An R package for predicting fire behavior using the Rothermel modelling system or the Crown Fire Initiation & Spread modelling system.
Fire behavior predictions using:
- the Rothermel modelling system, similar to BehavePlus, NEXUS, and FuelCalc
- the Crown Fire Initiation & Spread modelling system
Fire weather indices of two types:
- Static (uses instantaneous weather data)
- Dynamic (evolving index value based on continuous daily weather data)
Helper functions which can:
- Calculate the wind adjustment factor, using a little or a lot of site-specific forest canopy information
- Predict canopy fuels characteristics such as canopy bulk density and canopy fuel load
- Determine fine fuel moisture from meteorological observations
- Plot fire behavior outputs onto the Fire Characteristics Chart
Helper data:
- Stylized surface fuel models
- Surface fuel moisture scenarios
firebehavioR is available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN). Alternatively, you can install firebehavioR from GitHub for the development version.
devtools::install_github("EcoFire/firebehavioR")
fireChart() requires ggplot2; otherwise there are no package dependencies. You should have R (>= 3.4.1) installed.
The vignette in the above references GitHub repo will help you get up and going.
This package is a continual work in progress. Suggestions for improvements are welcomed. Currently, additional helper functions are planned:
- Incorporation of models to estimate
dead andlive fuel moistures using RAWS weather observations - Additional methods to estimate canopy fuels characteristics
Visual interpretation of fire behavior results via the Fire Characteristics Chart
- Justin Ziegler - developer and maintainer, Justin.Ziegler@Colostate.edu
GPL (>= 2)