A review of wildland fire spread modelling, 1990-present 3: Mathematical analogues and simulation models

Abstract

In recent years, advances in computational power and spatial data analysis (GIS, remote sensing, etc) have led to an increase in attempts to model the spread and behvaiour of wildland fires across the landscape. This series of review papers endeavours to critically and comprehensively review all types of surface fire spread models developed since 1990. This paper reviews models of a simulation or mathematical analogue nature. Most simulation models are implementations of existing empirical or quasi-empirical models and their primary function is to convert these generally one dimensional models to two dimensions and then propagate a fire perimeter across a modelled landscape. Mathematical analogue models are those that are based on some mathematical conceit (rather than a physical representation of fire spread) that coincidentally simulates the spread of fire. Other papers in the series review models of an physical or quasi-physical nature and empirical or quasi-empirical nature. Many models are extensions or refinements of models developed before 1990. Where this is the case, these models are also discussed but much less comprehensively.

20 pages + 9 pages references + 1 page figures. Submitted to the International Journal of Wildland Fire

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• A review of wildland fire spread modelling, 1990-present, 1: Physical and quasi-physical models
• A review of wildland fire spread modelling, 1990-present 2: Empirical and quasi-empirical models
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