“…beyond spread rate) as the quality of the models depend on their ability to predict underlying physical phenomena which dictate global fire behavior. Such models have been compared to experimental data related to the burning of individual plants [7,8], ignition and flame spread in simple fuels beds (pine needles, excelsior, wood sticks) at laboratory scale [9][10][11][12][13][14], and more complex fuel beds at field scale [15]. Nevertheless, this approach for modeling flame spread in natural fuels requires a wide range of detailed input parameters, and the models are still in need of a considerable degree of testing and validation.…”