
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Catchpole, EA 
A1  - Catchpole, WR 
T1  - Modelling Moisture Damping for Fire Spread in a Mixture of Live and Dead Fuels
JF  - International Journal of Wildland Fire
JO  - Int. J. Wildland Fire
Y1  - 1991
VL  - 1
IS  - 2
SP  - 101
EP  - 106
KW  - Fire spread, Moisture damping, Rothermel model,Mixed fuels, Fynbos
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9910101 
N2  - A model, based on those of Rothermel(1972) and Wilson (1990), is developed for the effect of fuel moisture on fire spread rate in a fuel complex consisting of a mixture of live and dead fine fuel particles. Physical arguments lead to a modification of the heat sink term of Rothermel's model. A form of moisture damping is proposed which generalises that of Wilson. It uses one extra parameter, which needs to be estimated from experimental burns in a mixture of live and dead fuels. The model is fitted to a series of experimental shrubland fires. The model fits this data better than does Rothermel's original model, but is not yet recommended for use by practitioners. 
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