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View article: August 1986 Annaburro Station prescribed fires F19 and C064: Fire Dynamics Simulator evaluation data
August 1986 Annaburro Station prescribed fires F19 and C064: Fire Dynamics Simulator evaluation data Open
This data publication contains data from two outdoor fire experiments conducted on August 18th and 20th of 1986 on a flood plain of the Mary River at Annaburro Station in Northern Territory, Australia. These two experiments are part of a m…
View article: Examining Exposure Fires from the United States National Fire Incident Reporting System between 2002 and 2020
Examining Exposure Fires from the United States National Fire Incident Reporting System between 2002 and 2020 Open
Fires resulting from antecedent fires, known as exposure fires, can manifest across diverse environments, including suburban, urban, and rural areas. Notably, exposure fires represented by structure-destroying fires within the wildland–urb…
View article: 2012 Colorado Waldo Canyon fire: post-fire database
2012 Colorado Waldo Canyon fire: post-fire database Open
This data publication contains data collected and derived as part of a joint effort conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) to assess the 2012 Colorado Waldo Canyon…
View article: Vertical and Horizontal Crown Fuel Continuity Influences Group-Scale Ignition and Fuel Consumption
Vertical and Horizontal Crown Fuel Continuity Influences Group-Scale Ignition and Fuel Consumption Open
A deeper understanding of the influence of fine-scale fuel patterns on fire behavior is essential to the design of forest treatments that aim to reduce fire hazard, enhance structural complexity, and increase ecosystem function and resilie…
View article: NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments (NOSSE) with wind
NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments (NOSSE) with wind Open
The NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments are part of the NIST Structure Separation Experiments project, which is designed to assess structure-to-structure fire spread in the wildland-urban interface. In the first phase of this pro…
View article: Multi-scale analyses of wildland fire combustion processes: Large-scale field experiments – burn layout and documentation
Multi-scale analyses of wildland fire combustion processes: Large-scale field experiments – burn layout and documentation Open
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) funded project: Multi-scale Analyses of Wildland Fire Combustion Processes in Open-canopied Forests using Coupled and Iterativel…
View article: Multi-scale analyses of wildland fire combustion processes: Small-scale field experiments – plot layout and documentation
Multi-scale analyses of wildland fire combustion processes: Small-scale field experiments – plot layout and documentation Open
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) funded project: "Multi-scale Analyses of Wildland Fire Combustion Processes in Open-canopied Forests using Coupled and Iterative…
View article: Structure separation experiments :
Structure separation experiments : Open
This report describes the experiments conducted during the first phase of a multi-phase project designed to assess structure-to-structure fire spread for structures in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). The experiments focused on quantify…
View article: Bounding the structure separation distance :
Bounding the structure separation distance : Open
The primary objective of the Structure Separation Experiment project is to assess structure-to-structure fire spread for structures located in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). As part of this project, full scale fire experiments will be…
View article: Modelling Cork Oak Woodlands for Wildfire Simulations with WFDS: The Role of Vegetation Spatial Patterns
Modelling Cork Oak Woodlands for Wildfire Simulations with WFDS: The Role of Vegetation Spatial Patterns Open
first_page settings Order Article Reprints Font Type: Arial Georgia Verdana Font Size: Aa Aa Aa Line Spacing: Column Width: Background: Open AccessAbstract Modelling Cork Oak Woodlands for Wildfire Simulations with WFDS: The Ro…
View article: Modelling the Burning of an Ornamental Vegetation with WFDS: From Laboratory to Field Scale
Modelling the Burning of an Ornamental Vegetation with WFDS: From Laboratory to Field Scale Open
first_page settings Order Article Reprints Font Type: Arial Georgia Verdana Font Size: Aa Aa Aa Line Spacing: Column Width: Background: Open AccessAbstract Modelling the Burning of an Ornamental Vegetation with WFDS: From Labor…
View article: NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments (NOSSE) :
NIST Outdoor Structure Separation Experiments (NOSSE) : Open
The Structure Separation Project is a multi-level project to assess structure-to-structure fire spread in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities. The project is divided into three phases with each phase assessing radiant and convective…
View article: Numerical characterization of structures heat exposure at WUI
Numerical characterization of structures heat exposure at WUI Open
In the forthcoming years, self-protection of communities will be a first priority over fire suppression in order to tend to more fire-resistant and resilient WUI communities. All around the world, countries facing WUI fires apply different…
View article: High Resolution Fire Behavior Monitoring and Plume Simulation in the context of Experimental Fire
High Resolution Fire Behavior Monitoring and Plume Simulation in the context of Experimental Fire Open
