William E. Mell, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, William E. Mell, Rodman Linn. 2023. Vertical and horizontal crown fuel continuity influences group-scale ignition and fuel consumption
• Marcos Vanella, Kevin McGrattan, Randall McDermott, Glenn Forney, William E. Mell, Emanuele Gissi, Paolo Fiorucci. 2021. A multi-fidelity framework for wildland fire behavior simulations over complex terrain
• Justin P. Ziegler, Chad M. Hoffman, Brandon M. Collins, Eric E. Knapp, William E. Mell. 2021. Pyric tree spatial patterning interactions in historical and contemporary mixed conifer forests, California, USA
• Eric V Mueller, Nicholas Skowronski, Kenneth L. Clark, Michael R. Gallagher, William E. Mell, Albert Simeoni, Rory M. Hadden. 2021. Detailed physical modeling of wildland fire dynamics at field scale - An experimentally informed evaluation
• Justin P. Ziegler, Chad M. Hoffman, Brandon M. Collins, Jonathan W. Long, Christa Dagley, William E. Mell. 2020. Simulated fire behavior and fine-scale forest structure following conifer removal in aspen-conifer forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin, USA
• Scott Ritter, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann, William E. Mell. 2020. Fine-scale fire patterns mediate forest structure in frequent-fire ecosystems
• Charles R. Boardman, Mark A. Dietenberger, Babak Shotorban, William E. Mell, David R. Weise. 2020. Thermal degradation modeling of live vegetation for fire dynamic simulator
• William E. Mell, J. Torres-Arenas, Bret W. Butler, X. Sanchez-Monroy. 2019. Fire spread upslope: Numerical simulation of laboratory experiments
• Adam Kochanski, Kirk R. Baker, William E. Mell, Rodman Linn, Ronan Paugam, Yongqiang Liu, Jan Mandel, Aime Fournier, Mary Ann Jenkins, Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier, Fengjun Zhao, Roger D. Ottmar, Nancy H. F. French, Narasimhan Larkin, Timothy Brown, Andrew T. Hudak, Matthew B. Dickinson, Brian Potter, Craig Clements, Shawn P. Urbanski, Susan Prichard, Adam Watts, Derek McNamara. 2019. Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems
• Justin P. Ziegler, Chad M. Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, William E. Mell. 2019. Stem-maps of forest restoration cuttings in Pinus ponderosa-dominated forests in the interior West, USA
• F. Morandini, P.A. Santoni, J.B. Tramoni, William E. Mell. 2019. Experimental investigation of flammability and numerical study of combustion of shrub of rockrose under severe drought conditions
• Susan Prichard, Sim Larkin, Roger D. Ottmar, Nancy H.F. French, Kirk Baker, Tim Brown, Craig Clements, Matthew B. Dickinson, Andrew T. Hudak, Adam Kochanski, Rod Linn, Yongqiang Liu, Brian Potter, William E. Mell, Danielle Tanzer, Shawn P. Urbanski, Adam Watts. 2019. The fire and smoke model evaluation experiment—a plan for integrated, large fire–atmosphere field campaigns
• David R. Weise, Thomas H. Fletcher, Timothy J. Johnson, WeiMin M. Hao, Mark A. Dietenberger, Marko Princevac, Bret W. Butler, Sara S. McAllister, Joseph J. O'Brien, E. Louise Loudermilk, Roger D. Ottmar, Andrew T. Hudak, Akira Kato, Babak Shotorban, Shankar Mahalingam, William E. Mell. 2018. A project to measure and model pyrolysis to improve prediction of prescribed fire behavior
• Russell A. Parsons, Francois Pimont, Lucas Wells, Greg M. Cohn, W. Matt Jolly, Francois de Coligny, Eric Rigolot, Jean-Luc Dupuy, William E. Mell, Rodman R. Linn. 2018. Modeling thinning effects on fire behavior with STANDFIRE
• Chad M. Hoffman, Carolyn H. Sieg, Rodman R. Linn, William E. Mell, Russell A. Parsons, Justin P. Ziegler, J. Kevin. Hiers. 2018. Advancing the science of wildland fire dynamics using process-based models
• Eric V Mueller, Nicholas Skowronski, Jan C. Thomas, Ken Clark, Michael R. Gallagher, Rory Hadden, William E. Mell, Albert Simeoni. 2018. Local measurements of wildland fire dynamics in a field-scale experiment
• Guenther Carlos Krieger Filho, Paulo Bufacchi, José Carlos Santos, Carlos Alberto Gurgel Veras, Ernesto C. Alvarado, William E. Mell, João Andrade. Carvalho. 2017. Probability of surface fire spread in Brazilian rainforest fuels from outdoor experimental measurements
• Y. Perez-Ramirez, William E. Mell, P. A. Santoni, J. B. Tramoni, F. Bosseur. 2017. Examination of WFDS in modeling spreading fires in a furniture calorimeter
• Eric V. Mueller, Nicholas Skowronski, Ken Clark, Michael R. Gallagher, Robert Kremens, Jan C. Thomas, Mohamad El Houssami, Alexander Filkov, Rory M. Hadden, William E. Mell, Albert Simeoni. 2017. Utilization of remote sensing techniques for the quantification of fire behavior in two pine stands
• Jan C. Thomas, Eric V. Mueller, Simon Santamaria, Michael R. Gallagher, Mohamad El Houssami, Alexander Filkov, Ken Clark, Nicholas Skowronski, Rory M. Hadden, William E. Mell, Albert Simeoni. 2017. Investigation of firebrand generation from an experimental fire: Development of a reliable data collection methodology
• Justin Paul Ziegler, Chad Hoffman, Michael A. Battaglia, William E. Mell. 2017. Spatially explicit measurements of forest structure and fire behavior following restoration treatments in dry forests
• Anthony S. Bova, William E. Mell, Chad M. Hoffman. 2016. A comparison of level set and marker methods for the simulation of wildland fire front propagation
• Eric Mueller, Nicholas Skowronski, Ken Clark, Robert Kremens, Michael R. Gallagher, Jan Thomas, Mohamad El Houssami, Alexander Filkod, Bret W. Butler, John Hom, William E. Mell, Albert Simeoni. 2015. Initial results from a field experiment to support the assessment of fuel treatment effectiveness in reducing wildfire intensity and spread rate
• C. M. Hoffman, J. Ziegler, J. Canfield, R. R. Linn, William E. Mell, Carolyn H. Sieg, F. Pimont. 2015. Evaluating crown fire rate of spread predictions from physics-based models
• Eric Mueller, William E. Mell, Albert Simeoni. 2014. Large eddy simulation of forest canopy flow for wildland fire modeling
• Eric Mueller, Nicholas Skowronski, Albert Simeoni, Kenneth Clark, Robert Kremens, William E. Mell, Michael R. Gallagher, Jan Thomas, Alexander Filkov, Mohamad El Houssami, John Hom, Bret W. Butler. 2014. Fuel treatment effectiveness in reducing fire intensity and spread rate - An experimental overview
• Dominique Morvan, Sofiane Meradji, William E. Mell. 2013. Interaction between head fire and backfire in grasslands
• Chad M. Hoffman, Carolyn H. Sieg, Penelope Morgan, William E. Mell, Rodman Linn, Camille Stevens-Rumann, Joel McMillin, Russell A. Parsons, Helen Maffei. 2013. Progress in understanding bark beetle effects on fire behavior using physics-based models
• Chad M. Hoffman, Penelope Morgan, William E. Mell, Russell A. Parsons, Eva Strand, Steve Cook. 2013. Surface fire intensity influences simulated crown fire behavior in lodgepole pine forests with recent mountain pine beetle-caused tree mortality
• S.T. Michaletz, E.A. Johnson, William E. Mell, D.F. Greene. 2012. Timing of fire relative to seed development controls availability of non-serotinous aerial seed banks
• Alexander Maranghides, William E. Mell. 2012. Framework for addressing the national wildland urban interface fire problem—determining fire and ember exposure zones using a WUI hazard scale
• Dominique Morvan, Chad Hoffman, Francisco Rego, William E. Mell. 2011. Numerical simulation of the interaction between two fire fronts in grassland and shrubland
• Dominique Morvan, Sofiane Meradji, William E. Mell. 2011. Numerical study of the interaction between a head fire and a backfire propagating in grassland.
• Russell A. Parsons, William E. Mell, Peter McCauley. 2011. Linking 3D spatial models of fuels and fire: Effects of spatial heterogeneity on fire behavior
• Chad Hoffman, Russell A. Parsons, Penny Morgan, William E. Mell. 2010. Numerical simulation of crown fire hazard following bark beetle-caused mortality in lodgepole pine forests
• Russell A. Parsons, William E. Mell, Peter McCauley. 2010. Modeling the spatial distribution of forest crown biomass and effects on fire behavior with FUEL3D and WFDS
• Wayne C. Zipperer, Alan Long, Brian Hnton, Alexander Maranghides, William E. Mell. 2007. Mulch flammability
• Glenn P. Forney, William E. Mell. 2007. Visualization and modeling of smoke transport over landscape scales

