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BehavePlus fire modeling system User`s Guide

1. 010 10 Timber with litter amp understory 011 11 Light logging slash 012 12 Medium logging slash 013 13 Heavy logging slash 101 gr Short sparse dry climate grass D 102 gr Low load dry climate grass D Short Description A fuel model is a set of numerical values that describe the fuel inputs for a mathematical model that predicts spread rate and intensity There are 13 standard fire behavior fuel models Anderson 1982 Input to Modules 103 gr3 Low load very coarse humid climate grass D 104 gr Moderate load dry climate grass D 105 gr5 Low load humid climate grass D e SURFACE Fuel is entered as fuel models is selected as an input option Output from Modules 106 gr Moderate load humid climate grass D e None 4 When Fuel is entered as fuel parameters is selected as the input option for I Picture iv Help SURFACE the assigned parameters can be saved as a custom fuel model El Cancel 5 3 3 Choices button Although any value in the valid range can be entered for a continuous variable in some cases common values can be entered with the Choices button E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide Al ES Back Erva 1 Home index w Slope Steepness Short Description 0 120 Maximum steepness ofthe slope Itis expressed as either percent or degrees depending on the input option that is selected M Picture lv Help o
2. MORTALITY C 0 60 mi h 0 0 96 6 km h 0 99 mi h 0 0 159 km h C C 0 60 mi h 0 0 96 6 km h 360 deg O 360 deg arica epenas on input option selections 0 40 120 deg F 40 49 deg C 0 C by cloud or canopy E or unknown or unknown 45 deg 0 0 45 deg 0 100 100 360 deg 0 360 deg C 0 4 000 ft 0 1 219 m RT MW VB ML RT MW VB ML 0 100 0 100 4 0 C C C C C C TERRE A Ae E Pn BR Varibietpe USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Input and Output Variable Tables Table 1 Input Variables and Modules English Metric Input variable Range Range Units Units Fire Rate of spread maxi 0 500 ch h mum 04676 mini Worst case estimate of flame height for SAFETY Can be used to calculate FLI for CROWN 10 000 BTU ft s O 34 641 kW m O RE MI Reference depends on Flame length 0 200 ft Fireline intensity Flame height from a burning pile Spread direction from North or from ups 1 0 lope 360 deg 0 360 deg input option selections Number of torching trees 0 30 From ignition start for eae dci SIZE link to CONTAIN 0 1 100 ac 0 0 40 5 ha area from SIZE _ 1 980 1 013 760 1 980 Cfo ee oer o CMS eee een Number of
3. e dead 1 h fuel e dead 10 h fuel a daad INN h Gral fi Clear Cancel To view the parameters of a particular moisture scenario right click on the description and select View parameters from the shortcut men Picture M Help Mi BehavePlus 3 0 0 FYI Bil ES Moisture Scenario d211 Scenario Name dali Description D2L1 Low dead fully cured herb 6 7 8 30 60 r Picture Dead 1 h Moisture 6 percent Nesseseesesecscsesecseees Dead 10 h Moisture 7 percent Dead 100 h Moisture 8 percent Live Herbaceous Moisture 30 percent Live Woody Moisture 60 percent When viewing folders and files in the Moisture Scenario dialog box those scenarios with a paper clip icon are currently attached to e g accessible for use by the BehavePlus application Once the Ok button is pressed only the selected folders will have their files attached Currently attached folders will NOT have their files attached if not selected when the Ok button is clicked Use the Cancel button to maintain the current attached sets E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Moisture Scenario Al ES Ind 2 Ly FuelModeling 22 Used to develop new fuel models Scott and Burgan e Attach Fuel Model or Y Moisture Scenario Files i Ch MyMoistureScenarios 0 Default user moisture scenarios folder 5 Moisture contents used by the old TSTMDL program Y 1 Low bpm TSTMDL 3 4 5 70 70 E Y 2 Med
4. Table output example ROS Fire Fire max Area Perimeter ch h ac ch 5 0 ee 12 10 0 3 9 25 15 0 E sf 6 3 Two way tables When more than one value is assigned to two variables a two way table is produced A table is produced for each selected output variable Either variable can be specified as the row variable in the Calculate Results dia log box va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 08 59 54 Page 1 Modules SIZE Description Ss Two way table output example Weather Effective Wind Speed mih EY 5 Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum Elapsed Time For example with the above inputs this dialog box appears when you Calculate M Display table results the Run Select the Table Row Variable Rate of Spread maximum C Elapsed Time After selecting the Rate of Spread maximum option button and clicking the Ok I Display eraph results button the following tables are produced Select the X Asis Variable Rate of Spread maximum O Elapsed Time Specify graph Y axis limits 32 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 09 48 36 Two way table output example ROS max ch h 5 0 10 0 15 0 va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Area ac Elapsed Time h 0 5 1 0 LS or E EE En q Er de 0 7 Lace Tue Nov 02 2004 at 09 48 36 Two way table output example Perimeter ch ROS max ch
5. Flame Length Rod 4 Scorch Ht la lp 3 Short Description Fire Reaction Intensity E Btuwi2 mim E j This page controls the selection of units of measure and decimal places for the input Spread Distance display and output of fire behavior and effects variables The selected units are then ee oor peng lied to the current worksheet and saved as a custom Units Set First select the desired units for each variable The units of measure initially displayed by Fire Perimeter c 110 Probability of Mortality percent y b 3 amp Crown Vol Scorched E Probability of Ignition percent x lo gt I Picture M Help the dialog are those in use for the current worksheet 1f there is no current worksheet the units are initialized to the standard English units set When completed press Ok to save the selections to a BehavePlus custom Units Set file A file dialog appears in which to specify the file name folder and description The selected units are also applied to the current worksheet To apply your new custom Units Set to any BehavePlus file choose 15 4 Units conversion tool For all those times when somebody gives you an observed spread rate in furlongs fortnight or you just need to know what the temperature is at that Canadian RAWS station just across the border BehavePlus has a utility you can reach with the Tools gt Units converter command My BehavePlus 3 0 0
6. Frwd tt Home 4 Index Rainbow Colors E Al Short Description a Bar Color Red This page controls the color and width of BehavePlus output graph elements A Curve Points 20 y Appearance Controls Curve Color Rainbow Colors Gree A 3 PY Background Color w Axis Color Black Controls the graph s background color Select one of the predefined Axis Width ig colors from the drop down list s Wi Rainbow Colors Gridline Color Yelow ste Controls the number of colors used to display graph lines or bars when O x Rainbow coloring is selected Piper 7 Help If4 colors are requested for example four equally spaced hues from the color spectrum are used to display each graph line or bar in turn F xl Colors are selected from the predefined drop down lists Background is the background color of the graph Rainbow Colors sets the number of colors used to display graph lines or bars when Rainbow Colors is selected as the curve color With three rainbow colors the colors are red green and blue If 4 colors are requested four equally spaced hues from the color spectrum are used to display each graph line or bar in turn Bar Color is used to fill graph bars Selecting Rainbow Colors fills each bar with its own color The number of rainbow colors is set by the Rainbow Colors spin box discussed above Curve Color is used to draw graph lines Selecting Rainbow Colors draws each line with its own color The
7. gt Outputs tab for the corresponding module 9 1 Wind slope spread direction Direction diagrams can help the user avoid confusion on directions for wind slope and spread directions Direction input options are selected on the Configure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Directions tab Direction diagrams are produced with the Configure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Outputs tab and selecting the Wind Slope Spread Direction Diagram check box W Rate of Spread Heat per Umt Area Firelne Intensity W Flame Length Reaction Intensity W Direction of Maximum Spread from upslope Spread Distance Midflame Wind Speed Effective Wind Speed Mazmun Rehable Wind Speed Maximum Wind Exceeded Slope Steepness Slope Elevation Change Slope Das ce A el PR The diagrams differ according to the direction Input Options selected from the Configure gt Module selec tion gt SURFACE gt Options gt Directions tab The following shows the Input Option selection the resulting Worksheet the outputs table and diagrams Wind amp spread drechons are degrees clockwise from upslope direction the wind is pushing the fire e degrees clockwise from north direction from which the wind is blowing USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 59 Diagram output DRAFT 60 va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 11 19 03 P
8. Direction of Maximum Spread from upslope chart Spread Distance Midflame Wind Speed Effective Wind Speed l Maximum Reliable Wind Speed T Maximum Wind Exceeded Slope Steepness Slope Elevation Change Slope Horizontal Distance l Wind Slope Spread Direction Diagram CIV Fire Characteristics Chart USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 63 Diagram output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide The following shows the Worksheet and resulting output table and Fire Characteristics Chart a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 06 58 34 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description Ss Fire Characteristics Chart example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model E fas 1 gt o Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture Yo Ss E Live Fuel Moisture Yo Ss 100 Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih g 7 Terrain Slope Steepness Yo gt M000 Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind 1s blowing upslope SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum chh SURFACE Fireline Intensity Btu ft s SURFACE Flame Length ft SURFACE Fire Characteristics Chart SURFACE BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 07 01 45 Page 2 Fire Characteristics Chart example Fuel ROS Fireline Flame Model max
9. Folders x BehavePlus3 al DefaultDataFolder 30 CaptureFolder O MyScreenCaptures O ComposerFolder FuelModelFolder O MyFuelModels C SoCalifornia MoistureScenarioFolder O FuelModeling O MyMoistureScenarios CI Tstmdl RunFolder O ExampleRuns UnitsSetFolder LJ MyUnitsSets WorksheetFolder O Exampleworksheets O MyWorksheets EDS DocFolder O en US LS Html L GeoFolder O ImageFolder g i amp C Farsite4 z This is the default current Workspace every time BehavePlus is started We recommend that you use Workspaces to aid file management as you apply BehavePlus to several projects See the section 20 1 Workspaces for more information A list of three letter file extensions used by BehavePlus is shown in the following table These extensions are automatically attached to the files you create in BehavePlus File extension File Type Folder bpf Custom fuel models FuelModelFolder MoistureScenarioFolder bpw WorksheetFolder 12 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Operation 2 5 Definitions A Worksheet is the first page or two containing the input Entry Fields The content of a Worksheet depends upon the specific BehavePlus configuration including module selections input options output variables units of measure and diagram table graph options Thus there are a large number of possible Worksh
