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8 - Coupled Fire–Atmosphere Model Evaluation and Challenges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2022

By
Janice Coen ,
Miguel Cruz ,
Daniel Rosales-Giron  and
Kevin Speer
Edited by
Kevin Speer  and
Scott Goodrick
Kevin Speer
Affiliation:
Florida State University
Scott Goodrick
Affiliation:
US Forest Service
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Summary

Coupled fire–atmosphere feedback is essential for modeling wildland fire spread, especially extreme fire phenomena. In this chapter, the suite of current and emerging tools capable of modeling this complexity is examined; these tools now dominate fundamental wildland fire research and are starting to be applied to fire operations, training, and planning. Some of the barriers to progress and challenges to validating these tools highlighted in this chapter suggest more emphasis on three areas: a scale-dependent and purposeful approach to comparing model results with appropriate observations, recognizing the limitations of each; the quantification of the errors and under-specifications in fuel properties and the impact of each; and assessing large-scale simulations and directing observations to address priority research gaps, from a position informed by the vast catalog of atmospheric scientific research.

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coupled modelvorticesmodel evaluationfuel loadprogression mapfidelitycrown
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Wildland Fire Dynamics
Fire Effects and Behavior from a Fluid Dynamics Perspective
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Print publication year: 2022

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