ComputingAugust 27, 2019
Fighting Wildfires with Computer Models
Prescribed burns can remove excess fuel from the forest floor, and algorithms can help fire crews know where to set them
Stories by Rodman Linn
Rodman Linn studies and models a wide range of atmospheric phenomena using computational fluid dynamics and other techniques at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Linn led the initial development of the FIRETEC computer program for predicting wildfire behavior and is currently co-leading the team developing QUIC-fire.