Airtanker flight distance between fires: random fire starts on line segments

Under high initial attack fire loads, dispatchers sometimes redirect airtankers that are working on other fires. The inherent variability of flight distance between random fire locations is a potentially important aspect of any model that would reallocate the airtanker resource between fires. Requis...

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Published in:Forest science 2005-10, Vol.51 (5), p.460-471
Main Author: Greulich, F.E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agricultural aviation
aircraft
decision support systems
equations
Forest & brush fires
forest fire management
forest fires
mathematical models
Transportation planning
Travel
travel distance
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Summary:Under high initial attack fire loads, dispatchers sometimes redirect airtankers that are working on other fires. The inherent variability of flight distance between random fire locations is a potentially important aspect of any model that would reallocate the airtanker resource between fires. Requisite formulas are derived, and computational procedures are provided in this article for the stochastic description of airtanker flight distances between fire-start locations randomly located along straight-line segments. Numerical approximations and comparisons with prior work confirm the results of detailed examples that establish a blueprint for application and continued model development. FOR. SCI. 51(5):460-471.
ISSN:0015-749X
1938-3738
DOI:10.1093/forestscience/51.5.460