THE AUTHORS 



WILLIAM H. FRANDSEN is a Research Physicist stationed at the Northern Forest 

 Fire Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. He received his B.A. in physics and mathe- 

 matics from Lewis and Clark College in 1954, and his M.A. in physics from the Uni- 

 versity of Oregon in I960. Frandsen was employed from 1955-1967 as a physicist at 

 the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, California. While there, he was involved 

 in two fields of study: infrared detection systems and the effects of ultrasound 

 on metals. Since 1967, Frandsen has been with the Fire Fundamentals research work 

 unit at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, where he is responsible for the tech- 

 nical planning and execution of research concerned with the thermodynamics of the 

 fire and its interaction with the fuel complex. 



PATRICIA L. ANDREWS is a Mathematician stationed at the Northern Forest Fire 

 Laboratory in Missoula, Montana. She received her B.A. in mathematics and chemis- 

 try from Eastern Montana College in 1970, and her M.A. in mathematics and computer 

 science from the University of Montana in 1973. Andrews has been with the Fire 

 Fundamentals research work unit at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory since 1973. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors wish to thank all of their project co-workers for many helpful 

 suggestions. Special thanks goes to project leader Richard Rothermel for support 

 and encouragment , and colleague Frank Albini for constructive criticism and sugges- 

 tions. Thanks also goes to Mike Marsden for the helpful discussions on the simulation 

 of fuel arrays and to Roger McClusky for developing those ideas into a computer 

 program. 



