Pacific Northwest Research Station

Title: National fire-danger rating system fine-fuel moisture content tables—an Alaskan adaptation.

Author: Barney, Richard J.

Date: 1969

Source: Res. Note PNW-RN-109. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 12 p

Station ID: RN-PNW-109

Description: Fine-fuel moisture content tables, using dry bulb and dewpoint temperatures as entry data, have been developed for use with the National Fire-Danger Rating System in Alaska. Comparisons have been made which illustrate differences resulting from danger-rating calculations based on these new fine-fuel moisture content tables for the cured, transition, and green herbaceous stages of fuel are provided.

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Barney, Richard J.  1969.  National fire-danger rating system fine-fuel moisture content tables—an Alaskan adaptation..   Res. Note PNW-RN-109. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 12 p