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Validation and calibration of Farsite vegetation fire growth simulation software on several Adriatic islands

We have used the vegetation fire growth simulation software Farsite to simulate the spatio-temporal evolution of two historical vegetation fires that occurred on the Adriatic islands of Korčula in 1998 and Lastovo in 2003. The spatial, vegetation, meteorological and agrometerological data have been obtained from various national agencies. The historical fire perimeters have been collected by firefighting commanders. By selecting the appropriate fuel models from the extended set of fuel models in Farsite, we have obtained a very good match between the simulated fire perimeters and observed ones. The sets of fire models corresponding to the Mediterranean vegetation on these two islands will be used as the starting point for the calibration of Farsite for the operational use in the Croatian firefighting organization.

FARSITE ; fire modeling ; fuel models ; Mediterranean vegetation

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