Global sensitivity analysis of fuel-type-dependent input variables of a simplified physical fire spread model

M.I. Asensio-Sevilla, M.T. Santos-Martín, D. Álvarez-León and L. Ferragut-Canals

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 2020, vol. 172, issue C, 33-44

Abstract: A new global sensitivity analysis has been conducted of fuel-type-dependent input variables of the simplified physical fire spread model (PhyFire) to understand how the use of spatial averages, that is, fuel models, influences the results of PhyFire with a view to enhancing its understanding and improving its design. The model’s simplicity, the numerical techniques used, and a recent code optimisation, allow undertaking the analysis with very competitive computational times. The fuel data used correspond to grasslands, shrublands and forest in the Spanish region of Galicia. The analysis results validate the flame length sub-model proposed in the paper, which significantly improves the model’s efficiency.

Keywords: Global sensitivity analysis; Simplified physical model; Wildland fire model; Flame length model; Real wildland fire simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2020.01.001

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