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Type: Fact Sheet / Brief / Bulletin
Publication Date: 2021
WindNinja, a tool developed by RMRS scientists, delivers high-resolution wind predictions within seconds for emergency fire responders making on-the-ground decisions. The program computes spatially-varying wind fields to help predict winds at small scales in complex terrain. These predictions are extremely important in fire-prone landscapes where local changes in the near-surface wind are not predicted well by either operational weather models or expert judgment but are extremely important for accurate fire behavior predictions.
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Citation: Clark, Nehalem. 2021. Microscale wind modeling: WindNinja for fire management. Science You Can Use (in 5 minutes). Fort Collins, CO: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 2 p.
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- fire management
- FlamMap
- microscale wind modeling
- wildfire
- wind
- WindNinja
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FRAMES Record Number: 63805