Jim Reardon from the US Forest Service, Missoula Rocky Mountain Research Station's Fire, Fuel and Smoke Program took me on a tour of the Fire Lab. Here are a few things I discovered...
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| the objectives of the Fire Modelling Institute at the Fire Lab |
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| designing an apparatus for an experiment |
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| and here it is |
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| this was the control panel for the combustion lab |
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| now this is the control panel for the combustion lab |
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| inside the combustion lab |
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| Simulating an upslope forest fire in the combustion lab |
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| this is what they use to simulate pine needles |
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| the straw is wrapped around metal stakes to simulate the trees |
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| this is where Dick Rothermel came up with his fire behaviour model |
I was lucky enough to see the combustion lab in action with Matt Jolly, Ecologist who is currently working on linking photosynthesis and combustion characteristics in live fuels.
