2016
DOI: 10.1590/01047760201622042226
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Fire Behavior Predicting Models Efficiency in Brazilian Commercial Eucalypt Plantations

Abstract: Knowing how a wildfire will behave is extremely important in order to assist in fire suppression and prevention operations. Since the 1940's mathematical models to estimate how the fire will behave have been developed worldwide, however, none of them, until now, had their efficiency tested in Brazilian commercial eucalypt plantations nor in other vegetation types in the country. This study aims to verify the accuracy of the Rothermel (1972) fire spread model, the Byram (1959) flame length model, and the fire s… Show more

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“…Since previous studies concluded that the Rothermel (1972), Byram (1959) and McArthur (1962) models underestimate significantly the fire rate of spread and flame length in Brazilian commercial eucalypt plantations (WHITE et al, 2016), there is a need to build new mathematical models that can better predict those fire behavior variables and also, assess the fire fuel consumption, an important parameter for the use of the prescribed burn technique. Therefore, this study proposes new mathematical models for estimating fire rate of spread, flame length and fuel consumption.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since previous studies concluded that the Rothermel (1972), Byram (1959) and McArthur (1962) models underestimate significantly the fire rate of spread and flame length in Brazilian commercial eucalypt plantations (WHITE et al, 2016), there is a need to build new mathematical models that can better predict those fire behavior variables and also, assess the fire fuel consumption, an important parameter for the use of the prescribed burn technique. Therefore, this study proposes new mathematical models for estimating fire rate of spread, flame length and fuel consumption.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Also, empirical models such as the FWI that are built based on experimental observations, generally have their use restricted to areas with similar characteristics from where the experiments were conducted (WHITE, 2018). It is always recommended to evaluate the efficiency of fire risk or fire behavior models before using them operationally in a certain region, especially if the climate and vegetation characteristics are different from which the models were developed (WHITE et al, 2016).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The new model has as input three variables (air humidity, rainfall amount and days without rainfall) that have already been proved to have a substantial effect on the fine dead fuel moisture content ( VAN WAGNER, 1974;RAY et al, 2010;WHITE et al, 2016). Despite several authors consider that the processes involving rainfall are too complex for modelling the FMC (MATTHEWS et al, 2010), the new model presented good statistical parameters.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Este resultado é de certa forma preocupante, já que subestimativas do comportamento do fogo oferecem um maior risco de vida ao brigadista responsável pelo seu combate. Esta tendência do modelo de Rothermel (modelo matemático utilizado pelo BP) em subestimar a velocidade de propagação do fogo já foi reportada por diversos outros autores como, por exemplo, McCaw (1995) em vegetação arbustiva na Austrália; Stephens et al (2008) e Weise et al (2016) em vegetações na Califórnia; e, White et al (2016b) em liteira de eucalipto no litoral norte da Bahia, Brasil. De acordo com White et al (2013b) em um trabalho de revisão da literatura sobre o uso do BP, a maioria das publicações afirmam que este software subestimou a velocidade de propagação e o comprimento das chamas das queimas reais.…”
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“…Sendo assim, é impossível que um modelo matemático de previsão do comportamento do fogo tenha 100% de acerto durante suas simulações. Infelizmente, ainda não existe um valor médio do que seria um erro aceitável para simulações envolvendo a estimativa de parâmetros relativo ao comportamento do fogo (WHITE et al, 2016b). De acordo com os mesmos autores, as simulações devem ser avaliadas somente por pessoas experientes em pesquisa ou manejo do fogo e que saibam quando os dados gerados são ou não condizentes com as características do fogo que serão observadas na natureza.…”
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