Evaluating the Ability of FARSITE to Simulate Wildfires Influenced by Extreme, Downslope Winds in Santa Barbara, California

Evaluating the Ability of FARSITE to Simulate Wildfires Influenced by Extreme, Downslope Winds in Santa Barbara, California

Extreme, downslope mountain winds often generate dangerous wildfire conditions. We used the wildfire spread model Fire Area Simulator (FARSITE) to simulate two wildfires influenced by strong wind events in Santa Barbara, CA. High spatial-resolution imagery for fuel maps and hourly wind downscaled to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Katelyn Zigner, Leila M. V. Carvalho, Seth Peterson, Francis Fujioka, Gert-Jan Duine, Charles Jones, Dar Roberts, Max Moritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Fire
Subjects:
wildfire modeling
FARSITE
spotting
fire weather
Sundowner winds
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/3/29

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