
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alexander, Martin E. 
A1  - Cruz, Miguel G. 
T1  - <i>Corrigendum to</i>: Interdependencies between flame length and fireline intensity in predicting crown fire initiation and crown scorch height
JF  - International Journal of Wildland Fire
JO  - Int. J. Wildland Fire
Y1  - 2021
VL  - 30
IS  - 1
SP  - 70
EP  - 70
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WF11001_C1 
N2  - This state-of-knowledge review examines some of the underlying assumptions and limitations associated with the inter-relationships among four widely used descriptors of surface fire behaviour and post-fire impacts in wildland fire science and management, namely Byram's fireline intensity, flame length, stem-bark char height and crown scorch height. More specifically, the following topical areas are critically examined based on a comprehensive review of the pertinent literature: (i) estimating fireline intensity from flame length; (ii) substituting flame length for fireline intensity in Van Wagner's crown fire initiation model; (iii) the validity of linkages between the Rothermel surface fire behaviour and Van Wagner's crown scorch height models; (iv) estimating flame height from post-fire observations of stem-bark char height; and (v) estimating fireline intensity from post-fire observations of crown scorch height. There has been an overwhelming tendency within the wildland fire community to regard Byram's flame length&#x2013;fireline intensity and Van Wagner's crown scorch height&#x2013;fireline intensity models as universal in nature. However, research has subsequently shown that such linkages among fire behaviour and post-fire impact characteristics are in fact strongly influenced by fuelbed structure, thereby necessitating consideration of fuel complex specific-type models of such relationships. 
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