Rothermel

Last update 10 September 2026

Copyright license GNU General Public License, version 2.0

Software version identifier PACKAGES.rds, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4.1

Description

Implements the surface fire spread model of Rothermel (1972) <doi:10.2737/INT-RP-115> in R. Additional utilities support uncertainty propagation, selection among standard fuel models, optimization of fuel model parameters by genetic algorithms, and example datasets.

Cites work

A mathematical model for predicting fire spread in wildland fuels

This page was built for software: Rothermel