Identification

Title

CFBM simulations and verification dataset for sheltered and unsheltered wildland fires

Alternative title(s)

d581585

Abstract

In this study we simulated the fire evolution of four wildland fires with the Community Fire Behavior Model (CFBM). There are two unsheltered ground fires (no canopy: Boone Draw, BD, and Murphy, MY, fires) and two sheltered fires (spreading under the canopy; Hayden Pass, HP, and Indian Valley, IV, fires). For the unsheltered fires we use two options to calculate the location of the mid-flame height. Option 1 uses the fuel bed depth (opt1) whereas option 2 uses Byram's equation (opt2). For the sheltered fires we also use two values for the wind adjustment factor: 0.1 and 0.2 (opt3_0p1 and opt3_0p2, respectively). Simulations are compared against observed fire perimeters and active-fire detections from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. For all the simulations this dataset includes: 1) the WRF simulations (1 km grid spacing, output every 15 minutes) used to drive the CFBM; 2) the GEOGRID files used to define the CFBM domains (100 m), 3) the CFBM simulations (e.g., fire perimeter, 100 m fuel types, elevation) collocated with observed perimeters, and 4) the observed perimeters and the VIIRS retrievals used for evaluation.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d581585/

protocol: https

name: Dataset Description

description: Related Link

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https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d581585/dataaccess/

protocol: https

name: Data Access

description: Related Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-03-30

Keyword set

keyword value

Suomi-NPP > Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership

WRF > Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-05-13

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > FIRE ECOLOGY > WILDLAND FUELS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-05-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2016-07-12

End position

2018-09-14

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2026-05-14

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

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Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://gdex.ucar.edu

name: NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

description: The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research.

function: download

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2026-05-14T19:09:26Z

Metadata language