PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLE / 2020-05
Assembling and Customizing Multiple Fire Weather Forecasts for Burn Probability and Other Fire Management Applications in Ontario, Canada
Introduces a method for assembling and displaying long-range wildfire weather forecasts. The method combines multiple forecast sources, represents uncertainty, calculates fire behaviour metrics, and supports risk-based fire management and burn probability modelling.
Authors
- Den Boychuk (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
- Jordan Evens (Natural Resources Canada)
- Dan Johnston (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
- Dan Leonard (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
- Colin McFayden (Natural Resources Canada)
- Darren McLarty (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
- Jerry Shields (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
- Aaron Stacey (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
- Douglas Woolford (University of Western Ontario)
- Mike Wotton (Natural Resources Canada)
Organizations
- Natural Resources Canada
- Ontario Aviation Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES)
- University of Western Ontario