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Table 2 Statistical evaluation of MTT and FARSITE simulations. MTT simulations were compared to the Soda Fire perimeter as of 8/11/2015, and FARSITE simulations were compared to the much larger Soda fire perimeter on 8/15/2015. FARSITE simulations were also compared to the Cherry Road fire perimeter as of 8/22/2016 (CR1, CR2). Table 1 and Figs. 1, 2, and 3 relate FBFMs to actual land-cover types. The fuel models listed for each simulation, in order from left to right, correspond to shrubland (SH) or grass-shrubland (GS) on the left, followed by perennial grassland or mixed perennial-annual grassland (GR) and annual grassland on the right

From: Modeling of fire spread in sagebrush steppe using FARSITE: an approach to improving input data and simulation accuracy

Model

Simulation #

Fuel model combination

SCa

Kb

ac (ha)

bd (ha)

ce (ha)

FARSITE

LANDFIRE-40f

Scott and Burgan 40

0.32

0.30

26,244

23,572

86,811

LANDFIRE-13g

Anderson 13

0.34

0.32

31,958

40,459

81,097

MTT

1

(GS3, GR1, GR2, GR4)

0.59

0.58

20,139

16,002

11,511

2

(GS2, GR1, GR2, GR4)

0.50

0.48

14,665

12,691

16,985

3

(SH1, GR1, GR2, GR4)

0.38

0.36

9840

10,008

21,811

4

(SH2, GR1, GR2, GR4)

0.38

0.35

9701

10,041

21,949

5

(SH5, GR1, GR2, GR4)

0.59

0.58

27,645

33,834

4005

6

(GS3, GR2, GR1, GR4)

0.63

0.61

21,990

16,244

9661

7

(GS2, GR2, GR1, GR4)

0.57

0.55

18,029

13,151

13,622

8

(SH1, GR2, GR1, GR4)

0.50

0.48

14,152

11,023

17,498

9

(SH2, GR2, GR1, GR4)

0.50

0.48

14,090

10,891

17,561

10

(SH5, GR2, GR1, GR4)

0.60

0.59

28,275

33,811

3376

11

(SH5, GS2, GR2, GR4)

0.60

0.58

28,516

34,846

3109

12

(GS3, GS2, GR2, GR4)

0.62

0.60

21,504

16,543

10,121

13

(SH7, GS2, GR2, GR4)

0.64

0.62

25,194

22,220

6431

14

(SH5, GS2, GR3, GR4)

0.62

0.60

28,300

31,505

3351

FARSITE

6

(GS3, GR2, GR1, GR4)

0.63

0.61

74,306

51,230

35,911

10

(SH5, GR2, GR1, GR4)

0.68

0.66

92,222

69,850

17,994

11

(SH5, GS2, GR2, GR4)

0.70

0.68

106,464

86,017

6592

12

(GS3, GS2, GR2, GR4)

0.64

0.62

77,622

55,594

32,594

13

(SH7, GS2, GR2, GR4)

0.67

0.66

74,254

35,782

35,962

14

(SH5, GS2, GR3, GR4)

0.54

0.52

48,876

19,312

64,180

CR1h

(GS2, GR2, GR4)

0.77

0.76

10,131

3452

2509

CR2h

(GS2, GR3, GR4)

0.8

0.79

12,621

6439

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  1. aSørensen’s coefficient value
  2. bCohen’s kappa coefficient value
  3. cBurned area agreement
  4. dModel overestimation
  5. eModel underestimation
  6. fLANDFIRE’s Scott and Burgan 40 fuels’ dataset
  7. gLANDFIRE’s Anderson 13 fuels’ dataset
  8. hCherry Road wildfire simulations