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. 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
- firemodels.org
- fire.org
- US Patent and Trademark Office Trademark Electronic Search System
- US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS), Fire Sciences Laboratory