Description
Particulate-matter emission factors and Byram's fire-intensity values were computed for experimental backfires in pine-litter and palmetto-gallberry fuels in the Southeast. The combined data for both fuel types were in reasonable agreement with the theoretical prediction that emission factor is inversely proportional to the cube root of Byram's fire intensity. Whether the low coefficient of determination (r2 = 0.56) was due to the influence of additional variables on emission factors or to experimental error has not been determined.