Influence of parameters and light e vironment under the canopy on the fuel moisture estimation model
2006
Tamai, K(Forestry and Forest Products Research Inst., Kyoto (Japan). Kansai Research Center) | Goto, Y.
Model parameterization was performed for estimation of the fuel moisture in adjacent plots with different tree species aiming at the mapping of forest fire hazard. One plot was covered with only deciduous species and the other with deciduous and evergreen trees. This model has our constant parameters. Three of them are for the relationship between evaporation and solar radiation. Another parameter is the maximum water content ratio of the litter. All of these parameters depend on the intrinsic drying properties of the litter. The water content ratio of the litter and solar radiation on the forest floor were measured in ach plot for one year. Parameters were fixed with the measured data. Though the parameter values were very different between the two plots, estimated moisture ratios were not so different. It was concluded that litter moisture depends on the microclimate, such as solar radiation, rather than on the intrinsic drying properties of the litter and litter layer.
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