- Author
- Countryman, C. M. | Philpot, C. W.
- Title
- Physical Characteristics of Chamise as a Wildland Fuel.
- Coporate
- Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experimental Station, Berkeley, CA
- Report
- Research Paper PSW-66, 1970, 18 p.
- Keywords
- wildland fires | fuel load | fuel beds | enthalpy | chemical composition | moisture content
- Identifiers
- Adenostoma fasciculatum; burning characteristics; fuel density; surface-to-volume ratio; amount and distribution of dead fuel; measurement of leaves; measurement of woody material
- Abstract
- Chamise shrubs in southern California were analyzed for the physical characteristics known to affect fire behavior, such as density, fuel loading, and fuel bed porosity. Considerable variation was found, but results are helpful in developing estimates of chamise fuel characteristics for fire control under field conditions.