Current Research

I am conducting research on the mechanisms of fire behavior in live fuels with a team composed primarily of university collaborators and students at Brigham Young University and the University of Alabama at Huntsville and scientists in the RMRS Fire, Fuels and Smoke Program. The objectives of this research are to improve understanding of the relative importance of several factors such as chemical composition and water content, heat transfer modes and fluxes (convection and radiation), fuel particle geometry and fuel bed arrangement on pre-ignition and ignition processes and on subsequent fire spread within and between live shrub fuels. A DOD project funded in 2016 involving over 15 scientists will be studying the effects of heat transfer on pyrolysis and ignition of southern live fuels (https://www.serdp-estcp.org/Program-Areas/Resource-Conservation-and-Climate-Change/Air-Quality/RC-2640/RC-2640). Fire spread in chaparral fuels is being examined at three scales – the fuel element, the fuel bed, and in the field through a combination of experimentation and modeling. I am testing and validating laboratory scale results in field settings wherein the conditions are much less controlled and the fuel beds are more complex in live fuels such as chaparral, sagebrush and forests with shrub understories. An important aspect of the testing includes evaluation of existing fire behavior models such as WFDS and BEHAVE using experimental data.

Research Interests

My entire research career has been focussed on prescribed burning ranging from fire effects to my more recent focus on fire behavior and smoke.

Why This Research is Important

Effective use of prescribed burning requires both an understanding of fire behavior and the associated ecological effects. We must understand the important factors which govern fire behavior in living vegetation, an understudied research area, in order to model and predict fire behavior in these important fuel types.

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D. Wildland Resource Science Biometrics, fire modeling 1993
• Auburn University, M.S. Forest biometrics 1986
• Auburn University, B.S. Forest Management (Honors Program) 1984
• Auburn University, Cooperative Education Certificate Practical work experience 1984

Professional Experience

Professional Organizations

• Society of American Foresters (SAF), Member (1981 - Current)
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Featured Publications & Products

• Weise, David R.; Johnson, Timothy J.; Reardon, James. 2015. Particulate and trace gas emissions from prescribed burns in southeastern U.S. fuel types: Summary of a 5-year project.
• Weise, David R.; Fons, Ted R. 2014. Wallace L. Fons: fire research pioneer.
• Hosseini, Seyedehsan; Li, Qi; Shrivastava, Manish; Weise, David R.; Cocker, David R.; Miller, J. Wayne; Jung, Heejung S. 2014. Effect of low-density polyethylene on smoke emissions from burning of simulated debris piles.
• Weise, David R.; Wright, Clinton S. 2013. Wildland fire emissions, carbon and climate: Characterizing wildland fuels.
• Ferguson, Selina C.; Dahale, Ambarish; Shotorban, Babak; Mahalingam, S.; Weise, David R. 2013. The role of moisture on combustion of pyrolysis gases in wildland fires.
• Zhou, Xiangyang; Mahalingam, Shankar; Weise, David. 2007. Experimental study and large eddy simulation of effect of terrain slope on marginal burning in shrub fuel beds.
• Fletcher, Thomas H.; Pickett, Brent M.; Smith, Steven G.; Spittle, Gregory S.; Woodhouse, Megan M.; Haake, Elizabeth; Weise, David R. 2007. Effects of moisture on ignition behavior of moist California chaparral and Utah leaves.
• Weise, D.R.; Zhou, Xiangyang; Sun, Lulu; Mahalingam, Shankar. 2005. Fire spread in chaparral -"go or no-go ".
• Weise, David R.; White, Robert H.; Beall, Frank C.; Etlinger, Matt. 2005. Use of the cone calorimeter to detect seasonal differences in selected combustion characteristics of ornamental vegetation.
• Weise, David R.; Biging, Gregory S. 1997. A qualitative comparison of fire spread models incorporating wind and slope effects.

Publications

• Amini, Elham ; Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed ; DeYoung, Jonathan T.; Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H. 2019. Characterization of pyrolysis products from slow pyrolysis of live and dead vegetation native to the southern United States.
• Weise, David R.; Sackett, Stephen S.; Haase, Sally M.; Johnson, Nels . 2019. Effects of fire rotation interval and overstory type on ambient soil temperatures in ponderosa pine forests in Arizona.
