Content of the package

This page lists the fuels models, the rate of spread models and the workflows that are contained within the package.

Fuel models

  • Anderson13: Anderson 13 categories info
  • ScottandBurgan40: Scott and Burgan 40 categories info

Rate of spread models

Rate fo spread models are contained in firebench.ros_models.

Vegetation

  • Rothermel_SFIRE: Rothermel model as implemented in WRF-SFIRE info
  • Balbi_2022_fixed_SFIRE: Balbi 2022 model as implemented in WRF-SFIRE info

Urban

  • Hamada_1: Hamada model derived from Scawthorn, C. (2009). Enhancements in HAZUS-MH. Fire Following Earthquake Task, 3.
  • Hamada_2: Hamada model derived from the equations in Himoto, K., & Tanaka, T. (2008)

Wind interpolation

Vertical interpolation to midflame height / average wind over flame height

  • Baughman_20ft_wind_reduction_factor_unsheltered: Calculate the wind reduction factor for a wind 20ft above vegetation level info
  • Baughman_generalized_wind_reduction_factor_unsheltered: Generalized version of wind reduction factor from Baughman and Albini (1980) info

W0D models workflows and benchmarks

Accuracy

Efficiency

Sensitivity

  1. Sensitivity to environemental variables (03_01_calc_sensitity_env_var, 03_01_post_sensitity_env_var)