eprintid: 281 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 7 dir: disk0/00/00/02/81 datestamp: 2010-03-08 19:37:08 lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:54:05 status_changed: 2010-03-08 19:37:08 type: report metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Belkine, Anna creators_name: Kim, Eun Heui creators_name: Lin, Florence J. creators_name: Nanda, Seema creators_name: Shi, Pei-Zhe creators_name: Stock, Brian creators_name: Tudor, Carissa corp_creators: John Benoit title: Procedure for improving wildfire simulations using observations ispublished: pub subjects: other studygroups: ccmi2009 companyname: USDA Forest Service full_text_status: public abstract: This report suggests a variational update method for improving wildfire simulations using observations as feedback to update information. We first assume a onedimensional fire model for simplicity and present numerical simulations obtained in this case. As possible alternative approaches, we also discuss two other update methods: a particle filter method and an optimal control method. date: 2009 citation: Belkine, Anna and Kim, Eun Heui and Lin, Florence J. and Nanda, Seema and Shi, Pei-Zhe and Stock, Brian and Tudor, Carissa (2009) Procedure for improving wildfire simulations using observations. [Study Group Report] document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/281/1/7_USDA_Forestry_Service.pdf