• Scharko, N. K.; Oeck, A. M.; Myers, T. L.; Tonkyn, R. G.; Banach, C. A.; Baker, S. P.; Lincoln, Emily N.; Chong, Joey ; Corcoran, Bonni M.; Burke, Gloria M.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Restaino, Joseph C.; Weise, David R.; Johnson, T. J. 2019. Gas-phase pyrolysis products emitted by prescribed fires in pine forests with a shrub understory in the southeastern United States.
• Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed ; Amini, Elham ; Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H. 2019. Heating rate and temperature effects on pyrolysis products from live wildland fuels.
• Dietenberger, Mark A.; Boardman, Charles R.; Weise, David R. 2019. Heats for combustion, capacities, and evaporation of fresh leaves, and their relationships to leaf compositions.
• Scharko, Nicole K.; Oeck, Ashley M.; Tonkyn, Russell G.; Baker, Stephen P.; Lincoln, Emily N.; Chong, Joey ; Corcoran, Bonni M.; Burke, Gloria M.; Weise, David R.; Myers, Tanya L.; Banach, Catherine A.; Griffith, David W. T.; Johnson, Timothy J. 2019. Identification of gas-phase pyrolysis products in a prescribed fire: first detections using infrared spectroscopy for naphthalene, methyl nitrite, allene, acrolein and acetaldehyde.
• Bartolome, Christian ; Princevac, Marko ; Weise, David R.; Mahalingam, Shankar ; Ghasemian, Masoud ; Venkatram, Akula ; Vu, Henry ; Aguilar, Guillermo . 2019. Laboratory and numerical modeling of the formation of superfog from wildland fires.
• Rahimi Borujerdi, Peyman ; Shotorban, Babak ; Mahalingam, Shankar ; Weise, David R. 2019. Modeling of water evaporation from a shrinking moist biomass slab subject to heating: Arrhenius approach versus equilibrium approach.
• Cobian-Iñiguez, Jeanette ; Aminfar, AmirHessam ; Weise, David R.; Princevac, Marko . 2019. On the use of semi-empirical flame models for spreading chaparral crown fire.
• Aminfar, Amirhessam ; Cobian-Iñiguez, Jeanette ; Ghasemian, Masoud ; Rosales Espitia, Nataly ; Weise, David R.; Princevac, Marko . 2019. Using Background-Oriented Schlieren to visualize convection in a propagating wildland fire.
• Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Johnson, Timothy J.; Hao, WeiMin ; Dietenberger, Mark ; Princevac, Marko ; Butler, Bret ; McAllister, Sara ; O’Brien, Joseph ; Loudermilk, Louise ; Ottmar, Roger ; Hudak, Andrew ; Kato, Akira ; Shotorban, Babak ; Mahalingam, Shankar ; Mell, William E. 2018. A project to measure and model pyrolysis to improve prediction of prescribed fire behavior.
• Fletcher, Thomas H.; Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed ; Amini,  Elham ; Weise, David R. 2018. Bench-scale measurement of pyrolysis products from intact live fuels.
• Safdari, Mohammad-Saeed; Rahmati, Mahmood; Amini, Elham; Howarth, Joel E.; Berryhill, Jansen P.; Dietenberger, Mark; Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H. 2018. Characterization of pyrolysis products from fast pyrolysis of live and dead vegetation native to the Southern United States.
• Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Cole, Wesley ; Mahalingam, Shankar ; Zhou, Xiangyang ; Sun, Lulu ; Li, Jing . 2018. Fire behavior in chaparral Evaluating flame models with laboratory data.
• Weise, David R.; Johnson, Timothy J.; Hao, WeiMin ; Princevac, Marko ; Scharko, Nicole ; Oeck, Ashley ; Myers, Tanya L.; Baker, Steve ; Lincoln, Emily ; Aminfar, AmirHessam . 2018. Measurement of pyrolysis products from mixed fuel beds during fires in a wind tunnel.
• Shen, Chen ; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Weise, David R. 2018. Semi-empirical fire spread model for chamise and big sagebrush shrubs with spatially-defined fuel elements and flames.
• Weise, David; Cobian-Iniguez, J; Princevac, M. 2018. Surface to crown transition.
• McAllister, S.; Weise, D. R. 2017. Effects of season on ignition of live wildland fuels using the forced ignition and flame spread test apparatus.
