Duff moisture dynamics in black spruce feather moss stands and their relation to the Canadian forest fire danger rating system

• Main Author: Wilmore, Brenda
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Duff; Fairbanks; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/6790

Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001 The Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System's Fire Weather Index (FWI) system models 3 levels of fuel moisture within the forest floor using simple environmental inputs. Wildland fire managers in interior Alaska have expressed concern that th...