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290-Unit 10 Fuel Moisture

Define critical live fuel moisture and thresholds for various fuel types - answer Living
fuels, Variations in live fuels, Perennial and Annual Herbaceous Vegetation, Fuel
Models with live fuels, Crown Fires.

3 methods for obtaining life fuel moisture - answer Estimation based on time of year
Live fuel sampling (oven dry method)
- (Wet-dry)/dry
Online data sources (WFAS)

Define the relationship between RH, wind, and moisture content of fine and large fuels. -
answerFuel Moisture Exchange with the atmosphere
Equilibrium Moisture Content
Environmental Factors Influencing Fuel Moisture

Environmental factors influencing Fuel moisture - answer Shaded vs unshaved (fuel
temp)
Aspect (lowest FM on West)
Elevation (high=low FM)
Slope (slope % affects solar heating)
Wind (whatever is happening to fuel.. wind makes it faster)

Explain how the amount and duration of precipitation and soil moisture affect moisture
content of fine and large fuels - answerPrecip can raise fine dead fuel moisture more
rapidly.
Takes longer in large dead fuels
precipitation duration affects fine vs large differently.
-large will hold onto moisture longer, fine fuels get to saturation point then dry out
quickly.

The fuel moisture time-lag concept and its value to firefighters - answer

Describe how fuel moisture is determined for dead fuels in each of the four timelag
catagories - answerit varies by size class

1hr
-calculated from fine dead fuel charts
-rough estimate
-oven dry

10hr
-fuel moisture sticks

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