Simulation of the 2009 Harmanli fire (Bulgaria)
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2011
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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.