| Description |
1 online resource (79 pages) : illustrations. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
General technical report PNW ; GTR-887 |
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General technical report PNW ; 887.
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| Note |
"December 2013." |
| Summary |
The Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) is a software module that records wildland fuel characteristics and calculates potential fire behavior and hazard potentials based on input environmental variables. The FCCS 3.0 is housed within the Integrated Fuels Treatment Division Support System (Joint Fire Science Program 2012). It can also be run from command line as a stand-alone calculator. The flexible design of FCCS allows users to represent the structural complexity and diversity of fuels created through natural processes (e.g., forest succession and disturbance) and management activities (e.g., forest harvesting and fuels reduction). Each fuelbed is organized into six strata, including canopy, shrubs, herbaceous vegetation, woody fuels, litter-lichen-moss, and ground fuels. Strata are further divided into categories and subcategories. Fuelbeds representing common fuel types throughout much of North America are available in the FCCS reference library. Users may select an FCCS fuelbed to represent their specific project or customize a fuelbed to reflect actual site conditions. The FCCS reports the following results: (1) fuel characteristics by fuelbed, stratum, category, and subcategory; (2) surface fire behavior (i.e., reaction intensity, rate of spread, and flame length); and (3) FCCS fire potential ratings of surface fire behavior, crown fire behavior, and available fuels. With its large fuels data set and ability to represent a wide variety of fuel conditions, the FCCS has numerous applications, from small-scale fuel reduction projects to large-scale emissions and carbon assessments. This report provides technical documentation of the required inputs and computations in the FCCS. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-67). |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Biomass -- Combustion -- United States -- Computer programs.
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Wildfire forecasting -- United States -- Computer programs.
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Forest fire forecasting -- United States -- Computer programs.
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Forests and forestry -- Fire management -- United States -- Computer programs.
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| Added Author |
Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.), issuing body.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Prichard, Susan J. Fuel Characteristic Classification System version 3.0. Portland, OR : Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2013 (OCoLC)869477537 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0083-B-06 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
A 13.88:PNW-GTR-887 |
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