10. Index 203 sb3 High load activity fuel or moderate load blowdown 5 Short Description 204 sb4 High load blowdown 5 EA Select click on or highlight one or more of the fuel models in the list Cust Custl Brush and 100 hr fuels at left and press Ok to write the selected fuel models to a file for FM29 FM29 TU1 without the live herbacous import into FARSITE aand FlamMap Links J Picture M Help Variahle Tndev hd Ok Cancel For custom fuel models both the Sort and Code columns in the list display the file name truncated to five characters You select one or more fuel models to export and then click the Ok button Type the filename in the Save As dialog box and BehavePlus will automatically attach a fmd extension The exported fmd file will look similar to this when viewed in a text editor he Export fmd Notepad Al E File Edit Format Help 14 custl 0 50 0 50 1 00 2 60 1 30 dynamic 2000 1800 1800 1 50 15 8000 0 8000 0 Brush and 100 hr fuels 15 FM29 0 20 0 90 1 50 0 00 0 90 static 2000 1800 1600 0 60 20 8000 0 8000 0 TU1 without the live herbacous H The first field for each fuel model is the fuel model number Exported fuel models begin with number 14 and continue to 90 if you elect to export that many fuel models If these fuel model numbers do not match the land scape file in FARSITE or FlamMap you should change these to match by editing the exported fmd file You
11. Output from Modules None More Information The surface fire model uses a weighting process to combine the 1 h 10 h and 100 h Picture V Help a fuel moistures into a characteristic weighted average dead fuel moisture Because the Ok Clear Cancel It includes a description of input variables when the guide button associated with the variable on the Worksheet is clicked It includes a description of output variables when the cursor is held over a variable name on the list of possible output variables for a MODULE reached through Configure gt Module selection gt MODULE gt Options gt Outputs tab For each variable information includes Short description e Input to modules Output from modules e More Information e See also e Links 21 2 Guide button Help on entering a specific Worksheet variable is available by pressing the Guide Ed button next to each Work sheet entry field to activate an Input Guide dialog box containing a help browser pane and input assistance USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 107 Help DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide For continuous variables the dialog facilitates entry of a large number of inputs by specifying the minimum input value maximum input value and increment value E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide 0 360 deg From Wind Direction Short Description Definition of wind di
12. To set up a Worksheet to calculate slope steepness from measurements on a topographic map use the Config ure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Slope tab and select the Slope steepness is calculated from map measurements radio button E BehavePlus 3 0 0 SURFACE Module Options percent Slope 1s specified as C degrees Slope steepness is C specified on the worksheet F calculated from map measurements D Links IV Picture M Help Back m Erwd gt Slope steepness is gt See Also Slope Steepness Variable Index Figure Index e Table Index Bm E Ini Home SH Index specified on the worksheet Checking this button causes the input worksheet to request slope steepness in either percent or degrees calculated from map measurements Checking this button causes the input worksheet to request a map representative fraction contour interval map distance and number of contours crossed to calculate and optionally output the slope steepness USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus On Line Documentation Nov 5 2004 89 Map applications DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide You can add the calculated slope steepness and intermediate values to the output list with the Configure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt
13. DRAFT Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h 14 0 16 0 18 0 20 0 1729 2 5 ae Sla E 7 0 a 1256 15 5 fie 22 4 0 3 gagau a005 1950 SO pesa Tue Nov 02 2004 at 10 07 56 Two way table output example Area ac lapsed Surface Rate of Spread maximum ime ch h 26 0 28 0 30 0 0 5 6 6 720 Bho ff 1 0 26 3 3055 33 0 13 Sed 68 5 Falo df 2 0 Tua Eca 15049 22 0 4 7 15 6 42 3 CSR Page 3 Page 4 Table output The box diagram at the upper left of the pages shows the relative position of the currently viewed page in the multi page table In this example however it would make more sense to specify rate of spread as the row variable since it pro duces a table that fits on a single page as shown below y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Area ac ROS Elapsed Time max h ch h 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 fee O 4 0 0 2 0 6 1 6 0 073 1 4 a 8 0 0 6 ans 10 0 1 0 3 9 8 12 0 1 4 Be 6 12 14 0 1 9 76 alee 16 0 Bad 9 3 Ee a 18 0 E a 12 20 20 0 ZE 1575 J35 22 0 4 7 15 8 42 24 0 Sala ze Sila 26 0 6 6 26 4 oo 28 0 pl 3025 66 30 0 Dae 35 0 O Tue Nov 02 2004 at 11 44 29 Two way table output example ma 0 PP wWwow amp B raw oe a gg Y N o SER O MEM Bie w REM on MS uv BE o MM o ES ie Sie slelo Su Deo Pon E HSE Ti Os ER Ol ES O Page 2 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 35 Table output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 36 USDA Forest Service General Technical
14. 4 Results for Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h Fuel Midflame Wind Speed upslope Model mih Oe ao 6 0 9 0 j 04 39 9 8 17 0 8 03 13 3 1 5 4 10 5 0 14 1 27 3 10 OF 37 8 9 15 4 tul 00 03 0 8 0 8 tll 0 1 0 6 1 2 LE FM29 01 04 0 9 0 9 14 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 11 Error checking If you do something that causes the program to crash it is a program bug Please report it through www fire org When you do something in error the program will tell you what the problem is and give you a chance to fix it iio BehavePlus 3 0 0 Error Invalid Input Slope Steepness input value 145 is outside the valid range 0 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 15 Error checking 76 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 12 Fuel models A fuel model is a set of values that describe a fuel type for the surface fire spread model The original standard fuel models are numbered through 3 An expanded set of 40 fuel models is also available Additionally Custom Fuel Models can be developed tested saved used in BehavePlus and exported for use in other applications 12 1 13 Standard fuel models The original 3 standard fuel models are always available by using the Fuel Model Input Guide 9 Button or entering the fuel model code directly into the text box from the keyboard
15. AL Flame Length O Spread Rate Crown Fire Activity a ee Ready Entire Landscape Default Crown Fire Activity Scale 1 79142 305820 443 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 3 Introduction DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Version 1 0 of BehavePlus was based primarily on the same fire models that composed the old BEHAVE system Development focus was initially on a new look and feel for the program This paper describes version 3 0 which provides additional models and features A summary of versions 3 0 changes is given in Appendix A The primary modeling capabilities of BehavePlus version 3 0 include e Surface fire spread and intensity e Safety zone size e Size of a point source fire Fire containment Spotting distance e Crown scorch height Tree mortality e Probability of ignition from fire brands or from lightning e Transition from surface to crown fire e Crown fire spread Other modeling capabilities include e Tables for fine dead fuel moisture e Tables for relative humidity or dew point e Standard and custom fuel models Dynamic palmetto gallberry fuel Three methods for weighting two fuel models two dimensional expected spread harmonic mean area weighted Sunrise sunset dawn and dusk at any location or date Key features include Diagrams for point source fire shape shape of a contained fire fire characteristics chart wind slope fire
16. Intensity Length ch h Btu ft s ft 67 6 608 8 6 39 5 477 a 10 14 1 344 6 6 va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 07 01 45 Page 3 Fire Characteristics Chart example Fire Characteristics Chart a A wo wo io o o Oo O o V Ww E So o o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h aA o a o o 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 Heat per Unit Area Btu ft2 64 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Diagram output The points labeled 2 and 3 correspond to the three lines of the output table Point is for fuel model 2 point 2 for fuel model 5 and point 3 for fuel model 10 In the case of two variables with multiple entry values a two way table is produced va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 07 28 30 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description gt Fire Characteristics Chart example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model i gt SS Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture WB Live Fuel Moisture Ya E 100 Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope muh H A Terrain Slope Steepness Ya i gt IO Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind is blowing upslope SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Fire Characteristics Char
17. Outputs tab Select any or all of the Slope Steepness Slope Elevation Change or Slope Horizontal Distance check boxes E BehavePlus 3 0 0 SURFACE Module Options MW Surface Rate of Spread M Heat per Unit Area J Fireline Intensity NM Flame Length Reaction Intensity M Direction of Maximum Spread MV Surface Spread Distance M Midflame Wind Speed M Wind Adjustment Factor Effective Wind Speed J Effective Wind Speed Limit M Max Eff Wind Exceeded Fuel Load Transfer F Dead Horbaces v Slope Steepness uel Load IV Slope Elevation Change iv Slope Horizontal Distance M Fire Characteristics Chart af Direction Diagram I Picture iv Help Bm E lt P Back s Erwd ri Home SP Index YM Slope Horizontal Distance Short Description The horizontal distance between two locations on the ground an intermediate value in the calculation of slope steepness from map measurements Input to Modules e None Output from Modules e SURFACE if Slope steepness is calculated from map measurements is selected as an input option See Also e Slope Elevation Change Links e Variable Index e Figure Index xl The Worksheet then includes a Map section with text boxes for data 90 va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Modules SURFACE Description gt Page 1 Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture Live Fuel Mois
18. SURFACE Description gt Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model H Lo Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture i gt po 10 h Moisture gt En 100 h Moisture H E Live Herbaceous Moisture H E TT Live Woody Moisture H FE di Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih g Do Terrain Slope Steepness H USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 17 Worksheets DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 3 3 4 Input codes The definition of discrete variable input codes can be displayed by selecting two options on the Configure gt Appearance gt Worksheet tab Selecting the Show description for all discrete variable codes check box displays the codes on the Worksheet beneath the variable The Show descriptions only for entered discrete variable codes check box displays the codes used in the Run on a separate output page when selected Fire projection documentation Training documentation how descriptions for all E discrete variable codes ow descriptions only for entered discrete variable code Show output variables to be calculated FP Show notes section Notes Lines 4 For example on the SPOT module with the Show descriptions for all discrete variable codes check box selected all tree species and spotting source location codes are shown va BehavePlus 3 0 0 En Oct 29 2004 at 13 00 32 Page 1 Modules SPOT Description i gt Input Code Example Fuel Veg
