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WILDFIRE ZONES ON A MOUNTAIN RIDGE.
- Source :
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers; Mar1978, Vol. 68 Issue 1, p89-94, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 1978
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Abstract
- An objective approach to regionalizing climatic characteristics affecting wildfire ignition potential is useful in fire control strategies. Temperature and humidity observations statistically predict equilibrium moisture content characteristics providing a first approximation to the moisture content of dead, fine fuels. Principal component and cluster analysis grouped fuel moisture attributes for seven locations on a mountain ridge spanning nearly 1000 m in elevation difference on two aspects and within a maximum separation distance of 5 km. The final three groupings showed a dominance of neither elevation nor aspect influences but, rather, a mixture of both. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CLIMATE change
WILDFIRE prevention
WILDFIRES
TEMPERATURE
HUMIDITY
FUEL
MOUNTAINS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00045608
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Annals of the Association of American Geographers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12768165
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8306.1978.tb01183.x