论文信息 - Uncertainty propagation in wildland fire behaviour modelling

Uncertainty propagation in wildland fire behaviour modelling

Rothermel's model is the most widely used fire behaviour model in wildland fire research and management. It is a complex model that considers 17 input variables describing fuel type, fuel moisture, terrain and wind. Uncertainties in the input variables can have a substantial impact on the resulting errors and have to be considered, especially when the results are used in spatial decision making. In this paper it is shown that the analysis of uncertainty propagation can be carried out with the Taylor series method. This method is computationally cheaper than Monte Carlo and offers easy-to-use, preliminary sensitivity estimations.

Britta Allgöwer | Andreas Bachmann | B. Allgöwer | A. Bachmann

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