This project is a set of functions for calculating the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI), a Canadian Forest Service system to compute codes for fire behavior and emissions from weather. The FWI is described in detail in Van Wagner 1987. It also includes equations for computing % moisture content from the Duff Moisture Code (DMC) and a batch csv calculator for FWI. The README file that comes with the source covers installation and usage examples. A sample csv file is also provided. The FWI functions were directly translated from the Southeast Asia Fire Danger Rating System Project Excel Plugin. The DMC to % moisture functions are from Lawson et al 1997, who followed Van Wagner 1987 for DMC conversion.
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Development and structure of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. Van Wagner, C.E. 1987. For. Tech. Rep. 35. Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa. link
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Predicting forest floor moisture contents from duff moisture code values. Lawson, B.D., G.N. Dalrymple, and B.C. Hawkes. 1997. Forestry Research Applications, Pacific Forestry Centre, Technology Transfer Notes, No. 6. link
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Equations and FORTRAN program for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. 1985. Van Wagner, C.E.; Pickett, T.L. Canadian Forestry Service, Petawawa National Forestry Institute, Chalk River, Ontario. Forestry Technical Report 33. 18 p. link
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Tables for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. 1984. Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service, 4th edition (1987). Headquarters, Ottawa. Forestry Technical Report 25. 48 p. link
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Updated source code for calculating fire danger indices in the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. 2015. Wang, Y.; Anderson, K.R.; Suddaby, R.M. link
- Evaluation of the Canadian fire weather index system in an eastern Mediterranean environment. A. P. Dimitrakopoulos A. M. Bemmerzouk I. D. Mitsopoulos. 2011. link