Wildfire Risk in the Complex Terrain of the Santa Barbara Wildland–Urban Interface during Extreme Winds
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Road and Trail, Ignition, and Historical Wildfire Data
2.3. Ignition Modeling Methods
2.4. FARSITE and Model Input
3. Impacts of Varied Ignition Modeling Methods on Wildfire Spread
3.1. Ignitions in the WUI: Observations and Modeling
3.2. Wildfire Spread Risk in the WUI using Varied Ignition Methods and Wind Scenarios
3.2.1. Climatological (Non-Sundowner) Conditions
3.2.2. Mean Sundowner Conditions
3.2.3. Extreme Sundowner Winds: 14 April 2005 case study
3.2.4. Analysis of All Simulations
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Zigner, K.; Carvalho, L.M.V.; Jones, C.; Benoit, J.; Duine, G.-J.; Roberts, D.; Fujioka, F.; Moritz, M.; Elmquist, N.; Hazard, R. Wildfire Risk in the Complex Terrain of the Santa Barbara Wildland–Urban Interface during Extreme Winds. Fire 2022, 5, 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5050138
Zigner K, Carvalho LMV, Jones C, Benoit J, Duine G-J, Roberts D, Fujioka F, Moritz M, Elmquist N, Hazard R. Wildfire Risk in the Complex Terrain of the Santa Barbara Wildland–Urban Interface during Extreme Winds. Fire. 2022; 5(5):138. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5050138
Chicago/Turabian StyleZigner, Katelyn, Leila M. V. Carvalho, Charles Jones, John Benoit, Gert-Jan Duine, Dar Roberts, Francis Fujioka, Max Moritz, Nic Elmquist, and Rob Hazard. 2022. "Wildfire Risk in the Complex Terrain of the Santa Barbara Wildland–Urban Interface during Extreme Winds" Fire 5, no. 5: 138. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire5050138