Simulation of the 2009 Harmanli fire (Bulgaria)

Abstract

We use a coupled atmosphere-fire model to simulate a fire that occurred on August 14--17, 2009, in the Harmanli region, Bulgaria. Data was obtained from GIS and satellites imagery, and from standard atmospheric data sources. Fuel data was classified in the 13 Anderson categories. For correct fire behavior, the spatial resolution of the models needed to be fine enough to resolve the essential micrometeorological effects. The simulation results are compared to available incident data. The code runs faster than real time on a cluster. The model is available from openwfm.org and it extends WRF-Fire from WRF 3.3 release.

8 pages, 2 tables, 5 figures. 8th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, June 6-10, 2011, Sozopol, Bulgaria

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