ATLANTA —A Georgia State University professor has been selected to receive a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve a computer simulation model that may help firefighters combat wildfires more effectively.
Hu and colleagues at the University of Oklahoma and Texas A&M University are exploring ways to combine several simulation models into a larger model to eventually provide firefighters and their managers a decision-making tool that will allow aid in combating wildfires.
The combined model will allow for the simulation of the progression and spread of a fire, factoring in not only conditions including terrain, the type of vegetation that’s burning, wind speed and humidity, but also the resources – such as personnel and machinery – that can be used to combat a fire.
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