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A model for support decision-making process during forest fires and burnt products wind transport, which is currently under development, is described. The model is intended for a forecast of a fire front evolution, an assessment of a burnt products amount release to the atmosphere and their wind transport. The fire front is calculated with the help of a cellular automata theory and takes into account a wind field, combustible material characteristics, a terrain relief, and an air humidity. The amount of burnt atmosphere products release is counted up under the empirical formulas, and their atmosphere transport - with the help of numerical integration of the three-dimensional equations of the transport in a turbulent atmosphere. The wind field in the completed version of the system is supposed to be calculated by diagnostic meteorological model. The preliminary results of the forest fire modelling in Chernobyl zone (Belarus and Ukraine, 1992) are described, where the calculation of the wind field from aerologic observation has been used.
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Katkov, V.L. (2003). Regional / Local Transport of Atmospheric Pollutants from Forest Fires. In: Melas, D., Syrakov, D. (eds) Air Pollution Processes in Regional Scale. NATO Science Series, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1071-9_18
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