burnRate {sharpData}R Documentation

Firebrand Burning Properties

Description

The burnRate data frame contains laboratory data on the proportion of remaining fuel in a piece of wood that has burned for a fixed period of time subjected to a fixed windspeed.

Usage

data(burnRate)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

proportionBurned

a numeric vector

densityRatio

ratio of windspeed, multiplied by density of air, to density of firebrand

Source

Albini, F. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-56, 1979.


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