FeatherFlame: An Arduino-Based Thermocouple Datalogging System to Record Wildland Fire Flame Temperatures in Agris

Rangeland scientists have long relied on thermocouples for measuring temperature, especially in agris —in the field, under extreme conditions of wildland fire. But electronics required to sense and record thermocouple data remain expensive both purchase protect from exposure heat flames. Open-source, do-it-yourself (DIY) platforms such as Arduino are increasingly popular among ecologists, been shown perform well proprietary commercial systems when recording data. The FeatherFlame system is a reliable, low-cost solution sampling fire, ranging US$240–490 1–6 sensors, including all fire protection equipment. low cost multi-sensor capacity facilitates spatial replication, which allows ecologists measure report meaningful rate spread calculate intensity.