@article{ART002143269},
author={Byung Doo Lee and yeongtae bae and Sung-Cheol Jung},
title={Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard},
journal={Crisisonomy},
issn={2466-1198},
year={2016},
volume={12},
number={8},
pages={121-130}
TY - JOUR
AU - Byung Doo Lee
AU - yeongtae bae
AU - Sung-Cheol Jung
TI - Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard
JO - Crisisonomy
PY - 2016
VL - 12
IS - 8
PB - Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
SP - 121
EP - 130
SN - 2466-1198
AB - This study analyzed the influence of a thinning operation on fire behavior, fire hazard and fuel load. Our research examined fuel load in surface, shrub, and crown layer by three degree of density (100, 200 and 300 trees per hectare) in both treated and untreated area. NEXUS 2.0, a system for assessing crown fire hazard into torching index and crowing index, and a BehavePlus program were used to analyze fire behavior. It was observed that, when the intensity of a thinning operation increased, the shrub fuel load also increased but the surface fuel and canopy fuel load decreased. Unlike a torching index with no big difference by thinning intensity, the more intensified a thinning operation became, the more reduced a crowning index was. The result of fire behavior analysis showed that the spreading rate was much faster and heat radiation was also very high in untreated sites. Not only fire intensity but flame length became weaken and shorten in uncontrolled area.
KW - forest fire;forest tending;fuel;crown fire hazard;crowning index;torching index
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Byung Doo Lee, yeongtae bae and Sung-Cheol Jung. (2016). Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard. Crisisonomy, 12(8), 121-130.
Byung Doo Lee, yeongtae bae and Sung-Cheol Jung. 2016, "Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard", Crisisonomy, vol.12, no.8 pp.121-130.
Byung Doo Lee, yeongtae bae, Sung-Cheol Jung "Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard" Crisisonomy 12.8 pp.121-130 (2016) : 121.
Byung Doo Lee, yeongtae bae, Sung-Cheol Jung. Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard. 2016; 12(8), 121-130.
Byung Doo Lee, yeongtae bae and Sung-Cheol Jung. "Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard" Crisisonomy 12, no.8 (2016) : 121-130.
Byung Doo Lee; yeongtae bae; Sung-Cheol Jung. Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard. Crisisonomy, 12(8), 121-130.
Byung Doo Lee; yeongtae bae; Sung-Cheol Jung. Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard. Crisisonomy. 2016; 12(8) 121-130.
Byung Doo Lee, yeongtae bae, Sung-Cheol Jung. Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard. 2016; 12(8), 121-130.
Byung Doo Lee, yeongtae bae and Sung-Cheol Jung. "Thinning Effect on Fuel Load and Crown Fire Hazard" Crisisonomy 12, no.8 (2016) : 121-130.
