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Título: Fire propagation visualization in real time
Otros títulos: Visualización de la Propagación del Fuego en Incendios Forestales en Tiempo Real
Autor(es): Waidelich, Sigfrido
Laneri, Karina
Denham, Mónica M.
Fecha de publicación: 12-dic-2018
Editorial: Facultad de Informática, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Citación: Denham, Mónica., Waidelich, Sigfrido & Laneri, Karina. (2018). Fire propagation visualization in real time. Journal of Computer Science and Technology; 18 (03); e27.
Revista: Journal of Computer Science & Technology
Abstract: Our motivation comes from the need of a tailored computational tool for simulation and prediction of forest fire propagation, to be used by firefighters in Patagonia, Argentina. Based on previous works on Graphic Processing Units (GPU) for fitting and simulating fires in our region, we developed a visualization interface for real time computing, simulation and prediction of fire propagation. We have the possibility of changing the ensemble of raster maps layers to change the region in which fire will propagate. The visualization platform runs on GPUs and the user can rotate and zoom the landscape to select the optimal view of fire propagation. Opacity of different layers can be regulated by the user, allowing to see fire propagation at the same time that underlying vegetation, wind direction and intensity. The ignition point can also be selected by the user, and firebreaks can be plotted while simulation is going on. After the performance of a high number of stochastic simulations in parallel in GPUs, the application shows a map of the final fire surface colored according to the probability that a given cell burns. In this way the user can visually identify the most critical direction for fire propagation, a useful information to stop fire optimizing resources, which is specially important when they are scarce like is the case of our Patagonia region.
Resumen: Our motivation comes from the need of a tailored computational tool for simulation and prediction of forest fire propagation, to be used by firefighters in Patagonia, Argentina. Based on previous works on Graphic Processing Units (GPU) for fitting and simulating fires in our region, we developed a visualization interface for real time computing, simulation and prediction of fire propagation. We have the possibility of changing the ensemble of raster maps layers to change the region in which fire will propagate. The visualization platform runs on GPUs and the user can rotate and zoom the landscape to select the optimal view of fire propagation. Opacity of different layers can be regulated by the user, allowing to see fire propagation at the same time that underlying vegetation, wind direction and intensity. The ignition point can also be selected by the user, and firebreaks can be plotted while simulation is going on. After the performance of a high number of stochastic simulations in parallel in GPUs, the application shows a map of the final fire surface colored according to the probability that a given cell burns. In this way the user can visually identify the most critical direction for fire propagation, a useful information to stop fire optimizing resources, which is specially important when they are scarce like is the case of our Patagonia region.
URI: https://journal.info.unlp.edu.ar/JCST/article/view/1102
https://rid.unrn.edu.ar/jspui/handle/20.500.12049/4234
Identificador DOI: https://doi.org/10.24215/16666038.18.e27
ISSN: 1666-6046
1666-6038
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