• Li, Jing; Mahalingam, Shankar; Weise, David R. 2017. Experimental investigation of fire propagation in single live shrubs.
• Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Mahalingam, Shankar; Zhou, Xiangyang; Sun, Lulu. 2017. Fire spread in chaparral: comparison of data with flame-mass loss relationships.
• Gallacher, Jonathan R.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Lansinger, Victoria; Hansen, Sydney; Ellsworth, Taylor; Weise, David R. 2017. Physical characteristics of shrub and conifer fuels for fire behavior models.
• Anand, C.; Shotorban, B.; Mahalingam, S.; McAllister, S.; Weise, D. R. 2017. Physics-based modeling of live wildland fuel ignition experiments in the Forced Ignition and Flame Spread Test apparatus.
• Hu, Tongxin; Sun, Long; Hu, Haiqing; Weise, David R.; Guo, Futao. 2017. Soil respiration of the Dahurian Larch (Larix gmelinii) forest and the response to fire disturbance in Da Xing'an Mountains, China.
• Cobian-Iñiguez, Jeanette; Aminfar, AmirHessam; Chong, Joey; Burke, Gloria; Zuniga, Albertina; Weise, David R.; Princevac, Marko. 2017. Wind tunnel experiments to study chaparral crown fires.
• Yashwanth, B.L.; Shotorban, B.; Mahalingam, S.; Lautenberger, C.W.; Weise, David. 2016. A numerical investigation of the influence of radiation and moisture content on pyrolysis and ignition of a leaf-like fuel element.
• Maynard, Trevor; Princevac, Marko; Weise, David R. 2016. A study of the flow field surrounding interacting line fires.
• Weise, David R.; Wade, Dale D.; Johansen, Ragnar W.; Preisler, Haiganoush K.; Combs, David C.; Ach, Edward E. 2016. Defoliation effects on growth and mortality of three young southern pine species.
• Giordano, Michael R; Chong, Joey; Weise, David R; Asa-Awuku, Akua A. 2016. Does chronic nitrogen deposition during biomass growth affect atmospheric emissions from biomass burning.
• Haase, Sally M.; Sánchez, José; Weise, David R. 2016. Evaluation of standard methods for collecting and processing fuel moisture samples.
• Weise, David R.; Koo, Eunmo; Zhou, Xiangyang; Mahalingam, Shankar; Morandini, Frédéric; Balbi, Jacques-Henri. 2016. Fire spread in chaparral a comparison of laboratory data and model predictions in burning live fuels.
• Yashwanth, B.L.; Shotorban, B.; Mahalingam, S.; Weise, D.R. 2015. An investigation of the influence of heating modes on ignition and pyrolysis of woody wildland fuel.
• Alvarado, M.J.; Lonsdale, C.R.; Yokelson, R.J.; Akagi, S.K.; Burling, I.R.; Coe, H.; Craven, J.S.; Fischer, E.; McMeeking, G.R.; Seinfeld, J.H.; Soni, T.; Taylor, J.W.; Weise, D.R.; Wold, C.E. 2015. Investigating the links between ozone and organic aerosol chemistry in a biomass burning plume from a prescribed fire in California chaparral.
• Sanpakit, C.; Omodan, S.; Weise, D.; Princevac, M. 2015. Laboratory fire behavior measurements of chaparral crown fire.
• Weise, David R.; Miller, Wayne; Cocker, David R., III.; Jung, Heejung; Hosseini, Seyedehsan; Princevac, Marko; Yokelson, Robert J.; Burling, Ian; Akagi, Sheryl; Urbanski, Shawn; Hao, WeiMin. 2015. Recent emissions research in southwestern shrub and grassland fuels.
• Tachajapong, W.; Lozano, S.; Mahalingam, S.; Weise, D.R. 2014. Experimental modeling of crown fire initiation in open and closed shrubland systems.
• Akagi, Sheryl K.; Burling, Ian R.; Mendoza, A.; Johnson, Timothy J.; Cameron, M.; Griffith, David W. T.; Paton-Walsh, C.; Weise, David R.; Reardon, James; Yokelson, Robert J. 2014. Field measurements of trace gases emitted by prescribed fires in southeastern US pine forests using an open-path FTIR system.
