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Fire Ecology

Table 3 Mean flame length, fireline intensity, and rate of spread values (± standard deviation) for the most accurate FARSITE simulation (combination 11 in Table 2, Figure 3), and maximum simulated rate of spread for each fuel model

From: Modeling of fire spread in sagebrush steppe using FARSITE: an approach to improving input data and simulation accuracy

Fuel model

Associated vegetation types

FMLa (m)

FLIb (kW/m)

ROSc (m/min)

ROSc max (m/min)

SH5

Grass-shrubland

2.9 ± 1.1

2,951 ± 2,379

10 ± 7.3

79

GS2

Perennial grassland

1.2 ± 0.6

496 ± 679

5 ± 4

65

GR2

Mixed perennial/annual grassland

1.2 ± 0.6

507 ± 836

8 ± 6.4

95

GR4

Exotic-annual grassland

1.7 ± 0.6

970 ± 739

12 ± 8.7

96

  1. aFlame length
  2. bFireline intensity
  3. cRate of spread
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