# General

### Creators
- Rodell, Christopher
- Moisseeva, Nadya
- McKinney, Reagan
- Howard, Rosie
- Chui, Tim
- Schigas, Roland
- Stull, Roland

### Contributors
- University of British Columbia 
- Natural Resources Canada
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

### Components
- Weather Research and Forecasting Model
- Canadian Wildland Fire Information System

### Subjects
- wildfire science
- atmospheric science
- numerical weather prediction

### Keywords
- fire weather forecasts
- fire behavior forecasts
- atmospheric science
- numerical weather prediction
- zarr
- netcdf

### Date Created
- May 24, 2019 to present

### Related Webpages
- [Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS)](https://gwis.jrc.ec.europa.eu/)
- [Canadian Wildland Fire Information System](https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/home)

### References

1. Di Giuseppe, F., Pappenberger, F., Wetterhall, F., Krzeminski, B., Camia, A., Libertá, G., & San Miguel, J. (2016). The Potential Predictability of Fire Danger Provided by Numerical Weather Prediction, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55(11), 2469-2491. Retrieved Apr 12, 2021, from [https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/apme/55/11/jamc-d-15-0297.1.xml](https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/apme/55/11/jamc-d-15-0297.1.xml)

2. Forestry Canada Fire Danger Group, 1992: Development and structure of the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction System. For vol. ST-X-3, Ot. URL: [https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=10068](https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications?id=10068)

3. Lawson, B.D. and O.B. Armitage. 2008. Weather guide for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System. Nat. Resour. Can., Can. For. Serv., North. For. Cent., Edmonton, AB. [http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/29152.pdf](http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/29152.pdf)

4. Natural Resources Canada, 2020: Canadian Wildfire Information System Datamart. [https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/downloads/fwi_obs](https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/downloads/fwi_obs)

5. Van Wagner, C.E. A method of computing fine fuel moisture content throughout the diurnal cycle. 1977., Environment Canada, Canadian Forestry Service, Petawawa Forest Experiment Station, Chalk River, Ontario. Information Report PS-X-69. [https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/download-pdf/25591](https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/publications/download-pdf/25591)

6. Van Wagner, C.E. and T.L. Pickett. 1985. Equations and FORTRAN program for the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. Can. For. Serv., Ottawa, Ont. For. Tech. Rep. 33. 18 p. [http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/19973.pdf](http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/19973.pdf)

7. Van Wagner, C.E. 1987. Development and structure of the Canadian forest fire weather index system. Forest Technology Report 35. (Canadian Forestry Service: Ottawa). [http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/19927.pdf](http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/19927.pdf)

8. Vitolo, C., Di Giuseppe, F., Krzeminski, B. et al. A 1980–2018 global fire danger re-analysis dataset for the Canadian Fire Weather Indices. Sci Data 6, 190032 (2019). [https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2019.32](https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2019.32)


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