Relationships between models used to analyze fire and fuel management alternatives

Abstract

Needs for analytical tools, the roles existing tools play, the processes they represent, and how they might interact are elements of key findings generated during a workshop held in Seattle February 17-18, 1999. The workshop was attended by 26 Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) stakeholders and researchers. A focus of the workshop was the Fire and Fuels Extension to the Forest Vegetation Simulator (FFE-FVS). Gaps in required capabilities are exposed where indicators (e.g., model outputs), processes, or linkages needed to address stakeholder requirements are missing. The workshop process provided a rigorous method of identifying missing elements. The Fuel Characteristic Classes (FCC) proposed by Ottmar and Sandberg (1999) may become a common data element used to link many models.

Citation

Crookston, Nicholas L.; Kurz, Werner A.; Beukema, Sarah J.; Reinhardt, Elizabeth D. 2000. Relationships between models used to analyze fire and fuel management alternatives. In: Neuenschwander, Leon F.; Ryan, Kevin C., tech. eds. Proceedings from the Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop: crossing the millennium: integrating spatial technologies and ecological principles for a new age in fire management; the Grove Hotel, Boise, Idaho, June 15-17, 1999. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho, 2000. 6 p