Coupled Atmosphere-Wildfire Modeling

4/25/00

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Coupled Atmosphere-Wildfire Modeling

Wildfire Research at NCAR

Opportunities and Challenges

Opportunities and Challenges

Opportunities and Challenges

Opportunities and Challenges

Opportunities and Challenges

Numerical Model

Atmospheric Model

Fire Line Propagation

and/or Improved Features

Experiments: Varying wind and Low level stability

Numerical Experiments

Experiments: Vary winds and low-level stability

FNOSTA: Vertical Cross section

FNOSTA: Horizontal Cross section

FNOSTA - Fire statistics

FNOREV - Fire statistics

FNOREV: Vertical Cross section

FNOREV: Horizontal Cross section

FRHLLA: Vertical Cross section

FRHLLA: Horizontal Cross section

FRHLLA - Fire statistics

Simulations such as these have shown us:

3 Principal Environmental Factors that Affect Wildland Fire Behavior

Data to drive the Application

Data to drive the Application

Data to drive the Application

Data to drive the Application

Data to drive the Application

How a data-driven application might work… (research mode)

How a data-driven application might work… (operational mode)

How a data-driven application might work… (operational mode) (continued)

Author: Janice Coen