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FEPS Total Consumption Module

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FEPS Total Consumption Module

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Total Consumption StepDescription

The FEPS total consumption module is based on the Fire Emissions Production Simulator (FEPS).

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:

 

Model information link:

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

Module Info

Invoked as:

WILDFIRE_CONSUMPTION = FEPSConsumption
PRESCRIBED_CONSUMPTION = FEPSConsumption
OTHER_CONSUMPTION = FEPSConsumption

in configuration ini

Known issues:

 

Notes:

Piled and scattered fuels are specified as zero.

Woody fuel is defined as the sum of the 1hr, 10hr, 100hr, 1khr, 10khr, and gt10khr fuels.

The canopy flag is set to 1 for all fire types by the module.

Data fields used: 

fuel_moisture_1khr, fccs_number (if FCCS fuel loading is ued), mduff (duff fuel moisture), fuel_1hr, fuel_10hr, fuel_100hr, fuel_1khr, fuel_10khr,fuel_gt10khr, canopy, shrub, grass, rot, litter, duff

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Current Module Version(s)

Version 1 - stable

5/29/09

  • Included standard in BlueSky v3.0 and later

    Change Log

    Version 1:    5/29/09

    included as default in BlueSky v. 3.0 and later

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