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A field device for integrating temperature sensed in grass or forest fires
Article first published online: 28 JUL 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1982.tb01315.x
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HODGKINSON, K. C., GORDON, W. T. and SMITH, D. L. (1982), A field device for integrating temperature sensed in grass or forest fires. Australian Journal of Ecology, 7: 403–409. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1982.tb01315.x
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Abstract
A device for measuring the integrated temperature sensed by a thermocouple during a grass, forest or other landscape fire is described and its performance evaluated. It consists of a small tube containing an electronic circuit to which is attached a length of thermocouple wire. The tube is buried for the duration of the fire. Principal component of the circuit is an E-cell (or microcoulometer) which when cleared allows calculation of the temperature/time integral. Performance was found to be reliable and accurate: because of its low cost it has widespread application for measuring the temperature in soil, plants or air during fires.