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Estimating Stability Class in the Field
Author(s): Leonidas G. Lavdas
Date: 1997
Source: Res. Note SE-4. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.
Publication Series: Research Note (RN)
Station: Southern Research Station
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A simple and easily remembered method is described for estimating cloud ceiling height in the field. Estimating ceiling height provides the means to estimate stability class, a parameter used to help determine Dispersion Index and Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index, indices used as smoke management aids. Stability class is also used as an input to VSMOKE, an atmospheric dispersion model used to estimate prescribed fire smoke effects on air quality and visibility.Publication Notes
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Lavdas, Leonidas G. 1997. Estimating Stability Class in the Field. Res. Note SE-4. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.Cited
Keywords
Cloud ceiling height, Dispersion Index, dispersion models, Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index, prescribed burning, stability class.Related Search
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