Title: Wildfire behaviour data for an experimental crown fire in thinned boreal black spruce, Alberta, Canada, 2019-05-11
Citation: Thompson, D. K. (2020). Wildfire behaviour data for an experimental crown fire in thinned boreal black spruce, Alberta, Canada, 2019-05-11 [Dataset]. In Fire (Vol. 3, Issue 3, p. 28). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3925794
Study Site: Wabasca, Alberta
Purpose: A 3.6 ha experimental fire was conducted in a black spruce peatland forest that had undergone thinning the year prior. After 50 m of spread in a natural stand at 35–60 m min−1, the crown fire (43,000 kW m−1 intensity using Byram’s method) encountered the 50% stem removal treatment; spread rates in the treatment were 50–60 m min−1.
Abstract: Data describing an experimental forest fire in Wabasca, Alberta, Canada in May 2019
Supplemental Information Summary: The fire is described in detail in the paper: "Recent Crown Thinning in a Boreal Black Spruce Forest Does Not Reduce Spread Rate nor Total Fuel Consumption: Results from an Experimental Crown Fire in Alberta, Canada" https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3030028
Research:
Further Info: Thompson, D.K.; Schroeder, D.; Wilkinson, S.L.; Barber, Q.; Baxter, G.; Cameron, H.; Hsieh, R.; Marshall, G.; Moore, B.; Refai, R.; et al. Recent Crown Thinning in a Boreal Black Spruce Forest Does Not Reduce Spread Rate nor Total Fuel Consumption: Results from an Experimental Crown Fire in Alberta, Canada. Fire 2020, 3, 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire3030028
Status: Complete
Keywords:
vegetation,
wildfire,
Geographical coordinates: North: 55.71, South: 55.71 East: -113.57 West: -113.57
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2018-01-01, End
Date: 2019-12-31
