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firebehavioR

Prediction of Wildland Fire Behavior and Hazard

Fire behavior prediction models, including the Scott & Reinhardt's (2001) Rothermel Wildland Fire Modelling System <DOI:10.2737/RMRS-RP-29> and Alexander et al.'s (2006) Crown Fire Initiation & Spread model <DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.08.174>. Also contains sample datasets, estimation of fire behavior prediction model inputs (e.g., fuel moisture, canopy characteristics, wind adjustment factor), results visualization, and methods to estimate fire weather hazard.

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title: "firebehavioR"
output: github_document
---

```{r setup, include=FALSE}
knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE)
```

An R package for predicting fire behavior using the Rothermel modelling system or the Crown Fire Initiation & Spread modelling system.

## Features
Fire behavior predictions using:   
* the Rothermel modelling system, similar to BehavePlus, NEXUS, and FuelCalc.  
* the Crown Fire Initiation & Spread modelling system.  

Helper functions which can:  
* Calculate the wind adjustment factor, using a little or alot of site-specific forest canopy information  
* Predict canopy fuels characteristics such as canopy bulk density and canopy fuel load  

Helper data:  
* Stylized surface fuel models  
* Surface fuel moisture scenarios  

## Installation

You can install firebehavioR from GitHub for the development version.  

```
devtools::install_github("zieg9479/firebehavioR")
```

 There are no package dependencies, but you should have r R (>= 3.4.1) installed.
 
## Usage

The vignette in the above references GitHub repo will help you get up and going. 

## Authors
* **Justin Ziegler** - developer and maintainer, Justin.Ziegler@Colostate.edu

## License

GPL (>= 2)

Versions across snapshots

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0.1.2 rolling linux/jammy R-4.5 firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 476.1 KiB
0.1.2 rolling linux/noble R-4.5 firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 476.0 KiB
0.1.2 rolling source/ R- firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 400.7 KiB
0.1.2 latest linux/jammy R-4.5 firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 476.1 KiB
0.1.2 latest linux/noble R-4.5 firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 476.0 KiB
0.1.2 latest source/ R- firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 400.7 KiB
0.1.2 2026-04-26 source/ R- firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 400.7 KiB
0.1.2 2026-04-23 source/ R- firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 400.7 KiB
0.1.2 2026-04-09 windows/windows R-4.5 firebehavioR_0.1.2.zip 477.2 KiB
0.1.2 2025-04-20 source/ R- firebehavioR_0.1.2.tar.gz 400.7 KiB

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