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On the use of time-resolved 3D diagnostics to characterize firebrand showers in the WUI

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Author(s)

Nicolas Bouvet, Eric D. Link, Stephen A. Fink, Erica D. Kuligowski

Abstract

NIST is currently developing a time-resolved, three-dimensional particle tracking and sizing diagnostic (a.k.a an “emberometer”) that will be applied to airborne firebrands during wildland- urban interface fires. The present paper provides an overview of the current system and reports test results demonstrating the system ability to characterize large fluxes of artificially generated airborne firebrands.
Proceedings Title
Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018
Conference Dates
November 9-16, 2018
Conference Location
Coimbra
Conference Title
VIII International Conference on Forest Fire Research
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

Firebrand, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), 3D Particle Tracking Velocimetry (3D-PTV), 3D Particle Shape Reconstruction (3D-PSR).
Wildland urban interface fire

Citation

Bouvet, N. , Link, E. , Fink, S. and Kuligowski, E. (2019), On the use of time-resolved 3D diagnostics to characterize firebrand showers in the WUI, Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018, Coimbra, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=926259 (Accessed October 17, 2025)

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Created January 1, 2019, Updated November 8, 2019
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