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FEPS Prescribed Fire Time Rate Module

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FEPS RX Fire Time Rate Module

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Time Rate StepDescription

The Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) generates temporal profiles that are used to calculate hourly consumption rates.  Only appropriate for prescribed burns.

Model references:

Anderson, G.K.; Sandberg, D.V; Norheim, R.A., 2004. Fire Emission Production Simulator (FEPS) User's Guide. Available at http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera/feps/FEPS_users_guide.pdf

Model information contact:

Unknown, USFS, see contacts page

Model information link:

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

Module Info

Invoked as:

TIME_PROFILE = FEPSTimeProfile

in configuration ini

Known issues:

Local weather parameters are specified as constants.

Notes:

The WRAP curve is used to define the percentage of acres burned per hour for wildfires, wildland use fires, and "Unknown" fire types.  For other fire types, FEPS determines the diurnal growth curve.

Data fields used: 

area, fuel_moisture_1khr, mduff (duff fuel moisture), flaming_consumption, smoldering_consumption, residual_consumption, duff_consumption

Related modules:

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Current Module Version(s)

Version 1 - stable

5/29/09
model v2.0

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    Requires BlueSky Framework v3.1 or greater

    Change Log

    Version 1:    5/29/09

    included as default in BlueSky v. 3.1

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