when it is difficult or expensive to...
The First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a predictive tool that allows estimation of fire effec...
In estimating total carbon emissions from wildland fire, three inputs are needed: area burned, carbo...
Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burne...
A lack of independent, quality-assured data prevents scientists from effectively evaluating predicti...
Smoke emissions from wildland fires contribute to concentrations of atmospheric particulate matter a...
This thesis evaluates the effectiveness of BEHAVE: Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System...
The First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a useful tool for predicting fire-induced mortality in...
We used the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS) to simulate fuel t...
Smoke emissions from wildland fires contribute to concentrations of atmospheric particulate matter a...
To control and use wildland fires safely and effectively depends on creditable assessments of fire p...
Computer models used to predict forest and fuels dynamics and wildfire behavior inform decisionmakin...
Consumption of woody fuel (diameter > 0.6 cm) during forest fires has important implications for fir...
Significant quantities of forest land burn in the south-eastern United States as a result of wildfir...
In fire dependent forested ecosystems, fire managers are greatly interested in predicting the conseq...
Given that resource managers rely on computer simulation models when it is difficult or expensive to...
The First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a predictive tool that allows estimation of fire effec...
In estimating total carbon emissions from wildland fire, three inputs are needed: area burned, carbo...
Landscape fires show large variability in the amount of biomass or fuel consumed per unit area burne...
A lack of independent, quality-assured data prevents scientists from effectively evaluating predicti...
Smoke emissions from wildland fires contribute to concentrations of atmospheric particulate matter a...
This thesis evaluates the effectiveness of BEHAVE: Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System...
The First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) is a useful tool for predicting fire-induced mortality in...
We used the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS) to simulate fuel t...
Smoke emissions from wildland fires contribute to concentrations of atmospheric particulate matter a...
To control and use wildland fires safely and effectively depends on creditable assessments of fire p...
Computer models used to predict forest and fuels dynamics and wildfire behavior inform decisionmakin...
Consumption of woody fuel (diameter > 0.6 cm) during forest fires has important implications for fir...
Significant quantities of forest land burn in the south-eastern United States as a result of wildfir...
In fire dependent forested ecosystems, fire managers are greatly interested in predicting the conseq...
Given that resource managers rely on computer simulation models when it is difficult or expensive to...