Wildland Fire Behaviour Case Studies and Fuel Models for Landscape-Scale Fire Modeling

Table 2

Fuel parameters for Favone and Suartone fire case studies.

Case study	Variable	Favone fire	Suartone fire
Vegetation type		Shrubland 2	Shrubland 4
Dominant species		Arbutus unedo	Juniperus phoenicea
		Erica arborea	Juniperus oxycedrus
Height (m)	𝐷𝑑	2	2
Fuel load (Mg·ha^−1)
1-h	𝜎𝑑	3.92	3.92
10-h	Not used	3.92	3.92
100-h	Not used	2.02	2.02
Litter	𝜎𝑑	5.00	—
Cured herbaceous	𝜎𝑑	—	0.4
Live leaves	𝜎𝑙	17.9	17.9
Surface to volume ratio (m^−1)
1-h	𝑠𝑑	5544	10200
Cured herbaceous	𝑠𝑑	—	10000
Litter	𝑠𝑑	5544	—
Live leaves	𝑠𝑙	4766	10200
Dead heat content (kJ·kg^−1)	Δ𝐻	18620	18620
Live heat content (kJ·kg^−1)	Not used	19735	21173
Fuel moisture content on dry basis %
1-h	𝑚𝑑	8	8
Cured herbaceous	𝑚𝑑	—	8
Litter	𝑚𝑑	8	−
Live leaves	𝑚𝑙	100	39
Specific heat content (J·kg^−1·K^−1)	𝑐𝑝𝑑	1900	1900
Fuel density (kg·m^−3)	𝜌𝑑	720	750