MAPS OF COMBUSTIBLE FOREST MATERIALS |
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| Authors: | M A Sofronov A V Volokitina |
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| Institution: | Forestry and Timber Institute , Krasnoyarsk |
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| Abstract: | An article devoted to applied forest-fire mapping outlines principles for the compilation of maps depicting “raw materials” for such fires. Various types and densities of vegetation cover are classified in terms of combustibility, i.e., according to the intensity of burning expected once they are fully exposed to flames. These maps are used in conjunction with weather data and forecasts to predict and combat the spread of fire across an area. Particular attention is devoted to identification and mapping of “basic conductors” of combustion–layers of forest litter and mossypeaty vegetation along which a forest fire normally spreads. Translated from: Geografiya i prirodnyye resursy, 1987, No. 3, pp. 138-144. |
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