Atmospheric turbulence observed during a fuel-bed-scale low-intensity surface fire
Joseph Seitz,Shiyuan Zhong,Joseph J. Charney,Warren E. Heilman,Kenneth L. Clark,Xindi Bian,Nicholas S. Skowronski,Michael R. Gallagher,Matthew Patterson,Jason Cole,Michael T. Kiefer,Rory Hadden,and Eric Mueller
Joseph Seitz
Department of Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, 673 Auditorium Rd. East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Atmospheric turbulence affects wildland fire behaviors and heat and smoke transfer. Turbulence data collected during an experimental fire on a 10 m x 10 m densely instrumented burn plot are analyzed, and the results reveal substantial heterogeneity in fire-induced turbulence characteristics across the small plot, which highlights the necessity for coupled atmosphere–fire behavior models to have 1–2 m grid spacing so that adequate simulations of fire behavior and smoke transfer can be achieved.
Atmospheric turbulence affects wildland fire behaviors and heat and smoke transfer. Turbulence...