WFDS

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WFDS (Wildland Fire Dynamics Simulator) is a physics-based wildfire simulation code, suitable for wildland-urban interface modeling. It was written by William (Rudy) Mell at the NIST.

Distribution

• Rudy's own WFDS home page
• WFDS official page at NIST
• SVN repository
• Public domain disclaimer

Contact

William (Ruddy) Mell, NIST

File format

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

Programming language and environments

C, MS Widows, Linux.

Documentation

• Official documentation
• Included in source code download

Support

• FDS-SMV discussion group
• Email Ruddy

Publications

• WFDS publications at NIST

See also

• FDS roadmap
• Wikipedia:Fire Dynamics Simulator
• Wildfire modeling