19. SURFACE Description i gt Graph examples Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model g C Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture i gt 51015 Live Fuel Moisture Yo gt ho o o oo Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih E 0 0 5 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 Terrain Slope Steepness Ya gt 12 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Graph output In the Calculate Results dialog box clear the Display table results check box and accept the defaults in the Display graph results section va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 20 41 55 Page 2 Graph examples nd Speed upslope 50 l s Oo a Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h to Ln o Am lt 0 ao 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Dead Fuel Moisture Changing the X Axis Variable to the Midflame Wind Speed upslope in the Calculate Results dialog box produces a very different graph BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 06 56 17 Page 2 Graph examples E ER a oe HE OS O O O O O 4 oe A E E ES O O DO RD O di lt e Un o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h 0 2 q 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 45 Graph output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide If a range is assigned to two variables one continuous and one discrete the continuous variable is always on the X axis For e
20. User Manual and Help BehavePlus tries to provide pertinent information to you when you need it the most The Guide Button Ed next to each entry field opens a dialog box containing a help browser pane with suggested or valid inputs The help browser pane describes input and output variables and program operation The browser provides tables pho tographs and figures to help you select inputs In addition this User s Guide is available as part of BehavePlus with the Help gt Program help command 2 2 0 Not Boring Finally every attempt has been made to keep BehavePlus from becoming yet another boring program with a gray personality Just in case all the complexity configurability widgets dialogs models diagrams tables graphs browsers and quirky behavior aren t enough to hold your attention here and there we ve inserted some paint ings we rather enjoy to ease our weary eyes If you however prefer the gray approach you can eliminate the pictures for the entire session by clearing the Show picture pane check box on the Configure gt Appearance gt Application tab BehavePlus 3 0 0 Appearance Options Bal ES V Show help pane Application Appearance Border Color Black Border Width ii e Short Description This page controls the appearance of the picture pane help pane and page border in all the BehavePlus documents that are open in the application The options you set on this tab page are pre
21. directions Shading of table output for acceptable fire conditions e Photographs and a key for the standard 3 fuel models e Distances in map units User control of input options and output variables e Description of each input and output variable User control of units and number decimal places displayed Multiple values can be entered for almost any input variable User interface language can be changed currently English and Portuguese 4 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Introduction The help system is an important part of the BehavePlus system This User s Guide is available with the program for help on operation of the program In addition a help browser is available in the dialog boxes providing immediate information on specific operations and definition of input and output variables as shown below fi Home a Index Fireline Intensity Short Description The heat energy release per unit time from a one foot one meter wide section of the fuel bed extending from the front to the rear of the flatuno front Input to Modules SCORCH f SURFACE is not also selected and if Fire intensity is entered as reine intensity is selected as an input option Output from Modules SURFACE E USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 5 Introduction DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 6 USDA Forest Service General Technical Re
22. gt ls 15 Elapsed Time h i gt 1 0 WE os chavePlus Ex 101 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 20 05 15 Page 2 Graph examples Uh Area ac 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Surface Rate of Spread maximum chsh USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 43 Graph output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide When a range of values is assigned to a discrete variable a single calculation is performed for each value and a bar graph is produced For example the following is a comparison of surface fire spread rates for the standard 3 fire behavior fuel models a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 20 26 07 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description H Graph examples Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture Ya i gt So Live Fuel Moisture Ya gt ho o o ooo Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih gt Bo Terrain Slope Steepness Yo gt FE va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 20 26 07 Page 2 Graph examples 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 Surface Rate of Spread maximum chsh 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Fuel Model 8 2 Two variable graph When a range of values is assigned to two variables a graph is produced If both variables are continuous the variable used for the X axis can be selected from the Calculate Results dialog box For example 44 a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 20 41 55 Page 1 Modules
23. number of rainbow colors is set by the Rainbow Colors spin box discussed above Axis Color is used to draw graph axis lines tic marks and axis labels Gridline Color is for the graph grid lines The default is yellow USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 55 Graph output Backoround White Rainbow Colors ho Fed 20 Rainbow Colors Bar Color Curve Points Curve Color Curve Width Ams Color Axis Width Gridline Color Gridine Width va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 10 47 48 DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Changing Rainbow Colors to 0 results in the following graph coloring Page 2 NS Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h o is no no 40 60 8 4 4 Line widths Backoround White hg Rainbow Colors fio Bar Color Fed Curve Pomts 20 Curve Color Rainbow Colors Cure var O E Axis Color Eis Width no 56 Graph colors example Surface Rate of Spread maximum by Live Fuel Moisture and Dead Fuel Moisture 100 Live Fuel Moisture 120 140 Line widths can be changed using the Curve Width Axis Width and Grid line Width spin boxes on the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Ele ments tab Curve Width sets the width of graph lines 0 is the thinnest and 9 thickest Axis Width sets the width of axis lines drawn on the graph is thinnest and 9 thickest Gri
24. 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description gt Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model gt Qo Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture w i gt FO 10 h Moisture Ya Ss ED 100 h Moisture w H ES Live Herbaceous Moisture Ss Live Woody Moisture Ss Soe za durexH Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih i gt FO Terrain slope Steepness g Do Fire Elapsed Time h Ss Do Map Map Representative Fraction 1 x i gt 3 4 Loading a previously saved Worksheet A previously saved Worksheet can be loaded using the File gt New command or the D toolbar button To see the Worksheets in the folder click on the button to the left of the folder To select a Worksheet either double click on it or select and click the OK button A set of Worksheets is supplied with the program in the ExampleWorksheets folder A short description is given for each See Appendix D for further description of the ExampleWorksheets Mi BehavePlus 3 0 0 Select A Worksheet Al x gt Example Worksheets Standard BehavePlus worksheets Thu Oct 7 06 22 54 2004 0Stamupbpw SS Blank worksheet default initialization English es 5 BasicStart bpw Surface fire spread upslope with the wind Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 5 FuelMo deling bpw Surface fire fuel modeling Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 3 SlopeMap bpw Slope calc from map measurements Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 5 Surfa
25. BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 06 03 54 Page 2 Wind Slope Spread direction example Slope ROS Flame Direction max Length Max ROS ch h ft deg 10 33 1 6 1 9 40 Seca 6 354 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Diagram output a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 06 03 54 Page 3 Wind Slope Spread direction example Wind Slope Fire Directions SlopeSteepness 10 DirectionofMaimumipreadfromnorth 9 deg Slopesteepness 40 North Direction of Maximum Spread from north DirectionofMaaumumSpreadfromnorth 354 deg 9 2 Fire characteristics chart A fire characteristics chart diagram plots the relationship of rate of spread heat per unit area flame length and fireline intensity This option is a simplified plot and does not offer the user any display options Axis scales are set automatically and points are labeled with simple numbers In the future BehavePlus will provide a Fire Char acteristics Tool so that the user can customize it for a specific need z Fire characteristics charts are produced with the Configure gt Module v Rate of Spread Pieper Unit Area selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Outputs tab and selecting the Fire M Fireline Intensity Characteristics Chart check box V Flame Length reaction tancia It is not necessary to select the four output variables that are plotted on the
26. Distance together with the output from one used as input E SPOT Options to the next Crown Scorch a SCORCH Options Press a Module s Options button to configure its input options or change the set of output E Tree Mortality Options variables 1t calculates MORTALITY Probability of Ignition Relative humidity is not linked to any ofthe other a IGNITE Options modules Please run it as a stand alone module Links Display output distances in map units o Variable Index Table shading for acceptable fire conditions Figure Index Table Index V Picture Y Help xl Ok Cancel Indentation indicates that the modules can be linked which means that output from one module is used as input to the other For example if both SURFACE and SAFETY are selected the modules are linked Output from SURFACE is used as input to SAFETY If only SAFETY is selected all required input is entered by the user A table of input variables and associated modules is given in Table of Appendix B Selection of modules options and output variables determines the required input variables on the Worksheet The Options button is used to configure a module s input options or change the output variables calculated 4 1 Input options Some modules offer options on alternate ways of specifying input Others do not For example clicking the MORTALITY Options button disp
27. Module Selection or Calculate may also be invoked from Toolbar but tons Toolbar buttons and their equivalent Menu commands are shown below Toolbar Ea Definitions Equivalent menu operation Buttons Open a saved Run File gt Open Run MI te gt Print O e Module selection Configure gt Module selection E RE ERES E mr o mare ere rr Help gt Program help 14 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 3 Worksheets A Worksheet is a form on which you enter input Worksheets vary in appearance and content in response to the current module configuration a SURFACE module configuration requires different inputs than a SPOT module configuration Module selection input options and output variable selections determine BehavePlus configuration which in turn defines the Worksheet appearance and content BehavePlus starts with the BasicStart bpw example Worksheet This gives the option of doing a quick basic fire behavior Run without having to load or configure a Worksheet 3 1 Worksheet layout A BehavePlus Worksheet is more than just an input form it is the primary source of documentation about the Run Worksheets include the following sections Header The Worksheet header shows the BehavePlus version number useful for reporting bugs and deter mining if you have the most recent update The header also includes the date and time of the last calculation and the page number which lets you col
28. PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader It serves as the online help for BehavePlus and can be opened with the Help gt Program help com mand When viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader the contents at the left provide access to the section in question 108 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 References Anderson Hal E 1982 Aids to Determining Fuel Models For Estimating Fire Behavior Gen Tech Rep INT 122 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Research Station 22 p Andrews Patricia L 1986 BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system BURN subsystem Part Gen Tech Rep INT 194 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Research Station 130 p Andrews Patricia L and Collin D Bevins 1999 Update and expansion of the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction system 3rd International Conference on Forest Fire Research 4th Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorol ogy 21 22 November 1998 Luco Coimbra Portugal Vol pp 7 33 740 Andrews Patricia L Bradshaw Larry S 1990 RXWINDOW Defining windows of acceptable burning condi tions based on desired fire behavior Gen Tech Rep INT 273 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture For est Service Intermountain Research Station 54 p Andrews Patricia L Chase Carolyn H 1989 BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system BURN subsystem Part 2 Gen Tec
29. RE no ie Gridline Width a 9 thicker gridlines Display the page tab Selected sat O no tabs Tables USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 129 The OStartup bpw worksheet defaults BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Table 4 Appearance gt SANG ME Option ee P RE Other options Appearance Tab selection Fire projection documentation Selected Training documentation documentation Cleared o Selected di ae input codes for all discrete P Cleared Selected variables Show descriptions only for entered Worksheet P y Selected discrete variable codes Show output variables to be calcu me P Selected Cleared Show notes section Selected peme E 130 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Appendix D Example Worksheets BehavePlus allows the user to define and save a worksheet for later use A set of Example Worksheets is pro vided with the program Those worksheets are described in this appendix A worksheet is selected through File gt New Clicking on the El by the Example Worksheets folder displays the following list A double click on the Worksheet or selecting and clicking the Ok button loads the Worksheet Me BehavePlus 3 0 0 Select A Worksheet Bi ES E erre codi Standard BehavePlus worksheets Tue Dec 7 06 13 15 2004 ES A E EE TS Ce ET ON EP 5 BasicStart bpw Surface fire spread upslope with the wind Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 5 FuelMo
30. Units Conversion Tool Al ES Erwd A Home e Index l Known Units of Measure From Amount 12 3 From Units Imeters s Into Units miles hr The following table lists all the units known by the converter The converter also understands most common abbreviations for the units Note that unt names and abbreviations are case sensitive for the most part stick with lower case unless the units are named after a person Units of Measure Names Descriptions and Base Units Units Name SIBase Description rad second plane angle i rad minute plane angle abampere A EMU of current abampere Picture M Help Ascenso a TH tess se beso escalas x Dismiss In the Units Conversion Tool dialog box enter your known observation into the From Amount and From Units text boxes 12 3 meters per second in the above example Then enter the desired units in the Into Units text box and click the Convert button to get your results 27 5143 miles per hour in the above exam ple In the Help pane of the Units Conversion Tool dialog box there is a list of all the available units 94 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 16 Language The FIREI program of the old BEHAVE system was translated into several languages including Spanish and Chinese We have designed BehavePlus to i make the translation process easier A Portuguese translation is included as an example I
31. While each Run has its own window the window has one or more Pages The first page s contain the Work sheet and subsequent pages contain results tables graphs and diagrams You can navigate between pages using the following toolbar buttons Z Go to the first page Na Go to the last page TP Go to the previous page lt Go to the next page The keyboard navigation arrows will also move you from one page to the next The Pages gt command allows you to jump directly to a specific page E File View Configure Pages Windows Tools Help lex 06889 EE 1 Input Page 1 2 Input Page 2 u A T 3 Suppression Tactic Page 1 of 1 Us 4 Fire Characteristics Chart 5 Fire Shape Page 1 of 1 6 Contain Page 1 of 1 7 Rate of Spread maximum by Suppression Tactic 8 Flame Length by Suppression Tactic Suppre Tactic 9 Direction of Maximum Spread from upslope by Suppression Tactic Head Rear 11 Perimeter by Suppression Tactic dal ial ial tul 10 Area by Suppression Tactic ial ial 12 Contained Area by Suppression Tactic dal 13 Fireline Constructed by Suppression Tactic 10 3 Windows When a Worksheet is first opened the Run it represents is assigned a File View Configure Pages Windows Tools Help default name such as unnamedOl bpr unnamed02 bpr etc This j AeS Bi2AVRAL Ee name is displayed on the title bar at the top of the BehavePlus applica tion window USDA Forest Service General Te
32. Wind Slope Spread Direction Diagram check box 59 Window 71 cascade 72 size 71 tiled 72 Windows installation 12 Worksheet 15 22 borders 20 definition 13 delete 105 editing 22 Index example see example Worksheets extension 12 layout 15 load 21 104 Map section 90 Save as 105 saving 22 size 71 startup 22 Worksheet sections 16 acceptable fire conditions 19 documentation 16 input 17 notes 20 output variables 19 page header 16 run option notes 19 Workspace 103 clone 103 definition 13 new 103 X X axis 46 X axis origin 47 Y Y axis 48 Y axis origin 47 your 4 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 139 Index 140 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Command Index Configure Appearance Application 9 Application tab 20 Graph Elements tab 43 51 55 Graph Elements tab gt Curve Points 57 Graph Elements tab gt Line width 56 Graph Size tab 47 51 Graph Size tab gt Graph Title 53 Page Tabs tab 15 20 Tables tab 34 Worksheet tab 15 17 18 19 20 Fuel model set selection 81 82 105 Language 11 English 95 Portuguese Portugal 95 Module 23 Module selection 14 CONTAIN gt Options tab 69 Display output distances in map units check box MORTALITY gt Options 23 Options gt Input Options tab 11 Options gt Output Variables tab 11 24 Options gt Outputs tab 59 gt O
33. Wind Speed upslope rh 12 5 3 Exporting custom fuel models Custom fuel models you create and save in BehavePlus can be exported in the Custom Fuel Model fmd file format used by FARSITE NEXUS and FlamMap To avoid confusion remember the distinction between saving and exporting custom fuel models saving a fuel model lets you reuse it only in another BehavePlus session while exported fuel models can only be used in an application that uses the Custom Fuel Model fmd file for mat Files with a fmd extension cannot be used in BehavePlus and bpf files cannot be used in FARSITE NEXUS or FlamMap Before you can export a BehavePlus custom fuel model it must be saved and attached See Sections 1 5 2 and 1 5 1 above for information on saving and attaching custom fuel models USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 83 Fuel models DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide To export a custom fuel model use the File gt saveAs gt Fuel model gt FARSITE format command In the Fuel Model Export Selection dialog box the attached custom fuel models are found at the end of the standard fuel models list B E E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Fuel Model Export Selection a Back Erwd fi EE Lea 187 t7 Large downed logs 5 188 US Long needle litter S Y Fuel Model Export 189 119 Very high load broadleaf litter 5 201 sbl Low load activity fuel 5 o 202 sb2 Moderate load activity or low load blowdown 5
34. bpm TSTMDL 6 7 8 120 120 o Short Description E 3 High bpm TSTMDL 12 13 14 170 170 Folders and files with a paper clip icon are currently attached to e g accessible for use by the BehavePlus application Once the Ok button is pressed only highlighted folders will have their files attached Unhighlighted folders will NOT have their files attached even if they are currently marked as attached by the paper cli I Picture Iv Help Y they dl e il ICORS y Ok Cancel 86 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 11 50 46 Moisture scenarios Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description gt Moisture Scenario example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model El fs ies Fuel Moisture Moisture Scenario EB far a211 a312 a314 Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mifh g Dis 00 Terrain Slope Steepness vo g fo This Worksheet creates the following graph The fuel model used is a dynamic type and the output graph indi cates the dramatic effect the live fuel moisture can have when using a dynamic fuel model va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 11 50 46 Moisture Scenario example ES 25 20 Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h AIN AS FM i ll Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih 13 2 Defining and saving moisture scenarios Page 4 0 2 4 6 8 10
35. e TE l Relative humidity is not linked to any of the other E IGNITE Options modules Please run it as a stand alone module Links M Display output distances in map units Variable Index M Table shading for acceptable fire conditions 5 Figure Index Table Index iv Help Ok Cancel V Picture USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 31 Table Shading DRAFT BehavePlus v2 0 User s Guide Once the Table shading for acceptable fire conditions check box is selected a new section Accept able Fire Conditions appears on the Worksheet y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description i gt Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture 10 h Moisture 100 h Moisture Live Herbaceous Moisture Live Woody Moisture Weather Midflame Wind Speed muh Direction of Wind Vector from upslope deg Terrain Slope Steepness Acceptable Fire Conditions Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h Fireline Intensity Btu ft s Flame Length ft Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from upslope SURFACE Direction of the wind vector is the direction the wind is pushing t
36. mail your BehavePlus results See Sections 10 5 2 and 10 5 3 Images of table graph and diagram screens can all be saved as an image file The image file can then be edited with an image processor or inserted into word processor or layout documents See Section 10 5 1 The following example saves a Worksheet The process is similar for other file types The File gt saveAs com mand requests input of folder name file name file description or file type in the Save As dialog box WorksheetFolder File Files Description E Example 9 Standard BehavePlus worksheets Thu Oct 31 16 23 30 2002 A My Worksheets 0 Default user worksheet folder Thu Oct 31 16 23 30 2002 i TestFolder l Users Guide Examples Mon Jan 6 15 16 10 2003 Worksheet Folder OS Worksheet File ftestl Worksheet Description lexample 1 for users gude To create a new Folder simply enter a new folder name in the Worksheet Folder field and press the Ok button In this case the Worksheet Folder text box is initially set to MyWorksheets To create a new folder simply type a new name into the Worksheet Folder text box TestFolder in the above example You are asked to enter a Worksheet folder description The folder description subsequently appears in the file selection dialog box as a reminder of its contents The Worksheet description is initially set to whatever is in the Description text box on the Worksheet When saving a Worksheet you should as
