fire especially wildfire is really complex phenomena I hear people talking
complex phenomena I hear people talking
complex phenomena I hear people talking about being able to control fire I don’t
about being able to control fire I don’t
about being able to control fire I don’t think that’s something that will happen
think that’s something that will happen
think that’s something that will happen soon but here we are at least trying to
soon but here we are at least trying to
soon but here we are at least trying to understand fire
understand fire
understand fire there’s factors that affect fire from
there’s factors that affect fire from
there’s factors that affect fire from the individual leave clear up to the top
the individual leave clear up to the top
the individual leave clear up to the top of the atmosphere the current model that
of the atmosphere the current model that
of the atmosphere the current model that we use to print help us predict fire
we use to print help us predict fire
we use to print help us predict fire spread it was about 40 years old and so
spread it was about 40 years old and so
spread it was about 40 years old and so what we’re doing with these experiments
what we’re doing with these experiments
what we’re doing with these experiments is probing deeper and trying to provide
is probing deeper and trying to provide
is probing deeper and trying to provide more information about how fire spreads
more information about how fire spreads
more information about how fire spreads in wild lands today we’re gonna run
in wild lands today we’re gonna run
in wild lands today we’re gonna run different types of experiments and we’re
different types of experiments and we’re
different types of experiments and we’re trying to understand under which
trying to understand under which
trying to understand under which conditions the fire if it ignites in the
conditions the fire if it ignites in the
conditions the fire if it ignites in the surface will transition and spread so
surface will transition and spread so
surface will transition and spread so this is replicating dead fuels which is
this is replicating dead fuels which is
this is replicating dead fuels which is typically on the ground what catches
typically on the ground what catches
typically on the ground what catches easily on fire is the dead field this
easily on fire is the dead field this
easily on fire is the dead field this one you see here with the leaves this is
one you see here with the leaves this is
one you see here with the leaves this is our what we call the live view the live
our what we call the live view the live
our what we call the live view the live fuels are collected locally so it’s very
fuels are collected locally so it’s very
fuels are collected locally so it’s very important for us to study the specific
important for us to study the specific
important for us to study the specific fuel here because it’s such a great
fuel here because it’s such a great
fuel here because it’s such a great contributor to the wildfires that we get
contributor to the wildfires that we get
contributor to the wildfires that we get in the region wind tunnel is
in the region wind tunnel is
in the region wind tunnel is instrumented with a barrage of
instrumented with a barrage of
instrumented with a barrage of instruments that includes
instruments that includes
instruments that includes temperature probes or thermocouples heat
temperature probes or thermocouples heat
temperature probes or thermocouples heat flux sensors relative humidity sensors
flux sensors relative humidity sensors
flux sensors relative humidity sensors load cells that are measuring mass loss
load cells that are measuring mass loss
load cells that are measuring mass loss of you were ready right away once our
of you were ready right away once our
of you were ready right away once our computers are ready and our cameras all
computers are ready and our cameras all
computers are ready and our cameras all ready we’re ready to ignite are we all
ready we’re ready to ignite are we all
ready we’re ready to ignite are we all ready
nation our study wants to focus on
nation our study wants to focus on if the debt-fueled do catch fire through
if the debt-fueled do catch fire through
if the debt-fueled do catch fire through lightning or cigarette butt or something
lightning or cigarette butt or something
lightning or cigarette butt or something whether that will transition to the
whether that will transition to the
whether that will transition to the actual live shrub once it gets to the
actual live shrub once it gets to the
actual live shrub once it gets to the live strobe we want to know if it’s
live strobe we want to know if it’s
live strobe we want to know if it’s gonna spread throughout the whole shrub
gonna spread throughout the whole shrub
gonna spread throughout the whole shrub community today we are varying wind
community today we are varying wind
community today we are varying wind speed in this applying more oxygen to
speed in this applying more oxygen to
speed in this applying more oxygen to fire so fire can consume a fuels much
fire so fire can consume a fuels much
fire so fire can consume a fuels much faster in experiments where we have in
faster in experiments where we have in
faster in experiments where we have in fire is much more intense flame height
fire is much more intense flame height
fire is much more intense flame height is much higher wind will help those
is much higher wind will help those
is much higher wind will help those flames to be tilted which will enable
flames to be tilted which will enable
flames to be tilted which will enable neighboring fuel to ignite faster eight
neighboring fuel to ignite faster eight
neighboring fuel to ignite faster eight hundred fifteen hundred Fahrenheit we
hundred fifteen hundred Fahrenheit we
hundred fifteen hundred Fahrenheit we worked with the Forest Service to
worked with the Forest Service to
worked with the Forest Service to provide them information that they need
provide them information that they need
provide them information that they need to manage the land
to manage the land
to manage the land wind blowing this way you’ve got a flame
wind blowing this way you’ve got a flame
wind blowing this way you’ve got a flame is the one able to go past this here in
is the one able to go past this here in
is the one able to go past this here in California we have a condition called
California we have a condition called
California we have a condition called Santa Ana winds which are high speed
Santa Ana winds which are high speed
Santa Ana winds which are high speed winds which could cause destructive
winds which could cause destructive
winds which could cause destructive fires wind is probably one of the most
fires wind is probably one of the most
fires wind is probably one of the most important factors that affects fire
important factors that affects fire
important factors that affects fire spread we’re modeling it to control as
spread we’re modeling it to control as
spread we’re modeling it to control as much as we can so we can really
much as we can so we can really
much as we can so we can really understand what the important variables
understand what the important variables
understand what the important variables are down the road we hope to have a
are down the road we hope to have a
are down the road we hope to have a perfect computer model that we simply
perfect computer model that we simply
perfect computer model that we simply ask if ignition occurs in this part of a
ask if ignition occurs in this part of a
ask if ignition occurs in this part of a forest under certain conditions what
forest under certain conditions what
forest under certain conditions what will happen within the next 30 minutes
will happen within the next 30 minutes
will happen within the next 30 minutes within one hour what would be the best
within one hour what would be the best
within one hour what would be the best way to deploy resources global climate
way to deploy resources global climate
way to deploy resources global climate change is gonna bring more wildfires
change is gonna bring more wildfires
change is gonna bring more wildfires with greater intensity in areas like
with greater intensity in areas like
with greater intensity in areas like Southern California in order to combat
Southern California in order to combat
Southern California in order to combat them we need to understand them know how
them we need to understand them know how
them we need to understand them know how to predict them
to predict them
to predict them know how to fight them
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