CFBM simulations and verification dataset for sheltered and unsheltered wildland fires

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.