37. option is used to improve table readability don t confuse it with the Table shading for acceptable fire conditions output option See chapter 7 Table shading for more information 6 5 Multiple pages There is essentially no limit on the number of values that can be assigned to an input variable But the resulting table might not fit on a single page For example if rate of spread is calculated for values from 2 to 30 in steps of 2 and elapsed time is specified as the row variable the table overlaps onto 3 pages va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 09 59 42 Page 1 Modules SIZE Description i gt Two way table output example Weather Effective Wind Speed Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum Elapsed Time The gt or lt symbols lined to the right and or left of the table heading indicates that there are additional results for those variables in the indicated direction va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 10 07 56 Page 2 Two way table output example Area ac Elapsed Surface Rate of Spread maximum Time ch h h 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 10 0 12 0 5 0 0 ne Ea 0 6 nee 1 4 1 0 052 UTS 1 4 Es aa 9 6 o 0 3 1 4 did 5 6 8 7 12 6 2 0 0 6 2 95 5 6 A Ma 22 4 34 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide y BehavePlus 3 0 0 lapsed ime 0 5 1 0 13 2 0 va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 10 07 56 Two way table output example Area ac
38. projections for a wildfire or a fuels analysis for an environmental impact statement The new pristine Workspace is automati cally populated with all example Worksheets example Runs and standard and predefined custom fuel models just like the DefaultDataFolder Workspace Alternatively you may clone an existing Workspace with the File gt Workspaces gt Clone current work space command to copy all of the current Workspace into a new Workspace including all Run Units Sets custom Fuel Models and custom Moisture Scenarios The Workspace concept provides the following benefits All files pertaining to a specific training class fire situation or other project are segregated into their own file structure Workspaces are easily backed up or copied onto removable media using either the File gt Workspaces gt Clone current workspace command or Windows Explorer e BehavePlus has self validation tests and informs you whenever it is missing required files BehavePlus knows where to find all custom Fuel Models and Moisture Scenarios and include them in Guide Button dialog boxes USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 103 File management DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide We recommend using a compression utility such as WinZip PKZip or gzip when E mailing or moving a Work space over the Internet as compression significantly reduces BehavePlus file sizes A list of three letter file extensions used
39. results Selecting two or more variables in the Acceptable Fire Conditions section can give very complex results that should be interpreted carefully USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 41 Table Shading DRAFT BehavePlus v2 0 User s Guide 42 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 8 Graph output When more than one value is entered for one or two input variables graphs can be produced Graphs are viewed by selecting the Display Graph Results check box in the Calculate Results dialog box that dis plays after Calculate is requested The form of the graph depends on whether the variables are continuous or discrete The program automatically takes care of the differences for the user Display table results W Display graph results Specify graph Y axis limits 8 1 Single variable graph When a range of values is entered for a single continuous variable a graph is produced by calculating a fixed number of points which can be changed in the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Elements tab over the entered range Intermediate values entered on the Worksheet are ignored For example rate of spread entry of 5 7 9 11 13 15 produces the same graph as rate of spread entry of 5 15 WE os chavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 20 05 15 Page 1 Modules SIZE Description H Graph examples Weather Effective Wind Speed mih Ejs Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h
40. s 141 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 1 Introduction The BehavePlus fire modeling system is a PC based program that is a col lection of models that describe fire and the fire environment It is a flexible system that produces tables and graphs and can be used for a multitude of fire management applications BehavePlus is the successor to the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system Andrews 1986 Andrews and Chase 1989 Burgan and Rothermel 1984 Andrews and Bradshaw 1990 It is called the Behave Plus fire modeling system to reflect its expanded scope Andrews and Bevins 1999 This document describes operation of the BehavePlus program The fire models and their application are described elsewhere Many of the fire models in BehavePlus are the same as those in the FARSITE fire area simulator Finney 1998 NEXUS fire hazard tool and the FlamMap fire behavior mapping and analysis system Each system meets a dif ferent need The same surface fire spread model Rothermel 1972 was used in each case These three pro grams and supporting documentation are available through www fire org Shown below are example outputs from each system Sample table graph and diagram output from BehavePlus Flame Length ft Fuel Hidfame Wind Speed upslope Model mih 0 0 3 10 10 0 E 215 B5 WI E 5 0 9 eee 3 0 E 0 6 Les 2 L Flame Length ft Midfame Wind Speed upslope math USDA Fo
41. standard fire behavior fuel models for use with Rothermel s surface fire spread model Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Van Wagner C E 1977 Conditions for the start and spread of crown fire Can J For Res 7 23 34 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 109 110 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Appendix A Version Comparison This appendix contains a summary of changes between BEHAVE and the versions of BehavePlus The different versions were introduced on the following dates BEHAVE 1984 BehavePlus v 1 0 0 January 2002 BehavePlus v2 0 0 July 2003 BehavePlus v3 0 0 January 2005 Older versions of the software are available in the ARCHIVES section at www fire org Version 2 and Version 3 e Van Wagner s 1977 transition to crown fire and Rothermel s 1991 crown fire spread models have been added with the new CROWN module e Calculating wind adjustment factors is now a SURFACE module option The expanded set of fuel models Scott and Burgan in prep have been added Support for dynamic fuel models has been added e Two new output variables have been added to the SURFACE module to help understand dynamic fuel modeling Live herb load transfer and Dead herb fuel load e Moisture Scenarios used in developing the expanded fuel models have been added e Identif
42. thew da 7 PEA o sacra iuna see hacia pi bg DOU SE dna 7 O E EPR RR 72 10 5 SAVING QIUEDUE soarusesati rr EE E E E E E EN 73 H Error CHECKING ap arenar a a DI a ao sp 75 2 Wel Models er coer ew a ds acaba dl edi da ede herdade 77 21 ES Standard quel MOdelS cspssonspro siri rise SMALL e dra dd E Da E 71 2 2 Falmetto Gallberry tuel Opti Onir csericreeci cowed eee dd eiki dakta ieii aii ek E 77 12 3 Expanded set of 40 fuel models ccccccc ee eee eee eee rear 78 2 4 Dynamic MUG Models tas pi pis DD edo y eee Gi e aa arg rd 78 12 5 Custom fuel Models resortes rare eb dea 79 l3 Moisture SCCNAlIOS ssa passo essa ads ees eam bate cansada daa IS a 85 13 1 Using previously saved moisture scenarios cccccccccccccc ee eee eee teen eee 85 13 2 Defining and saving moisture scenarios 0 eee eee ee eee eee teen eee eee 87 4 Map aODIGCKUONS WeteguecliawaceweGene eee e eee eee Pee eels nie cote 89 14 1 Slope from map measurements 0 ec ce eee eee eee eee eee eee eee erre 89 4 2 Mapas tantos copados eerie eee ce etree eee te neue eee temas sacar ae seed 9 LIGO OS pa dd 060 bon ceed on ceeded ce eee Sede ook ona aa a Hoe ee a ee ow Gem Ob ario aa 93 Sl EnS MOr MEIC so caters di hee tera Meter ee bee Rens Ce ended 93 HZ Custom Units SEL assa posbomad paar dooce eds owe hoe Wee rs ad es Mb a 93 15 36 Number Ol decimal places rasero ees ae dae 93 014 Units conversion OOl seei opio a aria a da Meade o PRO
43. upslope Direction of Wind Vector from upslope Downslope Directionof MaximumBpreadfromupslop 84 deg Diagram output The following illustrates the effect of selecting the Wind amp spread directions are radio button on the vari ables that are requested on the Worksheet Wind amp spread direchons are degrees clockwise from upslope direction the wind is pushing the fire a degrees clockwise from north direction from which the wind is blowing USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 61 62 Diagram output DRAFT va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 06 03 54 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description g frind Slope Spread direction example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model Biz Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture Ya gt Bo Live Fuel Moisture Ya i gt 120 Weather Slope Steepne 10 40 Aspect from north Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direct bee rere art atom hE ind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from north SURFACE Wind direction is the direction from which the wind is blowing SURFACE GLID a Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Flame Length ft SURFACE Direction of Maximum Spread from north deg SURFACE Wind Slope Spread Direction Diagram SURFACE va
44. weighted like old BEHAVE Or you can load the Example Worksheet FuelModeling bpw which as been set up to use fuel parameters using the File gt New command or JU toolbar button USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 19 Fuel models DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Mi BehavePlus 3 0 0 Select A Worksheet Mi ES E gt Q Example Worksheets Standard BehavePlus worksheets sat Oct 2 08 29 08 2004 Pode ro OStartup bpw Blank worksheet default intialization English Mon Sep 20 08 45 36 2004 i BasicStart bpw Surface fire spread upslope with the wind Mon Sep 20 08 45 36 2004 FuelModeling bpw Surface fire fuel modeling Mon Sep 20 08 45 ke 6 SlopeMap bpw slope calc from map measurements Mon Sep 20 08 45 36 2004 6 surfaceBasic bpw Surface fire in the dir of max spread DIRECT Mon Sep 20 08 45 36 2004 gt 6 surfaceBasicFrom bpw Wind direction from Mon Sep 20 08 45 36 2004 Pe 6 SurfaceMap bpw Surface spread map application Mon Sep 20 08 45 36 2004 gt O surfaceScorchMortality bpw Linked models spread direction input Mon Sep 20 08 45 36 2004 E J Picture Fuel model parameters can be typed directly into the parameter text boxes Or they can be initiated with an existing fuel model by clicking the Initialize from a Fuel Model button on the Worksheet a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description EN initialized with Fuel Model 2 2 2 Fuel Vegetatio
