Lasar Ignition Device used by Forestry 82023

Lasar Ignition Links by Forestery 82023 

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USDA Forrest Service Laser Ignition Device and Its Application to Forestry, Fire and Land Management. Informally Refereed

Authors: Michael D. Waterworth

Year: 1987  Link: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/28116 

Type: General Technical Report

Station: Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source: In: Davis, James B.; Martin, Robert E., technical coordinators. 1987. Proceedings of the Symposium on Wildland Fire 2000, April 27-30, 1987, South Lake Tahoe, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-101. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 182-186

Abstract

A laser ignition device for controlled burning of forest logging slash has been developed and successfully tested. The device, which uses a kilowatt class carbon dioxide laser, operates at distances of 50 to 1500 meters. Acquisition and focus control are achieved by the use of a laser rangefinder and acquisition telescope. Additional uses for the device include back burning, selected undergrowth removal, safe ignition of oil spills, and deicing. A truck mounted version will be operational by fall 1987 and an airborne version by summer 1988.

Parent Publication

    Proceedings of the symposium on wildland fire 2000; April 27-30, 1987; South Lake Tahoe, California

Citation

Waterworth, Michael D. 1987. Laser Ignition Device and Its Application to Forestry, Fire and Land Management. In: Davis, James B.; Martin, Robert E., technical coordinators. 1987. Proceedings of the Symposium on Wildland Fire 2000, April 27-30, 1987, South Lake Tahoe, California. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-101. Berkeley, CA: Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; p. 182-186

All above information is on the USDA Forest Service website with the link above, I do not own rights to any of it and am using for educational purposes, see my disclaimer below. 

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    Author: Glen Martin

Published on: August 9, 2019 Published under Forest Research and Outreach, written by University of California Cooperative Extension Forestry at this link: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=31025

Reprinted from California Magazine

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