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Physical Fire Processes
| Research | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| Firefighter Safety |
Perhaps one of the most critical decisions made by firefighters during daily fire management operations is the identification of suitable safety zones. |
| FireStem |
Often fires are managed to support or reduce the presence of specific plant species or sizes. FireStem is a computer model designed to aid fire managers in predicting tree mortality based on fire behavior and intensity. |
| WindNinja |
WindNinja is a computer program that computes spatially varying wind fields for wildland fire application. |
| WindWizard |
Microscale wind simulator using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. |
| Mapping and modeling fuels and fire at the Sycan Marsh, Oregon |
Mapping, modeling, and connecting fuels and fire behavior effects at the Sycan Marsh, Oregonp An ongoing research project focused on multi-scale integration of fire and fuel datasets collected before, during, and following management prescribed fires. |
| Rifle Bullet Ignition |
Rifle Bullets as Ignition Sources for Wildland Fires |
| Convective Ignition |
Convective Ignition of Forest Fuels |
| Camp Swift research burns |
The overall goal for the project is to evaluate the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator (WFDS), a physics-based fire behavior model, using data collected in a full-scale prescribed fire setting. |
| Climate Change on Global Fire Danger |
Wildfires occur at the intersection of dry weather, available fuel, and ignition sources. Weather is the most variable and largest driver of regional burned area. |
| Fires in Northern Eurasia |
Impacts of Black Carbon from Fires in Northern Eurasia |
| Improving firefighter safety |
How studies of energy transport are improving wildland firefighter safety zone guidelines. |
| Burning Rate |
Understanding burning rate and residence time of porous fuel beds using wood cribs |
| Spring Dip |
Physiological Drivers of the ‘Spring Dip’ in Red Pine and Jack Pine Foliar Moisture Content and Its Relationship to Crown Fire in the Great Lakes |
| Wildfire Ignition from Exploding Targets |
Tests of Wildfire Ignition from Exploding Targets |
| Describing Wildland Fuels |
Describing and Scaling Physio-chemical Properties of Live and Dead Fuels to Parameterize Physics-based Fire Behavior Models |
| Flame Structure |
Flame Structure in Spreading Laboratory Fires |
| Physics of Fire Spread |
Understanding the physics of fire spread |
| Mountain Pine Beetle |
Quantifying the Potential Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle on Wildland Fire Behavior |
| Evaluating Fuel Treatment Effectiveness |
Using STANDFIRE to test whether fuel treatments are effective in changing fire behavior |
| Clearance Distances |
Flames and smoke from wildland fire can increase the possibility of phase-to-phase, phase-to-tower, or phase-to-ground faults that could lead to subsequent power outages and electrocution risk to humans. |
| RxCadre Project | Obtaining integrated, quality-assured fuels, fire, and atmospheric data for development and evaluation of fuels, fire behavior, smoke, and fire effects models |
| Fundamental Wildland Fire Spread Research | A program of research for understanding how fire spread occurs with a focus on live fuels and active crown fire |
| Surface Wind Modeling | High resolution surface wind modeling in support of fire management |
| Fire Whirl Research | Understanding fire whirl genesis and impacts to firefighter safety |
| Dry Lightning Strikes |
Mapping potential dry lightning strikes |
| Surface Wind Measurements |
There is a lack of high resolution measurements of wind speed and direction with which to test wind model accuracy. This project is directed at collecting needed data sets in mountainous terrain. |
| Foliar Moisture Content |
Analyzing the ‘spring dip’ in foliar moisture content and its relationship to crown dire activity in the Great Lakes |
| Fuel Particle Heat Exchange | Examining fuel particle heat exchange experimentally and through the use of numerical modeling. |