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'''FARSITE''' is a wildfire modeling code written by Mark A. Finney at the US Forest Service.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
  
Windows executable, public domain, at [http://fire.org fire.org]. Source code was released into public domain, but it does not seem to be posted at the moment.
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Windows executable, public domain, at [http://firemodels.org firemodels.org]. Source code was released into public domain, but it does not seem to be posted at the moment.
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The name is listed as trademarked in the documentation, but USPTO search does not show such registered trademark for fire software.
  
 
==File format==
 
==File format==
  
 
Very important to use the software. For example, NetCDF, XML, custom, proprietary.
 
Very important to use the software. For example, NetCDF, XML, custom, proprietary.
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==Programming language and environments==
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C++, MS Windows
  
 
==Documentation==
 
==Documentation==
  
Links to fulltext downloads.
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* Online documentation is contained in the Windows online help.
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* Mark A. Finney, ''FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation'', Rocky Mountain Research Station Publications, [http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_rp004.html RMRS-RP-4], 1998. Updated 2004.
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* [http://www-laep.ced.berkeley.edu/~itr/literature/farsite/index.html FARSITE technical reference]
  
 
==Support==
 
==Support==
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Links to fulltext download.
 
Links to fulltext download.
 
==Contributors==
 
 
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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==External links==
 
==External links==
  
Links to other sites.
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* [http://firemodels.org firemodels.org]
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* [http://fire.org fire.org]
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* [http://tess2.uspto.gov/ US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Electronic Search System]
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* US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS), [http://www.firelab.org/ Fire Sciences Laboratory]
  
 
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Revision as of 21:29, 29 May 2010

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FARSITE is a wildfire modeling code written by Mark A. Finney at the US Forest Service.

Distribution

Windows executable, public domain, at firemodels.org. Source code was released into public domain, but it does not seem to be posted at the moment.

The name is listed as trademarked in the documentation, but USPTO search does not show such registered trademark for fire software.

File format

Very important to use the software. For example, NetCDF, XML, custom, proprietary.

Programming language and environments

C++, MS Windows

Documentation

  • Online documentation is contained in the Windows online help.
  • Mark A. Finney, FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation, Rocky Mountain Research Station Publications, RMRS-RP-4, 1998. Updated 2004.
  • FARSITE technical reference

Support

If available.

Publications

Links to fulltext download.

See also

Links to other articles on this wiki.

External links