Theoretical analysis reveals moisture response in dead fuel under climatic stress, suggesting new classification criteria.
Numerical simulation of dead fuel behavior under different climatological regimes has quantified three universal characteristics of fuels: (1) response of the fuel to climatological moisture-induced stress; (2) response of the outer layers of the fuel to both standard drying conditions and climatological stress; and (3) time required for a fuel to become independent of its previous moisture history. The first two characteristics provide a basis for fuels classification. The third allows us to evaluate fuel moisture contributions to fire persistence and conditioning time for fuel moisture sensors. Forest Sci. 17:64-72.
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