Are the applications of wildland fire behaviour models getting ahead of their evaluation again?

被引:73
作者
Alexander, Martin E. [1 ]
Cruz, Miguel G. [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Alberta, Dept Renewable Resources, Alberta Sch Forest Sci & Management, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H1, Canada
[2] CSIRO Ecosyst Sci & Climate Adaptat Flagship, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
关键词
Crown fire; Fire dynamics; Model development; Model performance; Physics-based models; Rate of fire spread; ACTIVE CROWN FIRE; SURFACE FIRE; NUMERICAL-SIMULATION; URBAN INTERFACE; WIND-FLOWS; SPREAD; FUEL; PREDICTION; FORESTS; COMBUSTION;
D O I
10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.11.001
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
Evaluation is a crucial component for model credibility and acceptance by researchers and resource managers. The nature and characteristics of free-burning wildland fires pose challenges to acquiring the kind of quality data necessary for adequate fire behaviour model evaluation. As a result, in some circles it has led to a research culture that tends to avoid evaluating model performance. Operational fire modelling systems commonly used in western North America have been shown to exhibit an under-prediction bias when employed to determine the threshold conditions necessary for the onset of crowning and the associated spread rate of active crown fires in conifer forest stands. This pronouncement was made a few years ago after at least a decade of model misapplication in fire and fuel management simulation modelling stemming from a lack of model evaluation. There are signs that the same situation may be repeated with developing physics-based models that simulate potential wildland fire behaviour; these models have as yet undergone limited testing against observations garnered from planned and/or accidental wildland fires. We propose a broad co-operative project encompassing modellers and experimentalists is needed to define and acquire the benchmark fire behaviour data required for model calibration and evaluation. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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