NOMENCLATURE 



Symbol 



h 



h 

 F 



D 



D' 



a 

 a 



d 

 t 



e 

 s 



fCt) 



h(t) 



6 

 e 



Definition 



Reaction intensity 

 Fireline intensity 

 Burning fraction of cell 

 Cell width 



Transition distance where fire is influenced 

 by old and new cell 



Rate of spread; or, 



Multiple correlation coefficient in statistical 

 analysis location 



Delay time 



Residence time 



Surface area-to-volume ratio 



a value within cell weighted by total exposed 

 surface area of each particle size 



Particle diameter 



Time 



Rate of spread in transition distance 

 Effective heating number 

 Volumetric heat of preignition 

 Propagating heat flux ratio 

 Wind factor 

 Slope factor 



Distance fire has traveled in cell 



Time dependent decreasing influence from 

 old cell 



Time dependent increasing influence from 

 new cell 



Time since ignition of cell 



Error term 



Umts 



kw/ra^ 



kw/m 



none 



m 



m 



m/min 

 none 



rain 



min 

 -1 



cm 



-1 



cm 



cm 



min 



m/min 



none 



kj/m^ 



none 



none 



none 



m 



none 



none 



min 

 none 



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