Grassfires : fuel, weather and fire behaviour.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, 1997Description: viii, 102 p. : col. ill., col. mapsISBN:

0643063242 (pbk)

DDC classification:

632.180994 21

Subject: Presents the latest information from CSIRO on the behaviour and spread of fires in grasslands. It introduces new meters for the prediction of fire danger and rate of spread of grassfires and explains their use and limitations. Also contains information covering all aspects of fire behaviour and spread in grassland fuels, including the major types pf grasses in Australia. It covers the factors that affect fire behaviour in continuous grassy fuels, fires in spinifex fuels, the effect of weather and topography on fire spread, wildfire suppression strategies, and how to reconstruct grassfire spread after the fact

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Bibliography: p. 92-94

Includes glossary and index

Presents the latest information from CSIRO on the behaviour and spread of fires in grasslands. It introduces new meters for the prediction of fire danger and rate of spread of grassfires and explains their use and limitations. Also contains information covering all aspects of fire behaviour and spread in grassland fuels, including the major types pf grasses in Australia. It covers the factors that affect fire behaviour in continuous grassy fuels, fires in spinifex fuels, the effect of weather and topography on fire spread, wildfire suppression strategies, and how to reconstruct grassfire spread after the fact

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