Fuel Characteristic Classification System Publications and Supplementary Documentation
Fact
Sheet [.pdf 308 kb]
User Guide for Version
2.2 [.pdf 2.21 MB]
Lists of Inferred Variables
These 8 articles were published by the Canadian
Journal of Forest Research in the December
2007 Special Forum on the Fuel Characteristic Classification
System
Characterizing and Classifying Complex
Fuels -- A New Approach
Berg, Erik. 2007. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 37(12):
2381-2382. |
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An Overview of the Fuel Characteristic Classification
System – Quantifying, Classifying, and Creating Fuelbeds
for Resource Planning
Ottmar, R.D.; Sandberg, D.V.; Riccardi, C.L.; Prichard, S.J.
2007.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 37(12): 2383-2393. |
Abstract
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The Fuelbed: a Key Element of the Fuel Characteristic
Classification System
Riccardi, Cynthia L.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Sandberg, David V.,
Andreu, Anne; Elman, Ella; Kopper, Karen; Long, Jennifer. 2007.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 37(12): 2394-2412. |
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text [.pdf] 7MB |
Quantifying Physical Characteristics of Wildland Fuels
Using the Fuel Characteristic Classification System
Riccardi, Cynthia L.; Prichard Susan J.; Sandberg, David V.;
Ottmar, Roger D. 2007. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
37(12): 2413-2420. |
Abstract
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text [.pdf] 115kb |
Fire Potential Rating for Wildland Fuelbeds
Using the Fuel Characteristic Classification System.
Sandberg, David V.; Riccardi, Cynthia L.; Schaaf, Mark D. 2007.
Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 37(12): 2456-2463 |
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Reformulation of Rothermel’s Wildland Fire Behaviour
Model for Heterogeneous Fuelbeds
Sandberg, David V.; Riccardi, Cynthia L.; Schaaf, Mark
D. 2007. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 37(12): 2438-2455.
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Abstract
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A Conceptual Framework for Ranking Crown Fire Potential
in Wildland Fuelbeds
Schaaf, Mark D.; Sandberg, David V.; Schreuder, Maarten D.;
Riccardi, Cynthia L. 2007. Canadian Journal of Forest Research.
37(12): 2464-2478. |
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text [.pdf] 374kb |
Mapping Fuels at Multiple Scales: Landscape Application
of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System
McKenzie, D.; Raymond, C.L.; Kellogg, L.-K.B.; Norheim, R.A;
Andreu, A.G.; Bayard, A.C.; Kopper, K.E.; Elman. E. 2007. Canadian
Journal of Forest Research. 37(12): 2421-2437.
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Abstract
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text [.pdf] 5.4MB |
National Database for Calculating Fuel Available to Wildfires
McKenzie, D., N.H.F. French, and R.D. Ottmar. 2012. . EOS Transactions 93:57-58.
Full text [.pdf]
Mapping Fuels on the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests
Raymond, C.L.; Kellogg, L.K-B.; McKenzie, D. 2006.In: Andrews, P.L.; Butler, B.W., eds. Fuels management - how to measure success: conference proceedings. Proceedings RMRS-P-41. Portland, OR. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 293-304.
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/25955
Planes, Trainings, and Estimating Fuel Consumption: Merging Fire
Science with Management in Eastern Hardwoods
Joint Fire Science Program. 2003. 2 p.
Full text [.pdf]
Fuel Characteristic Classification System
Ottmar Roger D.; Sandberg, D.V.; Prichard, S.J.; Riccardi, C.L.
2003.
Presentation at the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and
Fire Management Congress
http://ams.confex.com/ams/FIRE2003/techprogram/paper_67236.htm
(30 September 2004).
Also listen to presentation, and watch slides!!!
Fire Potential Rating for Wildland Fuelbeds
Sandberg, David V. 2003.
Presentation at the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and
Fire Management Congress
http://ams.confex.com/ams/FIRE2003/techprogram/paper_67075.htm
(30 September 2004)
Also listen to presentation, and watch slides!!!
Characterizing Fuels in the 21st Century
David V. Sandberg, Roger Ottmar, and Geoff Cushon
Review of past classifications and introduction to the modern characterization
of wildland fuelbeds. Published by the International Journal of
Wildland Fire.
Abstract
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text (.pdf ) [652kb]
September 2001
Fuel Characteristic Classification: Characterizing Wildland
Fuelbeds in the United States
Geoff Cushon, Roger Ottmar, David Sandberg, Julee Greenough, and
Jennifer Key
Overview paper presented at Fire2000 meeting, December 2000 in San
Diego, California. Published by Tall timbers Research Station
.pdf
version [195kb]
February 2001
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