CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION 1 



SIMULATING FIRE BEHAVIOR 4 



Fuel Array Assessment 7 



SLASH 7 



GRASS AND SAGEBRUSH 11 



Fuel Array Generation ..... 12 



SLASH 12 



GRASS AND SAGEBRUSH 14 



RESULTS 15 



Slash 15 



Grass and Sagebrush 18 



DISCUSSION 19 



PUBLICATIONS CITED 20 



NOMENCLATURE 22 



APPENDIX I. DELAY TIME 23 



APPENDIX II. CELL BURNING FRACTION 28 



APPENDIX III. CELL LOAD EVALUATION 29 



APPENDIX IV. EVALUATING b , b, , AND 29 



o 1 2 3 



APPENDIX V. ERROR TERM 34 



