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The 1986 Annaburroo experimental grassland fires: data

Jim Gould, Miguel Cruz , Andrew Sullivan

Abstract

Background: In 1986 CSIRO conducted a large programme of experimental fires in grassland at Annaburroo Station, Northern Territory, Australia with the objective of quantifying the effect of fuel condition (load and height) on fire behaviour. Aims: This paper provides the data collected during this programme, representing a unique set of observations and measurements of large, free-burning experimental fires conducted in a multi-factor experimental design. Methods: Data are collated by experimental burn plot, providing detailed measurements of weather (wind speed, air temperature, relative humidity), fuel state (load, height, moisture content, curing), and fire behaviour (rate of spread, flame depth, flame height, head fire width), as well as processed information (e.g., steady-state rate of spread). Data availability: The data are made available for free download on the CSIRO Data Access Portal (https://data.csiro.au/collection/csiro:58746) and include detailed metadata descriptions of the data and its structure, also provided in this article. Conclusions: We have made the data available for fire behaviour researchers around the world to use in their research under the Creative Commons Attributions licence. It is hoped they will analyse these data and extract new and innovative insights to help improve our understanding of wildland fires burning in grass fuels.

WF23100  Accepted 25 April 2024

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