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Fire modelling Tasmanian buttongrass moorlands. III* Dead fuel moisture

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posted on 2023-05-16, 13:04 authored by Jonathan Marsden-SmedleyJonathan Marsden-Smedley, Catchpole, WR
An experimental program was carried out in Tasmanian buttongrass moorlands to develop fire behaviour prediction models for improving fire management. This paper describes the results of the fuel moisture modelling section of this project. A range of previously developed fuel moisture prediction models are examined and three empirical dead fuel moisture prediction models are developed. McArthur's grassland fuel moisture model gave equally good predictions as a linear regression model using humidity and dew-point temperature. The regression model was preferred as a prediction model as it is inherently more robust. A prediction model based on hazard sticks was found to have strong seasonal effects which need further investigation before hazard sticks can be used operationally.

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Publication title

International Journal of Wildland Fire

Volume

10

Pagination

241-253

ISSN

1049-8001

Department/School

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences

Publisher

CSIRO Publishing

Place of publication

Collingwood, Australia

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Rehabilitation or conservation of terrestrial environments

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