Balbi 2022
Workflow information
Documentation page:
Version: 1.0
Date of record creation: 2024-11-24
Date of upload to firebench:
Version/tag/commit firebench: 0.3.0a1
Configuration
Rate of spread model: Balbi 2022 using
firebench.ros_models.Balbi_2022_fixed_SFIREimplementation.Input dataset:
firebench/data/ros_model_validation/Anderson_2015, Table A1Complementary fuel data from Scott and Burgan 40.
If fuel data is missing, use
firebench.tools.find_closest_fuel_class_by_propertiesto retrieve the closest fuel category using total fuel load and fuel height with default weights.Use
Baughman_generalized_wind_reduction_factor_unshelteredto compute wind reduction factor considering that the input wind height is above vegetation.
Specific inputs
Some fuel properties are considered as constant:
fuel_density: 32 lb ft-3
fuel_chaparral_flag: 0 [-]
fuel_mineral_content_total: 0.0555 [-]
fuel_mineral_content_effective: 0.01 [-]
Results
Fig.1 shows that Balbi 2022 is over predicting the rate fo spread in most cases.

Fig. 1 : Comparison of expected and computed rate of spread for Anderson 2015 dataset.
Data
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