Measuring Moisture in Fire Fuel (IMAGE)

University of Utah

Measuring Moisture in Fire Fuel

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University of Utah geographer Philip Dennison works with equipment to determine if moisture in Utah sagebrush can be measured indirectly by satellites. His latest study involves improving forecasts of fire-vulnerability periods in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California.

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Kraivut Charoensiri, University of Utah.

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