Computer program for calculating and plotting fire direction and rate of spread.

James E. Eenigenburg

doi:10.2737/NC-GTR-117

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Computer program for calculating and plotting fire direction and rate of spread.

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Authors:

James E. Eenigenburg

Year:

1987

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/NC-GTR-117

Source:

General Technical Report NC-117. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Presents an analytical procedure that uses a FORTRAN 77 program to estimate fire direction and rate of spread. The program also calculates the variability of these parameters, both for subsections of the fire and for the fires as a whole. An option in the program allows users with a CALCOMP plotter to obtain a map of the fire with spread vectors.

Keywords

FORTRAN program, CALCOMP plotter, vector, prescribed burn, wildland fire

Citation

Eenigenburg, James E. 1987. Computer program for calculating and plotting fire direction and rate of spread. General Technical Report NC-117. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station