Fuels and fire behavior dynamics on large-scale savanna fires in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Southern Tropical Atlantic Region Experiment (STARE): Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator-Atlantic (TRACE A) and Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (SAFARI)

B. J Stocks; B. W VAN WILGEN; W. S. W Trollope; D. J Mcrae; J. A Mason; F Weirich; A. L. F Potgieter

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Fuels and fire behavior dynamics on large-scale savanna fires in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Southern Tropical Atlantic Region Experiment (STARE): Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator-Atlantic (TRACE A) and Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (SAFARI)

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Fuels and fire behavior dynamics on large-scale savanna fires in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Southern Tropical Atlantic Region Experiment (STARE): Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator-Atlantic (TRACE A) and Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (SAFARI)

B. J Stocks, B. W VAN WILGEN, W. S. W Trollope, D. J Mcrae, J. A Mason, F Weirich and A. L. F Potgieter

Journal of geophysical research, Vol.101(D19), pp.23541-23550

1996

DOI: 10.1029/95JD01734

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Abstract

Biomass characterization and fire behavior documentation were carried out on two large (>2000 ha) experimental fires conducted in arid savanna fuels in Kruger National Park in September 1992. Prefire fuel loads, fuel consumption, spread rates, flame zone characteristics, and in-fire and perimeter wind field dynamics were measured in order to determine overall energy release rates for each fire. Convection column dynamics were also measured in support of airborne trace gas and particulate measurements. Energy release rates varied significantly between the two fires, and this was strongly reflected in convection column development. The lower-intensity fire produced a weak, poorly defined smoke plume, while a well-developed column with a capping cumulus top developed during the higher intensity fire. Further experimental burning studies, in savannas with higher fuel loads, are recommended to further explore the fire behavior-convection column dynamics relationship investigated in this study.

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Chemical composition and interactions. Ionic interactions and processes

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Title: Subtitle: Fuels and fire behavior dynamics on large-scale savanna fires in Kruger National Park, South Africa: Southern Tropical Atlantic Region Experiment (STARE): Transport and Atmospheric Chemistry near the Equator-Atlantic (TRACE A) and Southern African Fire-Atmosphere Research Initiative (SAFARI)
Creators: B. J Stocks - Canadian Forest Service
B. W VAN WILGEN - Forestry Research Centre
W. S. W Trollope - University of Fort Hare
D. J Mcrae - Canadian Forest Service
J. A Mason - Canadian Forest Service
F Weirich - University of Iowa
A. L. F Potgieter - Division of Nature Conservation, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, Transvaal, South Africa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of geophysical research, Vol.101(D19), pp.23541-23550
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/95JD01734
ISSN: 0148-0227
eISSN: 2156-2202
Language: English
Date published: 1996
Academic Unit: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Civil and Environmental Engineering
Record Identifier: 9984229163902771

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