Journal
ATMOSPHERE
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/atmos12010075
Keywords
wildfire; atmosphere; IR thermography; combustion; turbulence
Funding
- Russian Science Foundation [20-71-10068]
- Russian Science Foundation [20-71-10068] Funding Source: Russian Science Foundation
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The seminatural experiments in Western Siberia focused on steppe and forest-steppe wildfires, revealing large-scale turbulence at fire fronts and the influence of flame turbulence on the atmosphere. Additionally, changes in meteorological parameters and gas/aerosol compositions near the experimental site were observed.
The results of seminatural experiments on the study of steppe and field wildfires characteristic of the steppe and forest-steppe zones of Western Siberia are presented. Using infrared (IR) thermography methods, the main thermal characteristics of the fire front are derived, the flame turbulence scale is estimated, and changes in the structure function of the air refractive index are analyzed in the vicinity of a fire. The effect of a model fire on the change of meteorological parameters (wind velocity components, relative air humidity, and temperature) is ascertained. Large-scale turbulence is observed in the front of a seminatural fire, which is absent in laboratory conditions. The predominance of large-scale turbulence in a flame results in turbulization of the atmosphere in the vicinity of a combustion center. Strong heat release in the combustion zone and flame turbulence increase the vertical component of the wind velocity and produce fluctuations in the air refractive index, which is an indicator of atmospheric turbulization. This creates prerequisites for the formation of a proper wind during large fires. Variations in the gas and aerosol compositions of the atmosphere are measured in the vicinity of the experimental site.
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