Presenter
Jim Brenner, Florida Forest Service
Matt Jolly, PhD, USDA Forest Service Missoula Fire Science Lab
Webinar Summary
Today’s commonly used fuel moisture field guides were developed decades ago without the aid of recent technology and extensive field verification. As such, these guides often poorly predict actual fine dead fuel moisture in many areas, particularly those of the humid Southeastern states. SimpleFM is a new fine dead fuel moisture model developed specifically for the Southeastern US that is a highly simplified version of a complex, physically-based fuel moisture model. This new model represents a paradigm shift in fine fuel moisture estimation and it will soon be integrated into computer-based and paper fire behavior field references. To aid in adoption by fire managers, SimpleFM has been adapted to create a simple, web-based mobile interface for fuel moisture calculations in the field. This webinar will describe the development of SimpleFM and demonstrate the web app.
This is a free webinar, but registration is required.