- Author
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Ryan, B. C.
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Ellis, G. R.
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Lust, D. V.
- Title
- Low-Level Wind Maxima in the 1969 San Mateo and Walker Fires.
- Coporate
- Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Berkeley, CA
- Report
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PSW-75
1971
10 p.
- Keywords
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wind effects
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wildland fires
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weather effects
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wind direction
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forest fires
- Identifiers
- San Mateo Canyon fire, Camp Pendleton military reservation in lower San Mateo Canyon, California, August 22, 1969; Walker Basin fire, south of Murietta in Walker Basin, California, August 22, 1969
- Abstract
- The strong band of low-level winds that affected the severity of the San mateo and Walker Fires in southern California on August 1969 was analyzed and studied. Mechanisms that could have caused or contributed to these winds and similar wind situations were evaluated and are discussed. Results show that the winds in this case were probably a product of several mechanisms in combination.