The hub of our research group's activity is the Humboldt Wildland Fire Laboratory located in Natural Resource Sciences 222. The Fire Lab is among the most well-equipped fire research facility in any university in the US. We are interested in collaboration and welcome visitors. See a feature on the lab here: http://now.humboldt.edu/news/fire-lab-on-the-cutting-edge/
Burning Facility
We have a 3 m x 3 m adjustable fume hood that can be raised or lowered above a 1 m x 1 m stainless steel platform or “burn table.” The platform can be modified, moved, or can support supplemental apparatus.
Thermal infrared imaging
We have a research-grade FLiR SC640 thermal iR camera with substantial still and video imaging capabilities. We use the camera extensively in the lab and during wildland fires. There are only a handful of these in US universities.
Equipment
The laboratory contains hardware that increases our capacity for field and lab research. We have: Campbell Scientific dataloggers, multiplexers, and thermocouples to measure the environmental conditions in field and lab burning;
- VWR 28 cu. ft. forced-air oven and a Memmert programmable drying oven;
- NextEngine scanner with ScanPro software to estimate fuel surface area:volume;
- High-quality video camera utilized for field and lab burning;
- Mettler analytical balances;
- Campbell Scientific DMM 600 duff moisture meter;
- Access to additional drying ovens and fuel chemistry analysis equipment; and
- Fuel storage capacity, and have a collection of fuels collected from throughout the US and Central America.
- High resolution scanner for leaf and wood imaging
- WinFolia software for leaf and needle morphometrics
- Increment borers and tree core processing equipment
- WinDendro software for tree ring and resin duct analyses