Fire Ecology

Table 5 Hoffman and Gardner Importance Index for each FEFM and each fuel type shows that the fuel of relative importance to the total emissions produced varied depending by FEFM. Emissions from measured data and FCCS fuelbeds were most influenced by CWD and duff, and FLM by duff and shrubs, respectively. Highest values are indicated in bold.

From: A Case Study Comparison of LANDFIRE Fuel Loading and Emissions Generation on a Mixed Conifer Forest in Northern Idaho, USA

	Importance Index FOFEM			Importance Index Consume
Fuel	Measured	LANDFIRE-FCCS	LANDFIRE-FLM	Measured	LANDFIRE-FCCS	LANDFIRE-FLM
Duff	0.012	0.043	0.053	0.022	0.073	0.0156
Litter	0.002	0.000	0.004	0.008	0.003	0.004
1 h	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
10 h	0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.002	0.001	0.001
100 h	0.003	0.002	0.001	0.009	0.007	0.002
CWD	0.063	0.048	0.001	0.196	0.204	0.003
Herb	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.001
Shrub	0.001	0.001	0.032	0.004	0.003	0.119

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