Modification and Validation of Fuel Consumption Models for Shrub and Forested Lands in the Southwest, Pacific Northwest, Rockies, Midwest, Southeast and Alaska. Final Report

摘要

The primary focus of this project was to improve our understanding of fuel consumption in wildland fuels by developing new fuel consumption models for shrublands (including chaparral, sageland and palmetto/galberry types), hardwood forests (including southern and eastern regions of the U.S.), and boreal forests (including white spruce, black spruce and hardwood forests of Alaska) and incorporating them into Consume v 3.0. We also resolved differences in fuel consumption between the relatively short flaming phase of combustion and the longer smoldering phase of combustion that generally contributes the majority of wildland fire emissions.