Difference between revisions of "FARSITE"

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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. The source code was released into the public domain, but it does not seem to be posted at the moment.

The name FARSITE is a trademark, but it does not seem to be registered with the USPTO.

Contact

File format

Custom: .WTR, .WND, .ATM, .LCP

Programming language and environments

C++, MS Windows

Documentation

Online documentation is contained in the Windows online help.
FARSITE technical reference

Support

Publications

Mark A. Finney, FARSITE: Fire Area Simulator-model development and evaluation, Rocky Mountain Research Station Publications, RMRS-RP-4, 1998. Updated 2004.

External links

firemodels.org
fire.org
http://www.firelab.org US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) Fire Sciences Laboratory
US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Electronic Search System

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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 [http://fire.org fire.org]. Source code was released into public domain, but it does not seem to be posted at the moment.
+Windows executable, public domain, at [http://firemodels.org firemodels.org]. The source code was released into the public domain, but it does not seem to be posted at the moment.
+The name FARSITE is a trademark, but it does not seem to be registered with the USPTO.
+==Contact==
 ==File format==
-Very important to use the software. For example, NetCDF, XML, custom, proprietary.
+Custom: .WTR, .WND, .ATM, .LCP
+==Programming language and environments==
+C++, MS Windows
 ==Documentation==
-Links to fulltext downloads.
+* Online documentation is contained in the Windows online help.
+* [http://www-laep.ced.berkeley.edu/~itr/literature/farsite/index.html FARSITE technical reference]
 ==Support==
-If available.
 ==Publications==
-Links to fulltext download.
+* 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.
-==Contributors==
-If too long or too complicated to put in the lead.
 ==See also==
-Links to other articles on this wiki.
+* [[wikipedia:Wildfire modeling|Wildfire modeling]]
 ==External links==
-Links to other sites.
+* [http://firemodels.org firemodels.org]
+* [http://fire.org fire.org]
+* [http://www.firelab.org http://www.firelab.org] US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) Fire Sciences Laboratory
+* [http://tess2.uspto.gov/ US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Electronic Search System]
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