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Abstract

-Introduction

-Importance of Research

-Similar Research

How fire works

- Part 1 Wood Combustion

- Part 2 Start & Spread

- Part 3 Fuel Succession

- Part 4 Fuel Loading

Methodology

-Project History

-Study Area

-Sources of Data

-Data Collection (VFRDB)

-VFRDB User Guide

-VFRDB Classification

-Landsat and fuel models

-MSN imputation

Results

-MSN imputation & accuracy assessment

Discussion

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Methodology

This section details the development of the project and the methods used to determine fuel loading for the state of Rhode Island. Included are a project history, a description of the study area, the sources of data utilized and the collection data via the use of a Virtual Field Reference Database (VFRDB).
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    Funding provided by USDA. Research sponsored by University of Rhode Island and RI Dept. of Environmental Mgmt.