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Title:

An Applied Step In Forest Fire Spread Modelling

Authors:

Yves Dumond

Published in:

 

(2009).ECMS 2009 Proceedings edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M. Doncel Pedrera. European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009 

 

ISBN: 978-0-9553018-8-9

 

23rd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation,

Madrid, June 9-12, 2009

Citation format:

Dumond, Y. (2009). An Applied Step In Forest Fire Spread Modelling. ECMS 2009 Proceedings edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M. Doncel Pedrera (pp. 32-38). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009-0032-0038

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2009-0032-0038

Abstract:

We report in this paper on an experiment in implement- ing a fire spread modelling system specifically dedicated to fire-fighting activities. First, the corresponding oper- ational framework is introduced. In particular, we stress the importance of time constraints. Then, forest fire mod- elling techniques as well as some considerations related to our experience and feedback on this issue are briefly tackled. Then, we bring in a model which appears as a mix between the shape approach and raster based mod- els. This one involves both a raster representation of the landscape and an elliptical shape based approach. We conclude on the fact that the corresponding software sys- tem calculates fire contours which are correlated with ac- tual ones provided the basic local rates of spread are ac- curately estimated.

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