45. 12 14 16 To define a Moisture Scenario first set the Worksheet to require individual fuel moisture values by selecting individual size class in the Configure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Fuel 8 Moisture tab Moisture is entered by Ci individual size class O dead and live category moisture scenario USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 87 Moisture scenarios DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Enter values for each size class on the Worksheet even if that item is shaded Other input text boxes don t matter a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description BY Create a Moisture Scenaridl Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model H Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture wo H Booo 10 h Moisture gt e Tr m m 100 h Moisture HF Live Herbaceous Moisture wo gt DO Live Woody Moisture Yo H 120 Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih gt o Terrain Slope Steepness Ya Ss Save the moisture scenario with the File gt saveAs gt Moisture scenario command In the Save As dialog box enter a file name in the Moisture Scenario File text box and a short description in the Moisture Scenario Description text box See Section 20 4 Save As for more information on saving moisture scenar iOS 88 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 14 Map applications BehavePlus allows the calculatio
46. 3 I Picture V Help GMT Difference Select the hours difference from Greenwich Mean Time GMT The table below shows the GMT difference for selected time zones GMT plus the hours from the table yields the local time This tool allows you to specify any month of any year at a location on the globe and generate a calendar of sun rise sun set civil dawn civil dusk moon rise and moon set times in table or calendar format It can also display a table of equinox solstice and moon phases for the year The calendar tool also includes a large database of named places within the United States so you can select a location by name rather than by coordinates USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 101 Sun Moon Calendar Tool BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 102 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 20 File management 20 1 Workspaces BehavePlus has a proscribed file system structure all files must be located in specific subdirectories The parent directory of this file structure and all its subdirectories and files are collectively known as a Workspace A Workspace is a complete subdirectory tree containing all required BehavePlus files plus any additional Work sheet Run Fuel Model Moisture Scenario Units Set or screen capture files saved by the user A Workspace corresponds to a single BehavePlus project and each BehavePlus project should hav
47. 3 2004 at 08 35 55 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description i gt Graph Y axis examples Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model i gt IO Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture H 420 10 h Moisture g So 100 h Moisture i gt EA Live Herbaceous Moisture H ESSE Live Woody Moisture H 120 Weather Midflame Wind Speed mih i gt MA Direction of Wind Vector from upslope deg i gt IO Terrain Slope Steepness Yo i gt lo With the X Axis Origin and Y Axis Origin set to zero the rate of spread graph below is produced y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 08 35 55 Page 2 Graph Y axis examples Surface Rate of Spread maximum chsh co 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1 h Moisture To compare the results for fuel model 10 with the faster spreading fuel model 5 the scale for the fuel model 10 Run is changed to match that produced by model 5 The calculated maximums are given for each of the selected output variables as a reference In the Calculate Results dialog box select the Specify graph Y axis limits check box if you wish to modify the Y axis ranges of the output graphs before they are displayed l Display table results Select the Table Row Variable 1 h Moisture C Midflame Wind Speed M Display graph results Select the X Axis Variable i 1 h Moisture C Midflame Wind Speed Jv Specify graph Y azis limits USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 49 Graph o
48. 6 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 17 Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tool This tool is an automation of only the daytime tables from Rothermel 1983 Since these tables are not based on equations they can t effectively be linked to any other tools or modules in BehavePlus The Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tool dialog box can be accessed with the Tools gt Fine dead fuel moisture command My BehavePlus 3 0 0 Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tool Back Fryd Fine Dead Fuel Y Moisture Tables Short Description Dry Bulb Temperature 70 89 oF Relative Humidity 10 14 Reference Fuel Moisture 2 Month May June July Time of Day 12 00 13 59 Elevation Difference Level within 1000 f Slope 31 The fine dead fuel moisture calculation is based Aspect North v on the tables in How to predict the spread and intensity of forest and range fires Rothermel 1983 Only the daytime tables are provided and there is no conversion to metric Fuel Shading Shaded gt 50 shading Fuel Moisture Correction 3 Fine Dead Fuel Moisture 5 Description Hoedown Fire July 13th Iv Picture lv Help Dismiss Inputs are made through the drop down lists As soon as a change is made the results are displayed This tool is included in BehavePlus only for completeness because the tables are used in the
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50. 7 Fuel models DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide The Palmetto Gallberry option cannot be used with other fuel models in a Run it can only be used by itself Notice that P G has been added to each of the input variables on the Worksheet used specifically for the pal metto Gallberry fuel model 12 3 Expanded set of 40 fuel models The expanded set of 40 fuel models is also always available in BehavePlus These fuel models are also selected from the Fuel Model Input Guide or entered directly in the Fuel Model text box on the Worksheet They are listed after the original 3 in the Input Guide dialog box but they use an alpha numeric code rather than a number for the value on the Worksheet 5 BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide fal ES Value Description 141 shl Low load dry climate shrub D 142 sh2 Moderate load dry climate shrub 5 143 sh3 Moderate load humid climate shrub 5 1144 sh Low load humid climate timber shrub 5 145 sh5 High load dry climate shrub 5 146 sh Low load humid climate shrub 5 147 sh Very high load dry climate shrub 5 148 shg High load humid climate shrub 5 149 sh Very high load humid climate shrub D el Iv Picture M Help ce Notice that the expanded models are identified as dynamic or static with a D or S in the description See Section 1 4 below for more on dynamic fuel models An example Run FuelCompare bpr can be found in the Exampl
51. A complete description of the 3 standard fuel models is found in the publication Aids to Determining Fuel Models For Estimating Fire Behavior Gen Tech Rep INT 122 Anderson 1982 These fuel models are found at the top of the list in the Fuel Model Input Guide dialog box ER Input Guide 04 o o r ow won DA a E wW N gt SO oO o DU Nm e O e I Nm e O Value Short grass Timber with grass and understory Tall grass Chaparral Brush Dormant brush hardwood slash Southern rough Closed timber litter Hardwood litter Timber with litter amp understory Light logging slash Medium logging slash Heavy logging slash Y Picture l Help 12 2 Palmetto Gallberry fuel option The palmetto gallberry fuel option estimates fuel parameters from vegetation characteristics Hough and Albini 1978 The Palmetto Gallbery fuel option is not selected from the Input Guide dialog box like fuel models but is selected with the palmetto gallberry radio button on the Configure gt Module selection gt SUR FACE gt Options gt Fuel 4 Moisture tab Fuel is entered as fuel models C fuel parameters palmetto gallberry two fuel models 2 cimensional expected spread two fuel models harmonic mean two fuel models area weighted like old BEHAVE USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005
52. BackingSpreadDistance 20 0 ch Fire Length 40 0 ch MaximumFire Width 40 0 ch ElapsedTime 20h EffectiveWindSpeed 6 0 mih ElapsedTime 2 0 h Up Wind Down Wind Area 13 7 ac Perimeter 48 ch Lengthto WidthRatio 2 5 BackinsipreadDistance 0 9 ch Fire Length 20 9 ch MaximumFire Width 3 3 ch ElapsedTime 20h Page 8 In addition to the shape diagrams values for all of the selected output variables are given on each diagram A word of caution when using the SIZE module by itself as shown by the above example The above diagram could be wrongly interpreted to show that higher wind speeds result in a smaller fire But remember the sur face rate of spread 10 ch h was the same for o and 6 m p h winds which is not realistic if all other fire envi ronment conditions were the same In this example the wind speed only determines the shape of a fire for a given forward spread distance USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 67 Diagram output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide When the SIZE Module is linked to the SURFACE Module the wind vector is also shown on the diagram y pcnavepius 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 09 15 47 Page 1 Modules SURFACE SIZE Description i gt Fire Shape Diagram example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model i gt 200 Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture gt Booo Live Fuel Moisture i gt 100 S Weather Midflame Wind Speed miih gt Po Direction of Wi
53. FACE gt Options gt Fuel amp Moisture tab and select the Moisture is entered by moisture scenario radio button Moisture is entered by individual size class C dead and live category i moisture scenario USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 85 Moisture scenarios DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide After the FuelModeling moisture scenario folder is attached the Moisture Scenario Guide gt button on the Worksheet shows the following valid selections for moisture scenarios in the Input Guide dialog box B E Back Erwd ty Home Index Y Moisture Scenario Short Description BS BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide au DIL1 Very low dead fully cured herb 3 4 5 30 60 E ii A O Pad di3 DIL3 Very low dead 1 3 cured herb 3 4 5 90 120 dil4 DILA Very low dead fully green herb 3 4 5 120 150 d211 D2L1 Low dead fully cured herb 6 7 8 30 60 d212 D2L2 Low dead 2 3 cured herb 6 7 8 60 90 dal D2L3 Low dead 1 3 cured herb 6 7 8 90 120 d2W4 D2LA Low dead fully green herb 6 7 8 120 150 d311 D3L1 Moderate dead fully cured herb 9 10 11 30 60 d312 D3L2 Moderate dead 2 3 cured herb 9 10 11 60 90 E A fuel moisture scenario is a set of fuel moistures representing a specific fuel moisture condition of the surface fuel fuel moisture scenario defines the following fuel moistures
54. MI e ae 94 LALA A E III dam dA A UM Da eS anaes 95 Sul EMSS OM Ofusuese 24 440 ire idas red teia Un do pitido ars 95 16 2 Custom language Surcos trar Pair sedate O DU CA DIO Ri dad ses 95 E Fine Dead Fuel Moisture V60l o0s222uan anteispenn ides A DA di a can TS a SE 97 7l Saving ANG DOCUMEentiNg caserses woke ted d ee ic civ o ed Ed 97 SRA Eo gt spessss sense Garda dd DEM O CET AUT a E a ata a Soa 99 17 sun Moon Calendar OO sia acatar asa as SA RE eae eade 101 ZU File Mana cementera ber ea E a ia e e ib a 103 LON VVOUKSDACES 60 60 bb cod becaria de ee DAN CAD ba 103 20 2 Lodd a NVORNCe smc ade dne dios e poa elas add de eee chee eines 104 203 Loida lcera abarca ds 104 ZU A SAA 104 20 5 Deletine Files amp Folder eerca neret na RAR AS A 105 less rro E ee ee RD RI ee ee A A 107 Z sl Browser pane help asus au apa es dad Baw e eee hed AA EE ned a a eos 107 21 2 GUIde DUMON s iessbar e 107 2 ls Users GUIAS so sadios ara Ee ira aa a Gad bak add O e aaa 108 a AU o SA STE ee A eee i ee ae 109 Appendix A Version Comparison anca da usa dia das ROO Ee dd DO eae 11 Appendix B Input and Output Variable Tables ooooooooooooooororrrrarroroo o o 115 Appendix C The OStartup bpw worksheet defaults o o oooooooooororrorrrraro ooo 125 Appendix D Example Worksheets saias deed e a A a 131 WEEK cid Seto o E sane sedan 135 Command Index wicca secocatgaghuserhse eta PAG deena ase been tee etsieddetecswnse
55. Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 7 Table Shading Table shading for acceptable fire conditions is designed to display the condi tions that contribute to acceptable fire behavior such as in developing a prescribed fire prescription It replaces the RXWINDOW program of the old BEHAVE system RXWINDOW attempted to reverse the calculations to determine conditions that corresponded to specified fire conditions As additional fire models have become available this approach is unfeasible The approach taken in BehavePlus is different from that in RXWINDOVY 7 1 Activating the Table Shading Option To implement the table shading option select the Table shading for acceptable fire conditions check box in the Module Selection dialog box E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Module Selection Back m Fryd f j Surface Fire Spread Iv SURFACE Options r Crown Fire Opti CROWN Options Selection Safety Zone E SAFETY Options Size of a Pt Source Fire o E SIZE Options Short Description Fire Containment ER Check those Modules you wish to activate CONTAIN E 6 Indentation indicates modules that can be linked E Fe Distance Options together with the output from one used as input to the next Crown Scorch 7 E SCORCH Options Press a Module s Options button to configure its input options or change the set of output E Tree Mortality Options variables it calculates MORTALITY
56. SURFACE Module Fuel amp Moisture Input Options C fuel parameters C palmetto gallberry two fuel models 2 dimensional expected spread Short Description two fuel models harmonic mean This page controls the input of fuel and moisture parameters into the SURFACE Module two fuel models Ao RENNES ARONS gt Fuelis entered as Moisture is entered by D fuel models Fuel models are prepackaged sets of fuel parameters representing stylized fuel situations Checking this button allows you to simply enter fuel model codes rather than a dozen fuel model parameters individual size class C dead and live category moisture scenario This is the most common way of running BehavePlus as it greatly simplifies input If you have special fuel situations create a custom fuel model and use it A Fuel Model Key and photographs are available to help you select one of the 13 standard fuel models fuel parameters J Picture lv Help 4 2 Output Options The desired output variables are selected through the Options button associated with each module The selected output determines the input requirements For example input variables for the SPOT Module are dif ferent for each spotting source 24 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide E BehavePlus 3 0 0 SPOT Module Options Spotting Distance from Torching
57. Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Fire Behavior Research Work Unit USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Washington D C and Systems for Environmental Man agement Program development and supporting material was done primarily through contracts 53 0343 7 0020 and 5 3 0343 0 0011 with Systems for Environmental Management SEM The following SEM people contributed to the project Collin Bevins program design and development Don Carlton version User s Guide and online help system Deb Tirmenstein program testing document review and editing Joe Scott online help and supporting material for the fire models added in versions 2 3 Mark Finney supporting material for the fire models added in version 3 and Miguel Cruz Portuguese translation for the language option Other contributors include Dave Custer tutorial editing and formatting Rob Seli tutorial development edit ing online help and program testing and Pat Andrews project manager system design program testing and tutorial development Software technical support is provided by USDA Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management National Sys tems Support Group Boise ID Cover Art WILDFIRE C 1992 an original acrylic painting by Monte Dolack Trumpeter swans take refuge in the air as a threatening wildfire rages through the forest habitat This image is from a 29 x 24 poster commissioned by the National Wildfire Foundation and used
58. T 3 4 Graph appearance The appearance of the graph can be changed through the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Size and Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Elements tabs E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Appearance Options Graph Elements J Page Tabs Tables Worksheet ES Back By Erwd tt Home Le Index Appearance Controls Application Grap Graph Size 2 50 Graph Title Short gt X Axis Origin Zero gt Y Axis Origin Zero gt of the page and may occupy 25 to 100 of the page height Graph Size Controls graph vertical height Graphs are drawn starting at the upper left corner Graph Title Controls graph title content Short displays just the run description as a title Long displays the run description and graph X and Y axis variable names as a aial m Picture V Help El 8 4 1 Graph Size Graph Size 4 50 Graph Title Short X Asis Ongin Zero Y Axis Origin Zero USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 The vertical graph height on the page is set with the Graph Size spin box on the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Size tab Graph output Graphs are drawn starting at the upper left corner of the page and may occupy 25 to 100 of the page height The default is 50 as shown in the following graph 51 Graph output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide ra Beha
59. Trees r Spotting Distance from a Burning Pile Spotting Distance from a Wind Driven Surface Fire I Picture iv Help USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 B ES Back Erva iHome Pindex Y Spotting Distance from a Burning Pile Short Description The maximum distance that one can expect potential spot fires resulting from firebrands from the burning pile The height of the flames from the pile is an input which is used to calculate the lofting strength from the burning pile DRAFT Modules Pause the mouse over the name of an output variable to see its description in the browser pane For example a pause over Spotting Distance from a Wind Driven Surface Fire in the SPOT Output Vari ables tab results in this browser pane 25 Modules 20 DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 5 Entering input There are several ways to input to the BehavePlus program Values can be typed directly into the input field choices can be made from a list of valid input values a range of values can be specified and for some variables selecting from a list of common choices 5 1 Shaded text boxes In some cases input variables depend on values entered elsewhere on the Worksheet When an input variable is not required its text box is shaded If a value is entered for a shaded text box it
60. URFACE 92 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 15 Units Default units for BehavePlus are English for use in the United States It is easy to change all units to metric using the Configure gt Units gt Metric command Ifa user wishes to use something other than the units we have selected for English or metric a custom set of units can be defined and saved for later use The Units set also defines the number of decimal places displayed for each variable Note that whenever a Worksheet or Run is saved its current units of measure and display decimals are saved with it The next time you open the Worksheet or Run the units and decimal settings are restored BehavePlus also provides a quick units conversion tool accessed with the Tools gt Units converter com mand 15 1 English or metric The units set can be changed using the Configure gt Units gt English or Metric or Custom commands Immediately upon change the units on the active Worksheet and all values that have been entered are changed Because units are stored with a Worksheet or Run if units are changed to metric and then another Worksheet is loaded from the ExamplesWorksheets folder with the File gt New command the new Worksheet will be English units 15 2 Custom units set Develop and save a custom units set using the Units Editor dialog box opened with the Tools gt units Edi tor command The Units editor cont
61. USDA potes Sete BehavePlus of Agriculture Forest Service fi re m odel j n g syste m Rocky Mountain Research Station Ve rsion 3 0 General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW Revised U Se r S G u id e January 2005 o Patricia L Andrews Collin D Bevins Robert C Seli PENA E Pii 3 1 vii rh y E pls junta fim Mm E i Behaverlus 3 0 0 Module Selection Sface Fue Spread SURFACE Crown Fire CROWN r r Soe ola Pt Source Fee E Fre Contanment E Check those Madu E a CONTAIN Oriens B Indentaton mic ate j p Spotting Distance cae togallar with the e Fuel is entered as SPOT bo the mert fue models Crown scorch E gt SCORCH Options rip E M fuel parameters e Enp mike e gt C palmetto gallherry C Tree Mortality Options vanatice it calcular MORTALITY p hwo fuel models Probabilty of Ignition Relata huamadeoy as dmensonal expected spread E 16 Options modales Please nu IGNITE r two fuel models luz page controls the meit of Hael and mcsshin harmone mean parameters mto the SURFACE Modus F Display output distances m map units iia teo fiel modela amable F Table shading for acceptable fre conditions PITA area weighted Bee old BEHAVE Table Index Fuelis entered as E Picture f Help Moisture is entered by E fuel smrodels ce taidual sire class Fuel models are prepackaged sete of Duel Ok Cancel parameters representing styhred fuel stua
62. When available on the Input Guide dialog box clicking the Choices button displays commonly used values Note This is not necessarily the slope steepness y 28 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Entering input After selecting values in the Slope Steepness dialog box clicking Ok enters them on the Worksheet E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Slope Steepness Al x Back Erwd Index Y Slope Steepness Short Description Maximum steepness of the slope It is expressed as either percent or degrees depending on the input option that is selected V Picture M Help Note This is not necessarily the slope steepness in the Ed Ok Cancel 5 4 Linked input variables When using the CONTAIN module with the multiple resources input option selected some input vari ables are directly associated with each other an exception to the general BehavePlus rule For example a line production rate arrival time and duration are assigned to each resource Linked input variables also allow you to enter multiple values for more than two input variables In the following example although multiple values are assigned to several input variables those variables are linked together so only a single calculation is done y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 07 43 00 Page 1 Modules CONTAIN Descriptio
63. aca its Sas Aas At aa 29 6 Tables ON QUL sessao ss eps nha Oa eae eee Oe bee ene Sa tees 3 6 li Single Valle calcula cOn eee eee eae sek ee ee a A ely A 3 6 2 Fable OUEDUE atk oid ne eee et ee DS aa eae eee we dd oes hee eee eee 32 63 TWO Way tables or ve cia 3 ob hoot eek VD ad AA eek Sowa Moo 32 64 lable appearance iaa ri AID EAS AA eee ete AAA 34 6 5 MUDIE DADOS ar a OOS a ee O Se 34 7 VADIC SMAGING ss data ce eee eed Ge eS Ga he wale hee heey a O bee Bee te a Rea acs oa 37 7 Activating the Table Shading PON Ade heer oh D RA ee ee ee A ee SO er en 37 7 2 Entering Acceptable Fire Conditions o oo oooocrrororororoo omo monoororoo 38 JS VIWE RES MES O ida laa 39 BCG rap QUEDUL sina A eee Me cue A Cae ee See A oa Me 43 So mele Varlable Sal asse bo da CASA E na 43 8 2 TWO VALA DICA DNS airada 44 E SIS SCAIOS dto aid 46 84 Graph ADDearance cui ads a LG ad ra ie E ee 5 S 5INUMDer Of CURVE DOES 3 feds rias A OU E dee ata awe Sesh tee 57 PLD lagham QUERIES anta tl da o E a oa 59 Fals VVING SIODE SPread CINECUON iia DAA A A 59 22 Ire characteristics Chart soii iaa A o nta 63 7 5 Snape Ol a poihtsource TING 1 A AAA AAA A 66 4 E Mth ee RS ee ee et ec RAS ca en eel ce A aa V 69 lO VIEW prints capture results yt a De ad bint tbo eet 7 POs bs VIEW SIZE iria eG bee sis A PS 7 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide OZ Fases nene eb eee cea CEC yee
