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WRF-Fire Applied in Bulgaria

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Numerical Methods and Applications (NMA 2010)

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WRF-Fire consists of the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting Model) coupled with a fire spread model, based on the level-set method. We describe a preliminary application of WRF-Fire to a forest fire in Bulgaria, oportunities for research of forest fire models for Bulgaria, and plans for the development of an Environmental Decision Support Systems which includes computational modeling of fire behavior.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

    Nina Dobrinkova

  2. Geophysical Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria

    Georgi Jordanov

  3. Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, USA

    Jan Mandel

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Computer and Communication Technologies, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev 25 A, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Ivan Dimov

  2. Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Department Numerical Methods and Algorithms, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski",, blvd. James Bourchier 5, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Stefka Dimova

  3. Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Bonchev St.,Bl.8, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Natalia Kolkovska

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Dobrinkova, N., Jordanov, G., Mandel, J. (2011). WRF-Fire Applied in Bulgaria. In: Dimov, I., Dimova, S., Kolkovska, N. (eds) Numerical Methods and Applications. NMA 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6046. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18466-6_15

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