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Type: Webinar
Presenter(s):
  • Gary L. Achtemeier
    US Forest Service, Southern Research Station
Publisher(s):
  • NWCG Smoke Committee
Publication Date: June 15, 2017

What is Superfog and how it forms on your burn site. How common is Superfog on burn sites. Superfog weather: What conditions allow superfog to leave your burn site and how far will it go. Superfog weather: Identifying conditions that turn a typical safe burn into a disaster.

Recording Length: 1:28:34
Online Link(s):
Link to this recording (22 MB; mp4)

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Keywords:
  • fog
  • Kelvin-Helmholtz waves
  • liquid water content
  • mixing
  • nocturnal inversion
  • RH - relative humidity
  • smoldering combustion
  • superfog
  • Superfog Potential Index
  • temperature
  • traffic
  • visibility
  • wind
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Record Maintained By: FRAMES Staff (https://www.frames.gov/contact)
FRAMES Record Number: 24241