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  1. A Probe for Measuring Moisture Content in Dead Roundwood

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    Author(s): Richard W. Blank; John S. Frost; James E. Eenigenburg
    Date: 1983
    Source: Research Note NC-306. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station
    Publication Series: Research Note (RN)
    Station: North Central Research Station
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    Description

    This paper reports field test results of a wood moisture probe''s accuracy in measuring fuel moisture content of dead roundwood. Probe measurements, corrected for temperature, correlated well with observed fuel moistures of 1-inch dead jack pine branchwood.

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    Blank, Richard W.; Frost, John S.; Eenigenburg, James E. 1983. A Probe for Measuring Moisture Content in Dead Roundwood. Research Note NC-306. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

    Keywords

    Wood moisture gauge, fire danger, jack pine, prescribed burning, ovendrying

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