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...
Main Authors: | Katelyn Zigner, Leila M. V. Carvalho, Seth Peterson, Francis Fujioka, Gert-Jan Duine, Charles Jones, Dar Roberts, Max Moritz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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Series: | Fire |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/3/3/29 |
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