A fact often overlooked is that large-scale wildfires, although occurring infrequently, are
responsible for the overwhelming majority of fire-related suppression costs, economic …

This paper presents the Meso-NH model version 5.4. Meso-NH is an atmospheric non
hydrostatic research model that is applied to a broad range of resolutions, from synoptic to …

Wildfires are complex phenomena, both in time and space, in ecosystems. The ability to
understand wildfire dynamics and to predict the behaviour of the propagating fire is essential …

This work presents an enhanced version of a simple model of surface fire spread, already
reported in [JH Balbi, JL Rossi, T. Marcelli, PA Santoni, Combust. Sci. Technol. 178 (2007) …

In a wildfire, radiative heat transfer is often the main thermal impact on people fighting the
fire or on structures. Thus, the estimation of the radiation from the fire front and the heating of …

This paper presents a numerical investigation of the impact of a wind-driven surface fire,
comparable to a large wildfire, on an obstacle located downstream of the fire source. The …

This study uses in situ measurements collected during the FireFlux field experiment to
evaluate and improve the performance of the coupled atmosphere–fire model WRF-SFIRE …

Simulating the interaction between fire and atmosphere is critical to the estimation of the rate
of spread of the fire. Wildfire's convection (ie, entire plume) can modify the local meteorology …

The 'Balbi model'is a simplified steady-state physical propagation model for surface fires that
considers radiative heat transfer from the surface area of burning fuel particles as well as …

Two series of 16 and 18 laboratory fire experiments were conducted to explore the
respective roles of radiation and convection heat transfer in slope effect on fire spread. The …