firexp

The dataset include observations of surface head fire rate of spread (ROS) measured during field fire experiments in heathland fuels (mixed grass-shrub) carried out on flat terrain under differing fire weather conditions (Ascoli et al. 2009). For each ROS values of Rothermel's fire behavior fuel models parameters and environmental conditions are provided. Some ranges in the dataset are: ROS &lt;- 0.9 - 26.3 m/min;  wind speed &lt;- 0.4 - 7.9 km/h; 1h fuels moisture: 10 - 27 percent.

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R build of Rothermel's (1972) model for surface fire rate of spread with some additional utilities (uncertainty propagation, standard fuel model selection, fuel model optimization by genetic algorithm) and sample datasets.

Giorgio Vacchiano

Rothermel

Rothermel fire spread model for R

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Ascoli, D.,  Marzano, R., and Bovio, G. (2006). Experimental fires for heather moorland management in north-western Italy. Forest Ecology and Management 234S: 258. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.287.

firexp: field fire experiments in Vauda Nature Reserve, Italy

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