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McArthur's fire‐danger meters expressed as equations
Author(s) -
NOBLE I. R.,
GILL A. M.,
BARY G. A. V.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1442-9993
pISSN - 0307-692X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1980.tb01243.x
Subject(s) - grassland , environmental science , simple (philosophy) , meteorology , metre , geography , ecology , physics , philosophy , epistemology , astronomy , biology
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.