THE AUTHOR 



CHARLES W. PHILPOT received his bache- 

 lor's and master's degrees in forestry from 

 the University of California in 1961 and 

 1962. respectively. From 1960 to 1966 he 

 studied fuel moisture and related variables 

 as part of the Pacific Southwest Forest and 

 Range Experiment Station's research on 



- the factors that influence forest fire behav- 

 ior. In 1966 he transferred to the Northern 

 Forest Fire Laboratory, Missoula, Mon- 

 tana, where he is responsible for fuel chem- 

 istry research. 



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