Explosive crown fire dynamics

Janice Coen, Shankar Mahalingam, John Daily

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Abstract

An infrared imager was used to detect high temperature regions produced by incandescent soot particles in an around the flaming combustion region of crown fires climbing a forested slope in Alaska. From the data, sequences of high-frequency, high resolution two-dimensional imagery of temperature were produced. Image flow analysis applied to this imagery yielded wind fields, fire spread rates, and vertical sensible heat fluxes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1652-1654
Number of pages3
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume85
Issue number11
StatePublished - Nov 2004

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