• Johnson, T.J.; Yokelson, R.J.; Akagi, S.K.; Burling, I.R.; Weise, D.R.; Urbanski, S.P.; Stockwell, C.E.; Reardon, J.; Lincoln, E.N.; Profeta, L.T.M.; Mendoza, A.; Schneider, M.D.W.; Sams, R.L.; Williams, S.D.; Wold, C.E.; Griffith, D.W.T.; Cameron, M.; Gilman, J.B.; Warneke, C.; Roberts, J.M.; Veres, P.; Kuster, W.C.; de Gouw, J. 2014. Final Report for SERDP Project RC-1649: Advanced Chemical Measurements of Smoke from DoD-prescribed Burns.
• Akagi, Sheryl K.; Yokelson, Robert J.; Burling, Ian R.; Weise, David R.; Reardon, James; Urbanski, Shawn; Johnson, Timothy J. 2014. First look at smoke emissions from prescribed burns in long-unburned longleaf pine forests.
• Alvarado, M. J.; Lonsdale, C. R.; Yokelson, R. J.; Akagi, S. K.; Burling, I. R.; Coe, H.; Craven, J. S.; Fischer, E.; McMeeking, G. R.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Soni, T.; Taylor, J. W.; Weise, D. R.; Wold, C. E. 2014. Investigating the links between ozone and organic aerosol chemistry in a biomass burning plume from a California chaparral fire.
• Yokelson, R. J.; Burling, I. R.; Gilman, J. B.; Warneke, C.; Stockwell, C. E.; de Gouw, J.; Akagi, S. K.; Urbanski, S. P.; Veres, P.; Roberts, J. M.; Kuster, W. C.; Reardon, J.; Griffith, D. W. T.; Johnson, T. J.; Hosseini, S.; Miller, J. W.; Cocker, D. R., III.; Jung, H.; Weise, D. R. 2013. Coupling field and laboratory measurements to estimate the emission factors of identified and unidentified trace gases for prescribed fires.
• Miller, W.; Weise, D.; Mahalingam, S.; Princevac, M.; Yokelson, R.; Hao, W.; Cocker, D.; Jung, H.; Tonnesen, G.; Urbanski, S.; Burling, I.; Hosseini, S.; Akagi, S. 2013. Final report for SERDP project RC-1648: new tools for estimating and managing local/regional air quality impacts of prescribed burns. University of California - Riverside.
• Hosseini, Seyedehsan; Urbanski, Shawn; Dixit, P.; Li, Qi; Burling, Ian; Yokelson, Robert; Johnson, Timothy E.; Sharivastava, Manish; Jung, Heejung; Weise, David R.; Miller, Wayne; Cocker, David, III. 2013. Laboratory characterization of PM emissions from combustion of wildland biomass fuels.
• Akagi, S. K.; Yokelson, R. J.; Burling, I. R.; Meinardi, S.; Simpson, I.; Blake, D. R.; McMeeking, G. R.; Sullivan, A.; Lee, T.; Kreidenweis, S.; Urbanski, S.; Reardon, J.; Griffith, D. W. T.; Johnson, T. J.; Weise, D. R. 2013. Measurements of reactive trace gases and variable O3 formation rates in some South Carolina biomass burning plumes.
• Yokelson, R. J.; Burling, I. R.; Gilman, J. B.; Warneke, C.; Stockwell, C. E.; de Gouw, J.; Akagi, S. K.; Urbanski, S. P.; Veres, P.; Roberts, J. M.; Kuster, W. C.; Reardon, J.; Griffith, D. W. T.; Johnson, T. J.; Hosseini, S.; Miller, J. W.; Cocker III, D. R.; Jung, H.; Weise, D. R. 2012. Coupling field and laboratory measurements to estimate the emission factors of identified and unidentified trace gases for prescribed fires Discussions.
• Nelson, Ralph M., Jr..; Butler, Bret W.; Weise, David R. 2012. Entrainment regimes and flame characteristics of wildland fires.
• Akagi, S. K.; Craven, J. S.; Taylor, J. W.; McMeeking, G. R.; Yokelson, R. J.; Burling, I. R.; Urbanski, S. P.; Wold, C. E.; Seinfeld, J. H.; Coe, H.; Alvarado, M. J.; Weise, D. R. 2012. Evolution of trace gases and particles emitted by a chaparral fire in California.
