SOIL AND AIR TEMPERATURES DURING PRESCRIBED CERRADO FIRES IN CENTRAL BRAZIL
SOIL AND AIR TEMPERATURES DURING PRESCRIBED CERRADO FIRES IN CENTRAL BRAZIL
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DOI:
10.1017/s0266467400007367
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发表时间:
1993-08-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
DIAS, BFD
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作者:
MIRANDA, AC;MIRANDA, HS;DIAS, BFD
Air and soil temperatures were measured during dry season heading fires in three different physiognomic forms of native vegetation common in Central Brazil: cerrado sensu stricto (dense scrub of shrubs and trees), campo cerrado (open scrub), and campo sujo (open grassland with scattered shrubs). The vegetation was protected from fire for 15 y in some areas, had been burned once every two years, and once each year in other areas. The temperatures were measured with type-k thermocouples and recorded at intervals of 22.5 secs. Air temperature measurements were taken at 1, 60 and 160 cm. Maximum air temperatures ranged from 85-degrees-C to 840-degrees-C, and the duration above 60-degrees-C varied from 20 to 270 seconds. In the soil, negligible temperature increases were recorded below 5 cm depth, whereas at 2 cm maximum soil temperatures varied from 29 to 38-degrees-C. Possible influences of fuel load and moisture on the recorded data and on the behaviour of fire in the cerrado ecosystems are discussed.