Title:

August 1986 Annaburro Station prescribed fires F19 and C064: Fire Dynamics Simulator evaluation data

Author(s):

Mell, William E.; Gould, Jim S.; Cheney, N. Phillip

Publication Year:

2024

How to Cite:

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Mell, William E.; Gould, Jim S.; Cheney, N. Phillip. 2024. August 1986 Annaburro Station prescribed fires F19 and C064: Fire Dynamics Simulator evaluation data. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2024-0052

Abstract:

This data publication contains data from two outdoor fire experiments conducted on August 18th and 20th of 1986 on a flood plain of the Mary River at Annaburro Station in Northern Territory, Australia. These two experiments are part of a more significant experimental effort conducted at the Annaburroo Station in July and August of 1986, involving 170 burn blocks of various sizes. Fuels at the study site were continuous open grasslands that were fully cured.

The data publication contains oblique aerial photographs taken during the two experimental fires from a Bell 47-G helicopter. Additionally, the publication includes digitized coordinates of the fire lines from the aerial photographs. Tabular data contain measurements obtained from these coordinates of the maximum forward rate of spread of the fire, the fire's rate of spread, and calculated flame depth. The vegetation type in each burn block is documented along with fuel moisture content, height, and load. Ocular estimations of flame height, flame angle, and percent of grass curing are provided for each burn block. Additionally, wind speed, air temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation measurements from a meteorological station near the study area's center are provided. Wind speed measurements recorded in an open area within 800 meters upwind of the burn blocks as well as wind magnitude measurements from a sensitive cup anemometer at each corner of the burn block are also included.

Keywords:

biota; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; environment; imageryBaseMapsEarthCover; Climatology; Fire; Fire ecology; fire perimeter; fire modeling; fire behavior; wildland fire; evaluation; validation; Australia; Annaburroo Station; Mary River; Northern Territories

Related publications:

• Cheney, N. Phillip; Gould, Jim S.; Catchpole, Wendy R. 1993. The influence of fuel, weather and fire shape variables on fire-spread in grasslands. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 3(1): 31-44. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9930031
• Cheney, N. Phillip; Gould, Jim S. 1995. Fire growth in grassland fuels. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 5(4): 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF9950237
• Mell, William E.; Jenkins, Mary Ann; Gould, Jim S.; Cheney, N. Phillip. 2007. A physics-based approach to modelling grassland fires. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 16(1): 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF06002
• McNamara, Derek; Mell, William E. 2021. An approach to integrated data management for three-dimensional, time-dependent fire behaviour model evaluation. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 30(12): 911-920. https://doi.org/10.1071/WF21021

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