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| Physical Fire Processes | The factors that determine fire behavior (fuel, weather, and topography) do so through the requirements for combustion (fuel, heat, and oxygen). |
| Fuel Dynamics | Research on fuel dynamics helps managers describe live and dead fuels that burn during wildland fires. |
| Smoke Emissions & Dispersion | Scientists use field observations, satellite data, and models to describe smoke’s chemical composition, its movement within a fire’s heat plume, and its movement through the layers of the atmosphere. |
| Fire Ecology | This research contributes to improved conservation, restoration of burned areas, and reduction of fire hazard. |
| Fire & Fuel Management Strategies | Historical patterns of wildland fire are combined with information about climate and vegetation to predict fire occurrence and vegetation patterns. |
| Science Synthesis & Delivery | Scientific publications form the foundation for science delivery. |
Modified: Jun 10, 2014