Interim: Interim Report The definition of the problem Forest fires ruin thousands of square acres of wilderness every year. Wilderness zones are areas defined as completely uninhabited woodland and grass land where an abundance of animal wildlife lives. The difference between forest fires and wild fires is that forest fires are contained by fire fighting officials. Fire fighters and forest rangers aren’t the only fire fighting professionals some work in offices creating models of how wild fires react to certain conditions. Your plan for solving the problem computationally To minimize the level of havoc models are created so that, fire fighters and the district national forestry know how to respond effectively. By replicating wind speed, humidity, density, and tree type we can simulate how wild fires react to certain weather conditions. Humidity is one of our major factors by simulating how wind speed and its effect on wild fires our model will be, to some extent, as accurate as models used to see how wild fires grow and burn. Relative Humidity (Percent) Dry Bulb Temp (F) 0-4 5->9 10 -> 14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 ten - 29 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 30-49 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 50-69 1 2 2 3 4 5 5 70-89 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 90-109 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 109+ 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 Relative Humidity (Percent) Dry Bulb Temp (F) 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 ten - 30 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 30-50 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 50-70 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 70-90 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 90-110 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 109+ 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 Relative Humidity (Percent) Dry Bulb Temp (F) 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95-99 100 ten - 31 10 11 12 12 13 13 14 30-51 10 10 11 12 13 13 13 50-71 9 10 11 12 12 12 13 70-91 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 90-111 9 10 10 11 12 12 13 109+ 9 10 10 11 12 12 12 A description of the progress you have made up to this time A randomly generated forest with multiple types of trees and random density variables adds realism to our model. And by setting wind direction, wind speed, density of the forest, humidity, and size of the forest we are able to make models similar to real forest and national wildlife reserves. By having five variables which all play into multiple areas of the model we’ve increased the level of realism to nearly a real fire. The results you expect to get Because our model is a simulation of a wild fire the results will vary depending what is entered into the five variables. Someone could enter in wind direction, wind speed, density of the forest, humidity, and size of the forest all equal to that of a New Mexico atmosphere and get one result which would naturally changed based on where the model is told to replicate. Leave five citations of information you have referenced First Article: "Wildfire." Wikipedia. 19 Sept. 2006 . Second Article: Cohen, Jack. "Key Points of Cohen's Paper." 19 Sept. 2006 . Third Article: "Thrice Burned." 17 July 2002. 19 Sept. 2006 . Forth Article: Amacher, Gregory S., Arum S. Malik, and Robert G. Haight. "Reducing social losses from forest fires." Land Economics 82.3 (August 2006): 367-17. Expanded Academic ASAP. Thomson Gale. Rio Rancho High School. 19 Sep. 2006 . Fifth Article: Cohen, Jack. "Key Points of Cohen's Paper." 19 Sept. 2006 .

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