The Transition and Spread of a Chaparral Crown Fire: Insights from Laboratory Scale Wind Tunnel Experiments

Fire occurring in the chaparral behaves as a crown fire, a dual-layer fire that typically ignites in a dead surface fuel layer and transitions to an elevated live crown layer where it continues to spread. In chaparral fuels including chamise, a dominant species in southern California, flame transiti...

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Main Authors: Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez, Amir Hessam Aminfar, Shusmita Saha, Kyle Awayan, David R. Weise, Marko Princevac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Combustion
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5630594
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