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Van Wagner crown fire initiation criterion: a standalone construct

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Fire science

a criterion that a surface fire ignites the tree crowns when its intensity exceeds a threshold set by crown base height and foliar moisture content.

In fire science, Van Wagner crown fire initiation criterion refers to a criterion that a surface fire ignites the tree crowns when its intensity exceeds a threshold set by crown base height and foliar moisture content. This meaning comes from Wagner (1977) in Canadian Journal of Forest Research.[1]

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crown fire1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a single construct in wildland fire science base3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs crown2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Wagner, C. E. V. (1977). Conditions for the start and spread of crown fire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 7(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1139/x77-004

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