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Using GIS to predict fire behavior
| Author: |
Green, Kass; Finney, Mark; Campbell, Jeff [and others] |
| Date: |
1995 |
| Periodical: |
Journal of Forestry |
| Abstract: |
This paper explores the use of GIS to spatially represent fire behavior under varying assumptions of fuel type, weather condition, and topography. Simulating fire behavior and effects across landscapes facilitates the prediction of future vegetation and habitat conditions. Landscape conditions that result from different management policies or assumptions can be compared, helping ecosystem managers integrate fire into management decisions. The GIS and fire-growth model can serve as a basis for further integration of ignition risks, land use values, and suppression costs that could ultimately improve decisions concerning prescribed natural fire, fire prevention, and suppression responses. |
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