• Akagi, S. K.; Yokelson, R. J.; Burling, I. R.; Meinardi, S.; Simpson, I.; Blake, D. R.; McMeeking, G. R.; Sullivan, A.; Lee, T.; Kreidenweis, S.; Urbanski, S.; Reardon, J.; Griffith, D. W. T.; Johnson, T. J.; Weise, D. R. 2012. Measurements of reactive trace gases and variable O3 formation rates in some South Carolina biomass burning plumes Discussions.
• Weise, D.R.; Koo, E.; Zhou, X.; Mahalingam, S. 2011. A laboratory-scale comparison of rate of spread model predictions using chaparral fuel beds preliminary results.
• Burling, I. R.; Yokelson, R. J.; Akagi, S. K.; Urbanski, Shawn; Wold, Cyle; Griffith, D. W. T.; Johnson, T. J.; Reardon, J.; Weise, D. R. 2011. Airborne and ground-based measurements of the trace gases and particles emitted by prescribed fires in the United States.
• Osborne, K.; Dicus, C.; Isbell, C.; Ager, Alan; Weise, D.; Landram, M. 2011. Effect of landscape-level fuel treatments on carbon emissions and storage over a 50 yr time cycle.
• Dover, S.C.; Dahale, A.R.; Shotorban, B.; Mahalingam, S.; Weise, D.R. 2011. Influence of vegetation moisture on combustion of pyrolysis gases in wildland fires.
• Riggan, Philip; Wolden, Lynn; Tissell, Bob; Weise, David; Coen, J. 2011. Remote sensing fire and fuels in southern California.
• Cole, W. J.; Dennis, McKaye H.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Weise, David R. 2011. The effects of wind on the flame characteristics of individual leaves.
• Linn, Rodman R.; Winterkamp, Judith L.; Weise, David R.; Edminster, Carleton. 2010. A numerical study of slope and fuel structure effects on coupled wildfire behaviour.
• Lincoln, E.; Hao, WeiMin; Baker, S.; Yokelson, R. J.; Burling, I. R.; Urbanski, Shawn; Miller, W.; Weise, D. R.; Johnson, T. J. 2010. A prescribed fire emission factors database for land management and air quality applications.
• Weise, D.R.; Stephens, S.L.; Fujioka, F.M.; Moody, T.J.; Benoit, J. 2010. Estimation of fire danger in Hawai'i using limited weather data and simulation.
• Pickett, B.M.; Isackson, C.; Wunder, R.; Fletcher, T.H.; Butler, B.W.; Weise, D.R. 2010. Experimental measurements during combustion of moist individual foliage samples.
• Koo, Eunmo; Pagni, Patrick J.; Weise, David R.; Woycheese, John P. 2010. Firebrands and spotting ignition in large-scale fires.
• Burling, I. R.; Yokelson, R. J.; Akagi, S. K.; Johnson, T. J.; Griffith, D. W.; Urbanski, Shawn; Taylor, J. W.; Craven, J. S.; McMeeking, G. R.; Roberts, J. M.; Warneke, C.; Veres, P. R.; de Gouw, J. A.; Gilman, J. B.; Kuster, W. C.; Hao, WeiMin; Weise, D.; Coe, H.; Seinfeld, J. 2010. First results from a large, multi-platform study of trace gas and particle emissions from biomass burning.
• Lozano, J.; Tachajapong, W.; Weise, D.R.; Mahalingam, S.; Princevac, M. 2010. Fluid dynamics structures in a fire environment observed in laboratory-scale experiments.
• Burling, I. R.; Yokelson, R. J.; Griffith, D. W. T.; Johnson, T. J.; Veres, P.; Roberts, J. M.; Warneke, C.; Urbanski, S. P.; Reardon, J.; Weise, D. R.; Hao, W. M.; de Gouw, J. 2010. Laboratory measurements of trace gas emissions from biomass burning of fuel types from the southeastern and southwestern United States.
• Hosseini, S; Qi, L.; Cocker, D.; Weise, D.; Miller, A.; Shrivastava, M.; Miller, J.W.; Mahalingam, S.; Princevac, M.; Jung, H. 2010. Particle size distributions from laboratory-scale biomass fires using fast response instruments.
• Weise, David R.; Wotton, B. Mike. 2010. Wildland urban interface fire behaviour and fire modelling in live fuels.
• Benson, Randall P.; Roads , John O.; Weise, David R. 2009. Climatic and weather factors affecting fire occurrence and behavior.
