Creating the Landscape File

Fire Behavior Specialists can create a landscape file to use in Basic Fire Behavior (BFB) and Short-Term Fire Behavior (STFB), Near-Term Fire Behavior (NTFB), and FSPro fire behavior models. The following rules apply:

• You must create a Landscape File before running the fire behavior models.
• You must re-create the landscape file anytime you apply new landscape editor rules or modify the Landscape File's parameters (Landscape Extent, Resolution, etc.). 
• Landscape Files are created automatically in the Automated BFB and STFB models.
• Due to processing limitations, the maximum size of the landscape file varies by type of fire behavior analysis:
  • FSPro: 2.5 million cells
  • Basic and Short-Term (Basic and STFB): 1 million cells when using gridded winds; 2.5 million otherwise
  • Near-Term (NTFB): no limitation
• Additional processing limitation for STFB and NTFB: each cell on the chosen landscape must be conditioned prior to the model run. You are affected by this when you have a very large landscape and little fire growth. The conditioning time for a large landscape can quadruple the model run time.

Before you can create a Landscape File, a variety of tasks need to be completed (in no particular order).

CAUTION: After creating a Landscape File that contains landscape edits, view the landscape to ensure that the edits you made in the Landscape Editor appear as you expected. A landscape critique will help with this task. Landscape editor rules are applied using Boolean logic and, if edits to your landscape do not appear as they should, read Landscape Editor Tips and make appropriate rule edits.

To create the landscape file:

• Draw a landscape extent on the Analysis Map.
• Define/modify landscape parameters on the Landscape tab.
• Create or import landscape editor rules (if needed) using the Landscape Editor.

When these tasks are completed, create a Landscape File by clicking Create LCP File on the Landscape tab. Drawing a landscape extent and defining landscape parameters are required tasks, whereas applying landscape editor rules is optional.

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Last updated on 1/28/2019 2:02:27 PM.

In This Section Analysis for Fire Behavior Specialists To create the landscape file:

See Also Viewing Fire Behavior Request Details Accepting or Refusing an Analysis Request Granting Analysis Privileges Downloading a RAWS KMZ File Analysis Notes About Analysis Shape Files (STFB, NTFB, FSPro) Drawing a Landscape Extent Creating a Landscape Editor Rule Importing Landscape Editor Rules Downloading an LCP File Editing the Landscape File Modifying Landscape File Parameters Viewing the Landscape for an Analysis Generating a Landscape Critique Downloading a Landscape Critique Basic Fire Behavior (BFB) Running a Basic Fire Behavior (BFB) Analysis Copying an Existing Basic Fire Behavior Analysis Analyst_Assisted Short Term Fire Behavior (STFB) Running a Short-Term Fire Behavior (STFB) Analysis Copying an Existing Short-Term Fire Behavior Analysis Near-Term Fire Behavior (NTFB) Running a Near-Term Fire Behavior Analysis (NTFB) Setting Up Burn Periods for NTFB Using Gridded Winds (BFB, STFB) Modifying Wind Information (BFB, STFB) Modifying Fuel Moistures for Fire Behavior Analysts About Weather Station Information (BFB & STFB, NTFB, FSPro) About FWX Weather Files Downloading FWX Weather Files (FSPro) Weather Station Availability for Fire Behavior Analysis Generating Hourly Weather Forecasts Viewing and Modifying Weather Summary Data (BFB, STFB & NTFB) Copying an Existing Near-Term Fire Behavior Analysis Creating an FSPro Analysis About General FSPro Input Parameters FSPro Information Menu Option About Run FSPro Status Monitoring FSPro Run Status from the Analysis List About the Date Filter (FSPro) Copying an Existing FSPro Analysis About the ERC Stream (FSPro) About ERC Classes (FSPro) Setting up FSPro Winds Editing the FSPro Wind Matrix Adding or Deleting Rows to the Winds Matrix (FSPro) Downloading Winds (FSPro) Recalculating Winds Distribution (FSPro) Interpreting the Winds Rose (FSPro) Downloading an Analysis KMZ File Near Term Fire Behavior Results Downloads FSPro Fire Behavior Results Downloads Viewing Analysis Notes Viewing Analysis Results Viewing the Analysis Report

Reference Field Descriptions Glossary Resources Spatial Data Reference Landscape Data Source Reference Relative Risk Reference Organization Assessment Reference Fire Behavior Reference About the WFDSS Decision Editors