Browse > Article

Analysis of Fire Direction and Pine Tree Survival using to Fire Scar formed in Tree Stem after forest Fire  

채희문 (강원대학교 산림과학대학 산림자원보호학과)
이찬용 (강원대학교 산림과학대학 산림자원보호학과)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology / v.5, no.1, 2003 , pp. 30-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study of the scars formed on the bark of pine trees damaged by forest fire was carried out in the burned area of Samchuk and Donghae in 2000. Fire scars were formed on the bark of trees when fire passed by the tree. Fire scarring is usually found on the windward and leeward sides of the tree. Fire spread was analyzed topographically using the fire scars formed at the tree stem. Fire spread was closely related to the shape, slope and direction of the forestland. Four fire direction types are classified according to the shapes of the forestland. The height of the fire scar was higher on the leeward side than on the windward side of the trees studied. The burnt area of the total bark of the tree was over 30% in dead trees and below 12% in living trees. The regression model of the burnt stem area using the height of the fire scar, the diameter of breast height and the height of tree was Y=-2.484${\times}$Height+0.04199${\times}$D.B.H-1.686${\times}$Windward+11.172${\times}$Leeward+23.432(r=0.936, F=409.968, P>0.0001).
Keywords
forest fire; fire scar; windward and leeward side of tree; lire direction;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Brown, J. K. and N. V. DeByle, 1987: Fire damage, mortality, and Suckering in aspen. Canadian Journal Forest Research, 17, 1100-1109.
2 Gutsell, S. L. and E. A. Johnson, 1996: How fire scars are formed: coupling a disturbance process to its ecological effect. Canadian Journal Forest Research, 26, 166-174.
3 George, R. F. and C. H. Robert, 1964: Heating of tree Trunks in Surface fires. Journal of forest, 62, 799-805.
4 산림청, 2001: 동해안 산불백서 I, II, 871pp.
5 James, K. A., B. Berni, A. F. Mark, N. O. Philip, B. S. David, N. S. Carl, Jan. W. van Wagtendonk, and C. P, W. 2000: The use of shaded fuel breaks in landscape fire management. Forest Ecology and Management, 127, 55-66.
6 Peterson, D. L. and M. J. Arbaugh, 1989: Estimating postfire survival of Douglas-fire in the Cascade Range. Canadian Journal Forrest Research, 19, 530-533.
7 Tunstall, B. R., J. Walker, and A. M. Gill, 1975: Temperature Distribution Around Synthetic Trees During Grass Fires. Forest Science, 22, 269-276.
8 이시영, 1995: 헬기를 이용한 산불연소상황 조사. 임업정보, 52, 26-28.
9 Robert, C. H. 1965: Contribution of bark to fire resistance of Southern Tree. Journal of Forestry, 63, 248-251.