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Sara McAllister
Researcher at United States Forest Service
Publications - 56
Citations - 1704
Sara McAllister is an academic researcher from United States Forest Service. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ignition system & Combustion. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 55 publications receiving 1381 citations. Previous affiliations of Sara McAllister include University of California, Berkeley & United States Department of Agriculture.
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Role of buoyant flame dynamics in wildfire spread
Mark A. Finney,Jack D. Cohen,Jason Forthofer,Sara McAllister,Michael J. Gollner,Daniel J. Gorham,Kozo Saito,Nelson K. Akafuah,Brittany A. Adam,Justin D. English +9 more
TL;DR: New experimental evidence reported here reveals how buoyancy generated by the fire induces vorticity and instabilities in the flame zone that control the convective heating needed to ignite fuel particles and produce spread.
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Fundamentals of Combustion Processes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of transport equations and properties of combustion engines and demonstrate the limits of flammability of certain types of fuel, including the minimum energy required for combustion.
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On the need for a theory of wildland fire spread
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the basis of understanding wildland fire behavior with the intention of stimulating curiosity and promoting fundamental investigations of fire spread problems that persist even in the presence of tremendous modelling advances.
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Relationships between moisture, chemistry, and ignition of Pinus contorta needles during the early stages of mountain pine beetle attack
W. Matt Jolly,Russell A. Parsons,Ann M. Hadlow,Greg Cohn,Sara McAllister,John B. Popp,Robert M. Hubbard,Jose F. Negron +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the fuel characteristics and ignition potential of Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) foliage during the early stages of a mountain pine beetle attack were examined.
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Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior : volume I for fire managers /
Paul Werth,Brian E. Potter,Craig B. Clements,Mark A. Finney,Scott L. Goodrick,Martin E. Alexander,Miguel G. Cruz,Jason A. Forthofer,Sara McAllister +8 more
TL;DR: A summary of existing extreme fire behavior knowledge for use by fire managers, firefighters, and fire researchers can be found in this paper, where the authors focus on the state of the science, but will also consider how that science is currently presented to the fire management community.