CFBM simulations and verification dataset for sheltered and unsheltered wildland fires
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| DOI: 10.5065/W6NM-MF64
In this study we simulated the fire evolution of four wildland fires with the Community Fire Behavior Model (CFBM). There are two unsheltered ground fires (no canopy: Boone Draw, BD, and Murphy, MY, fires) and two sheltered fires (spreading under the canopy; Hayden Pass, HP, and Indian Valley, IV, fires). For the unsheltered fires we use two options to calculate the location of the mid-flame height. Option 1 uses the fuel bed depth (opt1) whereas option 2 uses Byram's equation (opt2). For the sheltered fires we also use two values for the wind adjustment factor: 0.1 and 0.2 (opt3_0p1 and opt3_0p2, respectively). Simulations are compared against observed fire perimeters and active-fire detections from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. For all the simulations this dataset includes: 1) the WRF simulations (1 km grid spacing, output every 15 minutes) used to drive the CFBM; 2) the GEOGRID files used to define the CFBM domains (100 m), 3) the CFBM simulations (e.g., fire perimeter, 100 m fuel types, elevation) collocated with observed perimeters, and 4) the observed perimeters and the VIIRS retrievals used for evaluation.
| Fire Ecology | Wildland Fuels |
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