Identification

Title

Fire simulations of the early phase of the Cameron Peak Fire with UFS-CFBM, WRF-Fire, and offline CFBM

Alternative title(s)

d425225

Abstract

In this work we simulated the initial fire progression of the Cameron Peak Fire with the Unified Forecast System (UFS) coupled to the Community Fire Behavior model (CFBM), the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with its fire component (WRF-Fire), and CFBM driven by offline WRF inputs. The dataset included two sets of simulations comparing uncoupled (one-way) and coupled (two-way) fire-atmosphere feedback. Each set includes simulations for three initialization times, the first starting from an ignition point and the subsequent ones starting from observed fire perimeters. Two-way UFS-CFBM and WRF-Fire simulations account for fire-atmosphere interactions, whereas the CFBM standalone simulations are driven by offline inputs. The observed fire perimeters used in the simulations initialization and evaluations are included. We also provide idealized simulations showing the propagation of fire line with homogeneous conditions and different methods to resolve the fire location.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d425225/

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https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d425225/dataaccess/

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description: Related Link

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Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

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dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-03-30

Keyword set

keyword value

WRF > Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-05-13

Keyword set

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EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > WILDFIRES

EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > WILDFIRES > BURNED AREA

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title

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revision

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2026-05-13

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Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2020-08-13

End position

2020-08-14

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publication

effective date

2026-05-14

Frequency of update

notPlanned

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Use constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://gdex.ucar.edu

name: NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

description: The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research.

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responsible party role

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Metadata date

2026-05-15T00:58:35Z

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