Data and Tools

• Tool
  

  2011 Texas Tanglewood Fire

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/products/dataandtools/2011-texas-tanglewood-fire

• Program
  

  Fire, Fuels, and Smoke

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/programs/ffs
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/centers/fasmee
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Understanding how fire behavior and wildland fuels affect ember generation and deposition

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/nrs/projects/bil-ember-production
  Station

  Northern Research Station
• Project
  

  Wildland Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator (WFDS)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/wfds
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Joint Base Lewis-McChord Research Prescribed Burn 2012

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/lewismchordprescribedburn2012
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  FIRETEC and WFDS Modeling of Fire Behavior and Smoke in Support of FASMEE

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/wildfirebehaviormodelingfasmee
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Evaluation and Optimization of Fuel Treatment Effectiveness with an Integrated Experimental/Modeling Approach

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/evaluationandoptimizationfueltreatment
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Project
  

  Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mitigation Activities in the Wildland Urban Interface

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/projects/mitigationactivitieswui
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station
• Center or Group
  

  Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA)

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/pnw/centers/fera
  Station

  Pacific Northwest Research Station

Multimedia

• Webinars

  SCIENCE x Fire: Fire Behavior

  https://research.fs.usda.gov/products/multimedia/webinars/science-x-fire-fire-behavior

• University of Washington, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 1994
• University of Washington, M.S., Applied Mathematics, 1987
• University of Minnesota, B.S., Geophysics, 1981