How to create parameters to run r.ros

r.ros' parameters

• model Name of an existing raster map layer in the user's current mapset search path containing the standard fuel models defined by the USDA Forest Service. Valid values are 1-13; other numbers are recognized as barriers by r.ros

If you don't dispose of a fuel map, you can try to define the fuel by your expert judgement, with the help of this [[ http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_int/int_gtr122.pdf | publication ]].

• moisture_1h Name of an existing raster map layer in the user's current mapset search path containing the 1-hour (<.25") fuel moisture (percentage content multiplied by 100)
• moisture_10h Name of an existing raster map layer in the user's current mapset search path containing the 10-hour (.25-1") fuel moisture (percentage content multiplied by 100)
• moisture_100h Name of an existing raster map layer in the user's current mapset search path containing the 100-hour (1-3") fuel moisture (percentage content multiplied by 100)

This is an estimation of moisture content in dead fuel. Small dead fuels are defined as “those dead fuels that take ten hours to lose 63% of the difference between their initial moisture content and equilibrium moisture content in atmosphere of constant temperature and humidity”. This quantity gives the ten hours lag fuel (moisture_10h). The quantities moisture_1h and moisture_100h, respectively referring to 1 hour and 100 hours, are expressed likewise. The relationship among these quantities is expressed by the empirical equation:

moisture_100h = moisture_10h + 1 = moisture_1h + 2

If the options moisture_1h=name, moisture_10h=name, and moisture_100h=name are partially given, the program will assign values to the missing option.

These parameters are either estimated in laboratory or deduced by empirical correlations, such as for example:

moisture_1h [%] = 147.2 ( 101 - FFMC ) / ( 59.5 + FFMC )

where FFMC is the Fine Fuel Moisture Code of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System, and is expression of the water content of litter and fine dead fuels. It provides a direct indication of the ignition and flammability of fine dead fuels.