Wildland Fire Spread Models

Publisher Summary This chapter surveys spread models and tries to give the reader an understanding of the main ideas behind the modeling as well as an overview of the different approaches and the relative merits of the various fire spread models. The emphasis is on the explanation of relevant physical principles and the way in which they are encapsulated into the mathematical models. The spread of individual wildland fires directly affects plant communities on a short timescale. This is distinct from fire regimes over many years, which help to define vegetation mosaics. It is this fairly immediate impact which has prompted a great deal of fire modeling activity over many decades. Naturally, the desire to predict the spread of wildland fires to aid in containment and management of resources during particular fire incidents has also been a strong motivational factor.

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