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Numerical Simulations of Grassland Fire Behavior from the LANL-FIRETEC and NIST-WFDS Models

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Grassland fires on level terrain offer a good basic scenario for test wildland fire behavior models, due to the simplicity and homogeneity of the fuels and terrain. Two physics based models, FIRETEC and WFDS, are briefly described, applied fire spread in grassland fuel, followed by a discussion of the results. It is important to note that both models have undergone appreciable development since the writing of this conference paper in 2005.

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  1. Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA

    William Mell

  2. Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Joseph Charney

  3. Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada

    Mary Ann Jenkins

  4. Australian Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization ACT, Australia

    Phil Cheney & Jim Gould

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  1. Environmental Science and Technology Center, Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science, College of Science, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    John J. Qu  & William T. Sommers  & 

  2. Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science, College of Science, George Mason University, MS 6C3, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA, 22030, USA

    Ruixin Yang

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    Allen R. Riebau

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Mell, W., Charney, J., Jenkins, M.A., Cheney, P., Gould, J. (2013). Numerical Simulations of Grassland Fire Behavior from the LANL-FIRETEC and NIST-WFDS Models. In: Qu, J.J., Sommers, W.T., Yang, R., Riebau, A.R. (eds) Remote Sensing and Modeling Applications to Wildland Fires. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32530-4_15

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