Standard fire behavior fuel models: a comprehensive set ...

United States Department of Agriculture Standard fire behavior fuel Forest Service Rocky Mountain Models: A comprehensive Research Station General Technical Set for Use with Rothermel's Report RMRS-GTR-153. June 2005. Surface fire Spread model Joe H. Scott Robert E. Burgan Abstract _____. Scott, Joe H.; Burgan, Robert E. 2005. Standard fire behavior fuel models: a comprehensive set for use with Rothermel's surface fire spread model . Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-153. Fort Collins, CO: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 72 p. This report describes a new set of Standard fire behavior fuel models for use with Rothermel's surface fire spread model and the relationship of the new set to the original set of 13 fire behavior fuel models.

However, they have deficiencies for other purposes, including prescribed fire, wildland fire use, simulating the effects of fuel treatments on potential fire behavior, and simulating transition to crown fire using crown fire initiation models. Widespread use of the Rothermel (1972) fire spread model and desire for more options in selecting a fuel

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