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Table 1 Estimated NGHI, time to max. temp., and AUC with 95% confidence intervals

From: Case study of UAS ignition of prescribed fire in a mixedwood on the William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama

Burn

NGHI (°C)

Time to max. temp. (min)

AUC (deg.-secs.)

95% CI

95% CI

95% CI

Stand

No.

Date

Avg.

Low

High

Avg.

Low

High

Avg.

Low

High

S1

B1

1/27/2007

43.1

#

#

14.7

#

#

3830

 #

 #

S1

B3

3/9/2013

115.8

98.0

133.6

7.4

5.9

8.9

9949

8625

11,274

S1

B4

2/12/2016

86.3

69.3

103.3

5.7

4.0

7.4

8655

7610

9700

S1

B5

3/1/2020

85.5

67.6

103.4

4.2

3.0

5.4

5521

3811

7231

S1

B6

3/6/2022

116.4

91.8

141.1

8.5

5.9

11.0

9634

7720

11,549

S2

B6

1/31/2022

148.7

128.9

168.5

3.8

3.0

4.6

7911

6097

9724

S3

B6

1/31/2022

223.2

199.8

246.5

2.8

2.2

3.4

7418

6467

8369

S4

B6

3/25/2022

129.2

110.3

148.0

6.1

5.0

7.2

12,309

10,591

14,026

S5

B6

3/25/2022

191.2

164.4

218.1

3.0

2.3

3.8

8199

7296

9102

S6

B6

3/25/2022

137.8

114.6

160.9

5.3

4.0

6.6

10,703

9256

12,150

  1. Notes: NGHI Near-ground heat index, max. temp maximum temperature, min minutes, AUC Area under the curve deg.-secs, degree-seconds, Avg Average, CI Confidence interval. #: CIs not meaningful for S1B1, 01/27/2007, because only 2 thermocouple time series available