- Title:
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Phoenix – a fire characteristic mapping model.
- Date:
- 2006
- Organisations
- School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne.
- Authors:
- Kevin Tolhurst, Derek Chong and Martin Strandgard
Overview
Phoenix is a fire simulation model that shows the spread of fire across the landscape under different weather and fire suppression scenarios. It produces statistics on the likelihood of of fire in the landscape and provides a means of quantifying the effects of mitigation and the likely consequences of fire in the landscape.