Darker, cooler, wetter: forest understories influence surface fuel moisture

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 300; p. 108311
• Main Authors: Pickering, Bianca J, Duff, Thomas J, Baillie, Craig, Cawson, Jane G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.04.2021
• Subjects: air; bark; eucalypt forest; Eucalyptus; fire behavior; forest litter; fuel moisture index; fuels (fire ecology); meteorology; microclimate; near-surface; relative humidity; screen height; solar radiation; understory; water content; solar radiation; screen height; microclimate; near-surface; relative humidity; eucalypt forest

•Understorey vegetation alters near-surface microclimate and surface fuel moisture•Dense understorey forest was cooler and more humid at the near-surface•Screen height microclimate measurements could underpredict of fuel moisture•The effects of the understorey should be considered when estimating fu...