• Tachajapong, Watcharapong; Lozano, Jesse; Mahalingam, Shakar; Zhou, Xiangyang; Weise, David. 2009. Experimental and numerical modeling of shrub crown fire initiation.
• Pickett, Brent M.; Isackson, Carl; Wunder, Rebecca; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Butler, Bret W.; Weise, David R. 2009. Flame interactions and burning characteristics of two live leaf samples.
• Benoit, John W.; Fujioka, Francis M.; Weise, David R. 2009. Modeling fire behavior on tropical islands with high-resolution weather data.
• Dicus, C.A.; Delfino, K.; Weise, D.R. 2009. Predicted fire behavior and societal benefits in three eastern Sierra Nevada vegetation types.
• Peterson, Seth H.; Morais, Marco E.; Carlson, Jean M.; Dennison, Philip E.; Roberts, Dar A.; Moritz, Max A.; Weise, David R. 2009. Using HFire for spatial modeling of fire in shrublands.
• Tachajapong, Watcharapong; Lozano, Jesse; Mahalingam, Shankar; Zhou, Xiangyang; Weise, David R. 2008. An investigation of crown fuel bulk density effects on the dynamics of crown fire initiation in shrublands.
• Stephens, S. L.; Weise, D. R.; Fry, D. L.; Keiffer, R. J.; Dawson, J.; Koo, E.; Potts, J.; Pagni, P. J. 2008. Measuring the rate of spread of chaparral prescribed fires in northern California.
• Jones, G.; Chew, J.; Silverstein, R.; Stalling, C.; Sullivan, J.; Troutwine, J.; Weise, D.; Garwood, D. 2008. Spatial analysis of fuel treatment options for chaparral on the Angeles national forest.
• Castillo, J.M.; Enriques, G.; Nakahara, M.; Weise, D.; Ford, L.; Moraga, R.; Vihnanek, R. 2007. Effects of cattle grazing, glyphosate, and prescribed burning on fountaingrass fuel loading in Hawai i.
• Wohlgemuth, Peter M.; Hubbert, Ken R.; Beyers, Jan L.; Weise, David R. 2007. Evaluating the effectiveness of burned area emergency response (BAER) efforts after the 2003 wildfires, southern California.
• Sun, L.; Zhou, X.; Mahalingam, S.; Weise, D.R. 2006. Comparison of burning characteristics of live and dead chaparral fuels.
• Strong, Terry F.; Hubbell, Audra E.; Weise, Adam H.; Erdmann, Gayne G. 2006. Effects of crown release on growth and quality of even-aged red maple stands.
• Weise, D.R.; Fujioka, F.M.; Nelson, R.M., Jr. 2005. A comparison of 3 models of 1-hr timelag fuel moisture in Hawaii.
• Koo, E.; Pagni, P.; Woycheese, J.; Stephens, S.; Weise, D.; Huff, J. 2005. A simple physical model for forest fire spread.
• Zhou, X.; Mahalingam, S.; Weise, D. 2005. Experimental Modeling of the Effect of Terrain Slope on Marginal Burning.
• Sun, L.; Zhou, X.; Mahalingam, S.M.; Weise, D.R. 2005. Experimental investigation of the velocity field in buoyant diffusion flames using PIV and TPIV algorithm.
• Zhou, X.; Weise, D.R.; Mahalingam, S. 2005. Experimental measurements and numerical modeling of marginal burning in live chaparral fuel beds.
• Zhou, X.; Mahalingam, S.; Weise, D. 2005. Modeling of marginal burning state of fire spread in live chaparral shrub fuel bed.
• Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas; Baxter, Larry; Mahalingam, Shankar; Zhou, Xiangyang; Pagni, Patrick; Linn, Rod; Butler, Bret. 2004. A fundamental look at fire spread in California chaparral.
• Engstrom, J.D.; Butler, J.K; Smith, S.G.; Baxter, L.L.; Fletcher, T.H.; Weise, D.R. 2004. Ignition behavior of live California chaparral leaves.
• Weise, David R.; Kimberlin, Richard; Arbaugh, Mike; Chew, Jim; \r\nJones, Greg; Merzenich, Jim; Wiitala, Marc; Keane, Robert; Schaaf, Mark; Van Wagtendonk, Jan. 2003. Comparing potential fuel treatment trade-off models.
