McArthur's fire‐danger meters expressed as equations

作者：Ian Noble, A. Malcolm Gill, G. A. V. BARY · 发表于：Australian Journal of Ecology · 年份：1980 · DOI：10.1111/j.1442-9993.1980.tb01243.x · 被引用次数：746 · 研究领域：Fire effects on ecosystems、Forest ecology and management、Rangeland and Wildlife Management

Abstract McArthur's fire‐danger meters for grasslands (Mark 3) and forests (Mark 5) have been widely used in Australia for fire‐danger forecasting and as a guide to fire behaviour. We present a set of equations to describe the data provided on these meters plus equations pertinent to the recently‐produced Mark 5 grassland meter. The equations provide a simple method of describing the forecasting system and are particularly useful for machine processing, and modeling.