Journal article
Examining the utility of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System in boreal peatlands
Abstract
The Duff Moisture Code (DMC) and Drought Code (DC) components of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) System are used by fire managers to assess the vulnerability of organic soils to ignition and depth of burn despite being developed for upland soils. Given the need to assess wildfire risk in peatlands, we compared the DMC and DC in eight peatlands located in five regions in boreal Canada with water table position (WT) and surface …
Authors
Waddington JM; Thompson DK; Wotton M; Quinton WL; Flannigan MD; Benscoter BW; Baisley SA; Turetsky MR
Journal
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 47–58
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Publication Date
January 2012
DOI
10.1139/x11-162
ISSN
0045-5067