"Spotting is an influential form of wildfire spread whereby firebrands (i.e. burning pieces of vegetation or other combustible materials) are blown into unburnt fuels and ignite separate new ‘spot fire'"
Storey et al. 2020 publish.csiro.au/WF/pdf/WF19124
Albini, F. A. (1983). Potential spotting distance from wind-driven surface fires (Vol. 309). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. frames.gov/documents/beha…
This is an incredibly interesting paper:
Pitts, W. M. (1991). Wind effects on fires. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 17(2), 83-134. doi.org/10.1016/0360-1…
I'm see frequent claims by scientists that Colorado Marshall fire can be attributed to human-caused climate change but little data/analysis
I'm looking at actual data to try to understand such claims
Here is Dec precip in Boulder 1893 to 2021
No long-term trend, increase >1990
Grasses, such as those of the Marshall Mesa open space are what are called "one hour fuels" meaning that "Fuel moisture in these fuels can change within one hour according to factors such as temperature, rain, humidity and shade" noble.org/news/publicati…
To attribute fire in Boulder to human-caused climate change requires
(a) establishing trend in conditions of "one-hour fuels" leading to greater flammability on climate time scales (>30yrs)
(b) attributing that trend to human-caused CC
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