23.2 - Tropical Savanna Management Using Cultural Burning
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why is tropical savanna fire-prone
has seasonally dry climate = accumulation of grassy fuels that can easily ignite and sustain fires
flash point
the temperature at which materials ignite and sustain combustion.
what is needed for flash point
oxygen, fuel and ignition
what is the fuel and ignition for wildfires
fuel = vegetation
ignition = lightning
Explain why late dry season wildfires are the most dangerous
Fuel loads are highest: Vegetation is very dry and abundant, making fires more intense.
dry lightning with no rain due to atmospheric air masses of different densities crashing into each other
= conditions produce more severe, fast-moving, and destructive fires than early dry season fires. also massive releases of carbon
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