A high-resolution meteorological model has enough spatial detail and physical meaning to be able to characterize climate at small administrative regions in mainland Portugal (NUTS III). The weather conditions associated with the Synoptic p…
View article: Numerical prediction of the thermal stress induced by the burning of an ornamental vegetation at WUI
Numerical prediction of the thermal stress induced by the burning of an ornamental vegetation at WUI Open
Over the last decades, urban expansion and global warming have increased the occurrence of wildland fires propagating at the vicinity of buildings at WUI. In this scenario, ornamental vegetation has been identified as a vector of fire prop…
View article: Orthorectification of Helicopter-Borne High Resolution Experimental Burn Observation from Infra Red Handheld Imagers
Orthorectification of Helicopter-Borne High Resolution Experimental Burn Observation from Infra Red Handheld Imagers Open
To pursue the development and validation of coupled fire-atmosphere models, the wildland fire modeling community needs validation data sets with scenarios where fire-induced winds influence fire front behavior, and with high temporal and s…
View article: Estimating Fuel Moisture in Grasslands Using UAV-Mounted Infrared and Visible Light Sensors
Estimating Fuel Moisture in Grasslands Using UAV-Mounted Infrared and Visible Light Sensors Open
Predicting wildfire behavior is a complex task that has historically relied on empirical models. Physics-based fire models could improve predictions and have broad applicability, but these models require more detailed inputs, including spa…
View article: Structure separation experiments phase 1 preliminary test plan
Structure separation experiments phase 1 preliminary test plan Open
The primary objective of this project is to assess structure-to-structure fire spread for structures located in the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI). Full-scale fire experiments will be conducted in which various types of structures (sources…
View article: A Multi-Fidelity Framework for Wildland Fire Behavior Simulations over Complex Terrain
A Multi-Fidelity Framework for Wildland Fire Behavior Simulations over Complex Terrain Open
A method for the large-eddy simulation (LES) of wildfire spread over complex terrain is presented. In this scheme, a cut-cell immersed boundary method (CC-IBM) is used to render the complex terrain, defined by a tessellation, on a rectilin…
View article: Pyric tree spatial patterning interactions in historical and contemporary mixed conifer forests, California, USA
Pyric tree spatial patterning interactions in historical and contemporary mixed conifer forests, California, USA Open
Tree spatial patterns in dry coniferous forests of the western United States, and analogous ecosystems globally, were historically aggregated, comprising a mixture of single trees and groups of trees. Modern forests, in contrast, are gener…
View article: Preliminary Data Collected from the Camp Fire Reconnaissance
Preliminary Data Collected from the Camp Fire Reconnaissance Open
The Camp Fire ignited on the morning of November 8, 2018, in Pulga, California.Fanned by high winds, the fire spread quickly through wildlands and burned into the wildland-urban interface (WUI) communities of Concow, Paradise, and Magalia,…
View article: Simulated Fire Behavior and Fine-Scale Forest Structure Following Conifer Removal in Aspen-Conifer Forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA
Simulated Fire Behavior and Fine-Scale Forest Structure Following Conifer Removal in Aspen-Conifer Forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA Open
Quaking aspen is found in western forests of the United States and is currently at risk of loss due to conifer competition at within-stand scales. Wildfires in these forests are impactful owing to conifer infilling during prolonged fire su…
View article: Fine‐scale fire patterns mediate forest structure in frequent‐fire ecosystems
Fine‐scale fire patterns mediate forest structure in frequent‐fire ecosystems Open
In frequent‐fire forests, wildland fire acts as a self ‐ regulating process creating forest structures that consist of a fine‐grained mosaic of isolated trees, tree groups of various sizes, and non‐treed openings. Though the self‐regulatio…
View article: Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems
Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems Open
There is an urgent need for next-generation smoke research and forecasting (SRF) systems to meet the challenges of the growing air quality, health and safety concerns associated with wildland fire emissions. This review paper presents simu…
View article: 2011 Texas Tanglewood fire: post-fire database
2011 Texas Tanglewood fire: post-fire database Open
This data publication contains data collected and derived as part of a joint effort conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) to a…
View article: The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment—A Plan for Integrated, Large Fire–Atmosphere Field Campaigns
The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment—A Plan for Integrated, Large Fire–Atmosphere Field Campaigns Open
The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) is designed to collect integrated observations from large wildland fires and provide evaluation datasets for new models and operational systems. Wildland fire, smoke dispersion, and a…
View article: Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Ignition points
Camp Swift Fire Experiment 2014: Ignition points Open
This data publication contains the locations of the beginning and ending of ignition points recorded as part of a prescribed fire research campaign conducted at the Camp Swift Military Base in Bastrop County, Texas on January 15, 2014. The…