BEHAVE: fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system--FUEL subsystem

Robert E. Burgan; Richard C. Rothermel

doi:10.2737/INT-GTR-167

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BEHAVE: fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system--FUEL subsystem

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Authors:

Robert E. Burgan, Richard C. Rothermel

Year:

1984

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/INT-GTR-167

Source:

General Technical Report INT-167. Ogden, UT: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 126 p.

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Abstract

This manual documents the fuel modeling procedures of BEHAVE--a state-of-the-art wildland fire behavior prediction system. Described are procedures for collecting fuel data, using the data with the program, and testing and adjusting the fuel model.

Keywords

fire, fuels, fire behavior prediction

Citation

Burgan, Robert E.; Rothermel, Richard C. 1984. BEHAVE: fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system--FUEL subsystem. General Technical Report INT-167. Ogden, UT: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 126 p.