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Author(s):
Richard J. Barney
Year Published:

Cataloging Information

Topic(s):
Fire Behavior
Simulation Modeling
Fire Danger Rating

NRFSN number: 11918
FRAMES RCS number: 13988
Record updated:

Changeover from use of the Intermountain Model-8 Burning Index Meter to use of the Spread Index of the National Fire-Danger Rating System required a comparative analysis of both systems. This note describes a program written in SPS to calculate various indexes of both systems on an IBM 1620 computer.

Citation

Barney, Richard J. 1964. Calculating the National Fire-Danger Rating spread index by computer. Res. Note INT-RN-19. Ogden, UT: USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2 p.

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