FUEL MODELLING AND POTENTIAL FIREBEHAVIOR IN TURKEY
Yazarlar (3)
Prof. Dr. Ömer KÜÇÜK Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ertugrul Bilgili Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye
Paulo M. Fernandes Centro De Investigação E De Tecnologias Agroambientais E Biológicas, Portekiz
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Sumarski List | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0373-1332 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 12-2015 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 139 / 11 / 553–560 | DOI | – |
| UAK Araştırma Alanları |
Orman Entomolojisi ve Koruma
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| Özet |
| Description of fuel characteristics is an essential input to fire behavior models that can provide decision-support for fire management. Fuel models describe fuel characteristics for fire modeling systems based on Rothermel’s fire spread model. In this study, fire behavior data collected in field experiments in different fuel complexes in Turkey is used in the process of fuel model development. Nine fuel models were built for low and tall maquis, Anatolian black pine (P. nigra JF Arnold subsp. nigra var. caramanica (Loudon) Rehder), litter, and slash variable in age and load. BehavePlus simulations of fire rate of spread, flame length and fireline intensity for typical summer weather conditions highlight the quite different fire potential between the studied fuel types. The difficulty in dealing with fuel complexes dominated by live fuels was evident from the simulations. On the contrary, the model correctly predicted the observed temporal decrease of fire behavior in slash. This study shows the crucial importance of experimental fire data to parameterize fuel models. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| Experimental fires | Fire behavior | Fire modeling systems | Fuel modeling | Turkey |
