Rothermel (version 1.4.1)

Surface Fire Spread Model

Description

Implements the surface fire spread model of Rothermel (1972) in R. Additional utilities support uncertainty propagation, selection among standard fuel models, optimization of fuel model parameters by genetic algorithms, and example datasets.

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install.packages('Rothermel')

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Version

1.4.1

License

GPL-2

Maintainer

Giorgio Vacchiano

Last Published

September 10th, 2026

Functions in Rothermel (1.4.1)

gaRoth

Function to carry out optimization of fuel model by genetic algorithms

rosunc

Function to carry out uncertainty propagation analysis on Rothermel's (1972) fire spread model

bestFM

Function to select best standard fuel model for observed fire rate of spread

SFM_metric

Standard fuel models (Albini 1976, Scott & Burgan 2005)

Rothermel

Rothermel surface fire spread model for R

ros

Function to predict Rothermel's (1972) rate of spread [m/min] for surface headfires

firexp

field fire experiments in Vauda Nature Reserve, Italy

scenarios

Moisture scenarios by Scott & Burgan (2005)