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An Hourly and Daily Fire Weather Index Dataset 2021-2023
| Description: | This dataset provides forecasted hourly and daily fire danger ratings using the Canadian Fire Weather Index System (HFWI and DFWI). Predictions are derived from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with 4- and 12-km grid spacing, covering western Canada and the United States/Canada. It includes six moisture codes and indexes within the FWI system and the four weather inputs used to derive the FWI system. The data is formatted in NetCDF files, with a total of 4140 files generated for each day forecast from January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2023. These files are categorized into hourly and daily for each model domain. The HFWI and DFWI details are provided in Rodell, C., Howard, R., Jain, P., Moisseeva, N., Chui, T., Stull, R.,. "Forecasting Hourly Wildfire Risk: Enhancing Fire Danger Assessment using Numerical Weather Prediction" Weather and Forecasting (2023): 1-20. [ADD DOI] For more detailed information, including variable lists and working with the dataset, refer to the documentation available https://cerodell.github.io/fwf-docs/build/html/kdtree.html. |
| Authors: | Rodell, Christopher; University of British Columbia;  0000-0002-7509-7973Chui, Timothy; University of British Columbia Howard, Rosemary; University of British Columbia Stull, Roland; University of British Columbia Moisseeva, Nadya; University of Hawaii at Manoa Jain, Piyush; Canadian Natural Resources; 0000-0002-0471-4663 |
| Keywords: | Fire Weather Index System Hourly Fire Danger Prediction Fire Weather Forecasting |
| Field of Research: | Earth and related environmental sciences > Atmospheric sciences > Atmospheric sciences, not elsewhere classified
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| Publication Date: | 2024-03-28 |
| Publisher: | Federated Research Data Repository / dépôt fédéré de données de recherche |
| Funder: | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; NSERC Discovery Grant; RGPIN-2017-03849 Natural Resources Canada; WFR2324-UBC British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy; GS23EPESB0117SF Alberta Environment and Protected Areas; 23POL832 Government of Northwest Territories; CA#4287 BC Hydro (Canada); 585094 Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems; IT28208 |
| URI: | https://doi.org/10.20383/103.0876 |
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| Geographic Coverage: | Place Name Full Coverage Country Canada Place Name Near full Coverage Country United States |
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Rodell, C., Chui, T., Howard, R., Stull, R., Moisseeva, N., Jain, P. (2024). An Hourly and Daily Fire Weather Index Dataset 2021-2023. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/103.0876
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