A real-time computer application for the prediction of fire spread across the Australian landscape

Simulation

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 230-240

  Coleman, J R ^a   Sullivan, A L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fire spread modeling; Geographic Information Systems; McArthur meters; Rothermel model; SiroFire

Indexed keywords

FIRE SPREAD MODELING; FIRE SPREAD PREDICTION ALGORITHM; FIRE SPREAD SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SIROFIRE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOS; FIRE PROTECTION; FIRES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAPS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030260802     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003754979606700402     Document Type: Article

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