• Dennison, Philip E.; Roberts, Dar A.; Thorgusen, Sommer R.; Regelbrugge, Jon C.; Weise, David; Lee, Christopher . 2003. Modeling seasonal changes in live fuel moisture and equivalent water thickness using a cumulative water balance index.
• Zhou, Xiangyang; Sun, Lulu; Mahalingam, Shankar; Weise, David R. 2003. Thermal particle image velocity estimation of fire plume flow.
• White, Robert H.; Weise, David R.; Mackes, Kurt; Dibble, Alison C. 2002. Cone calorimeter testing of vegetation--an update.
• Weise, David; Gelobter, A.; Regelbrugge, J.; Millar, J. 2002. The Bee Fire: a case study validation of BEHAVE in chaparral fuels.
• Schmoldt, Daniel L.; Peterson, David L.; Keane, Robert E.; Lenihan, James M.; McKenzie, Donald; Weise, David R.; Sandberg, David V. 1999. Assessing the effects of fire disturbance on ecosystems: a scientific agenda for research and management..
• Weise, David R.; Hartford, Roberta A.; Mahaffey, Larry. 1998. Assessing Live Fuel Moisture For Fire Management Applications.
• Conard, Susan G.; Weise, David R. 1998. Management of fire regime, fuels, and fire effects in southern California chaparral: lessons from the past and thoughts for the future.
• Weise, David R.; Gelobter, Aaron; Haase, Sally M.; Sackett, Stephen S. 1997. Photo Series for Quantifying Fuels and Assessing Fire Risk in Giant Sequoia Groves.
• Weise, David R.; Biging, Gregory S. 1996. Effects of wind velocity and slope on flame properties.
• Weise, David R.; Martin, Robert E. 1995. Poster Session.
• Weise, David R.; Martin, Robert E. 1995. The Biswell symposium: fire issues and solutions in urban interface and wildland ecosystems; February 15-17, 1994; Walnut Creek, California.
• Frommer , Susan L.; Weise, David R. 1995. The quest for all-purpose plants.
• Weise, David R. 1994. A tilting wind tunnel for fire behavior studies.
• Wuerth, J. Michael; Weise, David R. 1994. DESIGN: a program to create data entry programs.
• Weise, D.R.; Biging, G.S. 1994. Effects of wind velocity and slope on fire behavior.
• Weise, David R.; Glover, Glenn R. 1993. Selecting a sampling method to aid in vegetation management decisions in loblolly pine plantations.
• Weise, David R.; Ward, Darold E., Paysen. 1991. Burning California Chaparral - An Exploratory Study of Some Common Shrubs and Their Combustion Characteristics.
• Martin, Robert E.; Finney, Mark A.; Molina, Domingo M.; Sapsis, David B.; Stephens, Scott L.; Scott, Joe H.; Weise, David R. 1991. Dimensional analysis of flame angles versus wind speed.
• Weise, David; Glover, G.R. 1990. Simulating and sampling the hardwood component of loblolly pine plantations. In: Wensel, L.C.; Biging, G.S., tech.
• Weise, D.R.; Wade, D. D.; Johansen, R. W. 1989. Survival and growth of young southern pine after simulated crown scorch.
• Wade, D.D.; Weise, David; Shell, R. 1989. Some effects of periodic winter fire on plant communities on the Georgia Piedmont.
• Weise, David R.; Glover, Glenn R. 1988. A simulation study of hardwood rootstock populations in young loblolly pine plantations.
• Weise, David R.; Johansen, Ragnar W.; Wade, Dale D. 1987. Effects of spring defoliation on first-year growth of young loblolly and slash pines.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
PSW-2017-243	How does a crown fire spread in shrubs? The details of how a flame spreads through the canopy of a shrubland is not well-described in scientific literature. Recent experiments and mode ...	2017
FPL-2018-27	Pyrolysis and Combustion Material Properties of Naturally Heterogeneous Fuel Beds of Southern Pine Forests Detailed computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models for fire behavior of various live and dead foliage can benefit from the Forest Products Labor ...	2018
PSW-2017-242	Scientists model interaction of multiple fires Using multiple fires is a key tool used by prescribed burners to control fire behavior but understanding and measurements of how the fires inter ...	2017
PSW-2011-07	Synthesis of firebrand knowledge and research Firebrands are an important fire spread mechanism in wildland and urban fires. While known since at least the Great London Fire of 1666, the fi ...	2011