FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation
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A computer simulation model, FARSITE, includes existing fire behavior models for surface, crown, spotting, point-source fire acceleration, and fuel moisture. The model's components and assumptions are documented. Simulations were run for simple conditions that illustrate the effect of individual fire behavior models on two-dimensional fire growth.
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A range of fire spread models have been produced at local to regional scales to represent the physics of the combustion process, energy transfer, fluid dynamics, and turbulence, or to empirically simplify the physics of these processes at regional scales.
“A range of fire spread models have been produced at local to regional scales to represent the physics of the combustion process, energy transfer, fluid dynamics, and turbulence, or to empirically simplify the physics of these processes at regional scales (Finney, 1998;Rothermel, 1972;Tymstra et al., 2010).”
From Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change (2022) · cites this paper as Finney, 1998
A consistent lesson from the application of such models is that the physical breaks in the landscape act to prevent the spread of fire and ultimately constrain the footprint of a fire.
“A consistent lesson from the application of such models is that the physical breaks in the landscape act to prevent the spread of fire and ultimately constrain the footprint of a fire (Cochrane et al., 2012;Finney, 1998;Narayanaraj & Wimberly, 2011;Tymstra et al., 2010).”
From Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change (2022) · cites this paper as Finney, 1998
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- Authors
- Finney, M. A.
- Corresponding author
- Finney, Mark A.
- ORCID
- Finney, Mark A.
- Published
- 1998
- OpenAlex
- W1531419578
- Cited by
- 1,617
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 72 · 2025: 100 · 2024: 70 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 91 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 73 · 2018: 64 · 2017: 43 · 2016: 53 · 2015: 60 · 2014: 72 · 2013: 84 · 2012: 71
- Type
- report
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Fire dynamics and safety research
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Keywords
- FARSITE, crown fire, fuel moisture content, surface fire, wildfire spread modeling
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