Multi-scale Analyses of Wildland Fire Combustion Processes in Open-canopied Forests using Coupled and Iteratively Informed Laboratory , Field , and Model-based Approaches

This project, RC-2641, spanned several institutions and objectives, with a focalidea that an interdisciplinary, multi-scale approach is necessary to address thequestions that were presented in the original RFP. As we move across these scalesof observations, there are benefits and shortfalls that occur. In the laboratory,fuel beds can be deconstructed to the scale of individual particles, and accessto the newest laboratory technology and the ability to repeat measures andprovide statistical rigor yield new insights.