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Project no. FP6-018505 Project Acronym FIRE PARADOX Project Title FIRE PARADOX: An Innovative Approach of Integrated Wildland Fire Management Regulating the Wildfire Problem by the Wise Use of Fire: Solving the Fire Paradox Instrument Integrated Project (IP) Thematic Priority Sustainable development, global change and ecosystems D3.4-2 Review of fuel description methods Due date of deliverable: Month 14 Actual submission date: Month 19 Start date of project: 1st March 2006 Duration: 48months Organisation name of lead contractor for this deliverable: UZH (P31) Revision (1000) Project co-funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework Programme (2002-2006) Dissemination Level PU Public PP Restricted to other programme participants (including the Commission Services) RE Restricted to a group specified by the consortium (including the Commission Services) X CO Confidential, only for members of the consortium (including the Commission Services) Table of Contents: Glossary (alphabetic order) 4 1 Introduction 6 2 Fuels and wildfire behavior 7 3 Fuel mapping 8 4 Fuel Description Methods 13 4.1 Fuel particles Characteristics 13 4.1.1 Fuel size classification for physically-based models 13 4.1.2 Specific gravity, density or mass to volume ratio 14 The pycnometer method 14 4.1.3 Surface area to volume ratio 14 The ruler-pycnometer method 14 The Brown Method 15 4.1.4 Ash content 15 Incineration 15 4.1.5 Heat content or high calorific value 15 Field protocol 15 4.1.6 Moisture content 16 Oven-drying measurements (P02) 16 4.1.7 Flammability and combustion intensity 17 Electric radiator 17 4.1.8 Thermal degradation 18 Thermal analysis 18 Cone calorimeter 18 Incineration 18 4.1.9 Fuel packing ratio (volume fraction) 18 The cube method – shrubs 19 The architectural method – trees 20 4.2 Fuel mapping at stand level and Landscape 21 4.2.1 Survey and inventory methods – general description 21 Field surveys and invent