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FCCS Fuel Loading Module

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FCCS Fuel Loading Module based on 1-km CONUS FCCS fuels map

Description & Model Info | Module Info | Current Version(s) | Change Log

FuelsStepDescription

The FCCS Fuel Loading Module is based on the Fire Characteristic Classification System fuel loadings map prepared by Dr. Don McKenzie, US Forest Service FERA Team.  The FCCS fuel loadings map uses Bailey's ecosystem geography, Kuchler's potential natural vegetation, and a current covertype classification (Schmidt et al. 2002) from remote sensing (AVHRR) to identify an FCCS fuelbed for each cell in a 1 km grid for the U.S. CONUS region.  A new map based on the LANDFIRE data layers is in progress and will be available by the end of the year.

Model references:

McKenzie, D.; Raymond, C.L.; Kellogg, L.-K.B.; Norheim, R.A; Andreu, A.G.; Bayard, A.C.; Kopper, K.E.; Elman. E. 2007. Mapping fuels at multiple scales: landscape application of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 37:2421-2437.

Model information contact:

Don McKenzie, USFS  see contacts page

Model information link:

http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/fccs/index.shtml

Module Info

Invoked as:

FUEL_LOAD = FCCS

in configuration ini

Known issues:

1-km grid has zero fuels in non-forested areas.  Grid assignment issues, particularly around water (e.g. lakes) and urban areas (e.g. Southern California) can result in zero fuels for legitimate fires.

Notes:

The module uses the FCCS fuel loadings map, not the underlying FCCS fuelbed data except as it is utilized in the map.  

Also see related modules below.

Data fields used: 

Latitude, Longitude

Related modules:

CONSUME consumption module can use FCCS fuelbed number directly.

Authors:

Current Module Version(s)

Version 1 - stable

5/22/09
model v2.0

  • download
    Requires BlueSky Framework v3.0 or greater
Version 2 - alpha release - restricted

5/25/09
model v2.0

  • download - restricted
    Requires BlueSky Framework v3.1 or greater

Change Log

Version 2:    5/25/09

changed to include pile burns

Version 1:    5/22/09
included as default in BlueSky v. 3.0

 

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