{"id":1204,"date":"2024-10-04T15:47:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/palaeoclimate\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2024-10-04T15:47:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T14:47:53","slug":"what-does-the-next-generation-of-fire-models-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/palaeoclimate\/what-does-the-next-generation-of-fire-models-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What does the next generation of fire models look like?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the 16th<\/sup>\u00a0of September the\u00a0Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Society and the Environment<\/a>\u00a0hosted a number of international visitors at Dartington Hall for a brainstorming session on global fire modelling. The meeting was organised by two of the SPECIAL research team, PI Sandy Harrison and PDRA Olivia Haas<\/a>. The aim of the meeting was to address the question, \u2018What does the next generation of fire models look like<\/em>?\u2019.<\/p>\n

The meeting was three days with day one allocated towards presentations from the attendees, day two focused on break out groups, and day three consisted of a plenary session and wrap-up session.<\/p>\n

Presentations from the attendees highlighted not only the diverse set of knowledge the group possessed, but also the wide range of data and capabilities that could help assist in building a new fire model. The presentations were opened by\u00a0Sandy to introduce us to the current state of fire models, their benefits, and shortfalls. Some highlights from day one included Stijn Hantson\u2019s overview of FireMIP and Simon Bowring\u2019s presentation which provided a sneak preview of the implementation of edge effects in models. The first day was then concluded by Colin Prentice, the Leverhulme Centre Director, who provided insights on how we might create an eco-evolutionary optimality theory-based fire model.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1: The group at Dartington Hall. Backrow from left to right: Matthias Forkel (TU Dresden), Stijn Hantson (Universidad del Rosario), Matt Forrest (Senckenberg), Jose Gomez-Dans (King\u2019s College London), Sander Veraverbeke (Vrije Universitet), Nuno Carvalhais (MPI-Jena), Turin Dickman (Los Alamos National Laboratory). Front row left to right: Sophia Cain (University of Reading), Simon Bowring (LSCE Paris), Sandy Harrison (University of Reading), Colin Prentice (Imperial College London), Florent Mouillot (IRD Montpellier), David Sandoval (Imperial College London), Dharma Sapkota (Imperial College London, Olivia Haas (University of Reading).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The breakout sessions on day two covered the topics:<\/p>\n