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2015 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

9. Wildfire Spread Simulation

Authors : Anna Petrasova, Brendan Harmon, Vaclav Petras, Helena Mitasova

Published in: Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Forest fires, whether naturally occurring or prescribed, are potential risks for ecosystems and human settlements. These risks can be managed by monitoring the weather, prescribing fires to limit available fuel, and creating firebreaks. With computer simulations we can predict and explore how fires may spread. We can explore scenarios and test different fire management strategies under different weather conditions. Using Tangible Landscape and the GRASS GIS wildfire toolset we simulated several wildfire scenarios. We tested different configurations of firebreaks on the physical model and evaluated their effectiveness.

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Metadata
Title
Wildfire Spread Simulation
Authors
Anna Petrasova
Brendan Harmon
Vaclav Petras
Helena Mitasova
Copyright Year
2015
Book
Tangible Modeling with Open Source GIS

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-25773-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-25775-4

Copyright Year: 2015

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25775-4_9