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Type: Report
Author(s): Ralph M. Nelson Jr.; Darold E. Ward
Publication Date: 1980

Particulate-matter emission factors and Byram's fire-intensity values were computed for experimental backfires in pine-litter and palmetto-gallberry fuels in the Southeast. The combined data for both fuel types were in reasonable agreement with the theoretical prediction that emission factor is inversely proportional to the cube root of Byram's fire intensity. Whether the low coefficient of determination (r2 = 0.56) was due to the influence of additional variables on emission factors or to experimental error has not been determined.

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Citation: Nelson Jr., Ralph M.; Ward, Darold E. 1980. Backfire particulate emissions and Byram's fire intensity. Research Note SE-RN-290. Asheville, NC: USDA Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 6 p.

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Topics:
Emissions and Smoke    Fire Behavior    Fuels    Models
Regions:
Southern
Keywords:
  • backfire
  • emission factor models
  • emission factors
  • fire intensity
  • fuel moisture
  • fuel types
  • Ilex glabra
  • particulates
  • PM - particulate matter
  • Serenoa repens
  • smoke management
Tall Timbers Record Number: 1251 • Location Status: In-file • Abstract Status: Okay, Fair use, Reproduced by permission
Record Last Modified:
Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 11562

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