64. age 1 Modules SURFACE Description Ss frind Slope Spread direction example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model ES PR Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture Yo H Bo Live Fuel Moisture Yo H 120 Weather Midflame Wind Speed mi 5 Terram Slope Steepness Ya H 1040 Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations ERARE Wind and spread directions are j On pe SURFACE Direction of the wind vector is the direction the wind is pushing the fire SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Flame Length ft SURFACE Direction of Maximum Spread from upslope deg SURFACE Wind Slope Spread Direction Diagram SURFACE va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 11 19 03 Page 2 Wind Slope Spread direction example Slope ROS Flame Direction max Length Max ROS ch h ft deg 10 33 1 6 1 99 40 3209 6 84 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT WE os chavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 11 19 03 Page 3 Wind Slope Spread direction example Wind Slope Fire Directions SlopeSteepness 10 Up Slope Downslope Directionof MaximumBpreadfromupslop 99 deg SlopeSteepness 40 Up Slope Direction of Maxinnum Spread from
65. aight line segment is drawn between each pair of points The default of 20 is visually adequate for most graphs Requesting more points usually results in a marginal improvement in the visual appearance and requires more computation time In cases where many curves are plotted and the calculation time is slow reducing the number of curve points will speed things up Changing Curve Points from the default of 20 to 5 results in the following graph 57 Graph output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Compare with the graph in the previous Line widths section The fewer line points give the curves a more jagged appearance BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 11 02 38 Page 2 Line points example Surface Rate of Spread maximum by Live Fuel Moisture and Dead Fuel Moisture Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 Live Fuel Moisture 0 58 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 9 Diagram output In addition to the usual table and graph output BehavePlus produces dia grams for the following output variables e Wind slope fire spread direction diagrams from the SURFACE module e Fire characteristics chart from the SURFACE module Shape of a point source fire from the SIZE module e Shape of a fire after suppression action from the CONTAIN module Diagram output is selected from the lists on the Configure gt Module selection gt module name gt Options
66. ant to be the repository of many current and future models related to fire behavior and effects These models may have alternate input sets and can produce many output variables Individual models may be linked together so that outputs from one module automatically become inputs for another module Input and output variables may have user specified units of measure Outputs may be in the form of diagrams tables and or graphs The language displayed on Worksheets and output pages may be changed BehavePlus may be used for fire behavior training for fire planning or for real time fire behavior assessment It may be used to assess just fire behavior or just fire effects or the link between them It may be used to build custom fuel models to determine astronomical events or as a units conversion utility 2 2 3 Self Documenting The brooding step brother of configurability is complexity Because BehavePlus is so highly configurable and may be used by people in various roles for various purposes it strives to be self documenting in an attempt to thwart entropy The input Worksheet automatically documents all Modules in use all input variables and units of measure all output variables and units of measure and pertinent notes on the current configuration The Worksheet also allows you to enter a Run description and possibly additional training or fire incident informa tion and contains a notes field for free field entry of expository text 2 2 4
67. ark Thickness MORTALITY e Tree Crown Length Scorched Tree Crown Volume Scorched e Probability of Ignition from a Fire e Probability of Ignition from Light IGNITE E brand ning Table 3 Menu Items l 5 50 67 75 83 117 133 150 167 SURFACE SAFETY SIZE CON TAIN SPOT SCORCH MORTAL ITY IGNITE RH Configure gt Module selection Display output distances in map Display output distances in map units check box cleared units check box selected Table shading for acceptable fire Table shading for acceptable fire conditions check box cleared conditions check box selected Metric Configure gt Units English Custom Configure gt Language English US Portuguese Portugal No other options Configure gt Fuel model set selec 8 None Fuel model set selection must be tion done every time a Worksheet or Run is loaded No other options Configure gt Moisture scenario set l l None Moisture scenario set selection selection must be done every time a Work sheet or Run is loaded 128 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide The OStartup bpw worksheet defaults Table 4 Appearance i gt i i Suite Option O P ODN Other options Appearance lab selection Show picture pane Selected Cleared Application Border Color Color Back Other colors colors pc Graph size EE O A E CS COR lt A Sridline Color Color Yellow Other colors colors
68. aximum Spread from north deg SURFACE Max Eff Wind Exceeded SURFACE continued on next page USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 19 Worksheets DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 3 3 8 Notes The Notes section of the Worksheet allows the user to enter a large M Show notes section amount of text associated with a Run The user has the option of changing the number of lines provided for notes or even eliminating the notes section Notes Lines l4 on the Configure gt Appearance gt Worksheet tab with the Show notes section check box and the Notes Lines spin box 3 3 9 Borders The border color and thickness on the Worksheet and output pages can be Border Color Black changed on the Configure gt Appearance gt Application tab using the Border Color drop down list and the Border Width spin box The bor der can be eliminated by entering a Border Width of 0 Border Width i 3 3 10 Page Tabs Page tabs can be displayed along the right margin of the page This is useful for example to identify Runs for a particular fire or training session that are subsequently bound in a three ring binder or stored in filing folders Page tabs can be added and defined with the Configure gt Appearance gt Page Tabs tab BS BehavePlus 3 0 0 Appearance Options ile x Application Graph Size Graph Elements Page Tabs Tables Worksheet tt Home D Index V Display the page tab Tabs per Pag
69. b 51 graphs 43 appearence 51 axis scales 46 colors 55 136 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide curve points 57 image 73 limits 50 line widths 56 title 53 two variable 44 X axis 46 Y axis 48 Guide button 15 27 definition 13 H HTML file 74 97 image 73 Initialize from a Fuel Model button 80 input codes 18 Input Guide dialog box 13 27 Fuel Model 78 81 Map Representative Fraction 89 Moisture Scenario 86 input section 17 input variables entering 27 linked 29 multiple values 27 28 ranges 27 installation Windows 12 invalid input 75 J jpg 73 L language 95 last page toolbar button 71 line widths graphs 56 Linked input variables 29 live herb load transfer 78 live herbacous moisture 78 loading custom fuel models 81 fuel models 77 moisture scenarios 85 Run 104 Worksheet 21 104 M map applications 89 distances 91 representative fraction 89 91 Index scale 89 Map Representative Fraction dialog box 89 Model definition 13 Module Selection dialog box 23 37 Modules 23 definition 13 input options 23 linking 23 output options 24 moisture scenario 85 attaching sets 85 define 87 save 88 Save as 105 using 85 viewing 86 moon rise 101 moon set 101 Mortality Module Options dialog box 23 N new folder 105 Workspace 103 next page toolbar button 1 NEXUS 1 83 notes section 20 number of curve points 57 O Operation 7 Options
70. bons Checking ths button allows you t Enashare oceans lo senply enter fuel model codes rather than a doren fisel model parameters T dead and lve category Thos as the mest commen way of pum j EebavePtos as greatly sempbbes mut F F Picture i Help you have special fuel emesnons creme a an Abstract Andrews Patricia L Bevins Collin D Seli Robert C 2005 BehavePlus fire modeling system version 3 0 User s Guide Gen Tech Rep RMRS GTR 106VWWWYW Ogden UT Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 42p This publication has been revised for changes made to version 3 of the BehavePlus software it was originally published as the BehavePlus fire modeling system version 2 0 User s Guide in June 2003 The BehavePlus fire modeling system is a program for personal computers that is a collection of mathematical models that describe fire and the fire environment It is a flexible system that produces tables graphs and sim ple diagrams It can be used for a multitude of fire management applications including projecting the behavior of an ongoing fire planning prescribed fire and training BehavePlus is the successor to the BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system Primary modeling capabilities include surface fire spread and intensity crown fire spread and intensity safety zone size size of point source fire fire containment spotting distance crown scorch height tr
71. button 23 output variables tab 59 63 output variables section 19 outputs diagram see diagram graphs see graphs image 73 map distances 91 table shading 37 tables 31 32 39 two way tables 32 variables 24 38 P page buttons 71 page header section 16 page tabs 20 palmetto gallberry 77 png 73 Portuguese version 95 prescription window 37 previous page toolbar button 71 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 137 Index print 72 R range of acceptable fire conditions 38 Relative Humidity Tool dialog box 99 Run definition 13 delete 105 load 104 Save as 104 run option notes section 19 RXWINDOW 37 S Save as 104 custom fuel model 80 105 dialog box 105 HTML file 74 97 image 73 images 105 moisture scenario 88 105 results 105 Run 22 104 spreadsheet 73 tab delimited file 73 Worksheet 22 105 screen capture 73 sections see Worksheet sections Select a Run dialog box 104 Select A Units Set dialog box 93 Select a Worksheet dialog box 104 set selection fuel models 77 moisture scenarios 85 units 93 Shade alternate table rows check box 34 Show description for all discrete variable codes check box 18 19 Show descriptions only for entered discrete variable codes check box 18 size window 71 slope from map measurements 89 Slope Elevation Change check box 90 Slope Horizontal Distance check box 90 Slope Steepness check box 90 SlopeMap bpw 91 spreadsheet 73
72. by BehavePlus is shown in the following table These extensions are automatically attached to the files you create in BehavePlus CO O ems CN CO ETE ums CO EE mms bop Bren gepie mee fomat rpm o m TN o 20 2 Load a Worksheet A previously saved Worksheet is loaded with the File gt New command which opens the Select a Work sheet dialog box The Worksheet is blank in that none of the input variables have been assigned values But all of the associated options are still part of the Worksheet e g graph appearance 20 3 Load a Run A previously saved Run is loaded through File gt Open Run command which opens the Select a Run dialog box A Run is a Worksheet with valid values assigned to all input variables Calculated values tables graphs and dia grams are not saved These are generated with the File gt Calculate command 20 4 Save as A sub menu of the File gt saveAs command offers many choices of what to save from the active Worksheet or Run Run e Worksheet Fuel models Moisture scenario e Results Image A Run can be saved only if all valid values have been assigned to all variables on the Worksheet The Run can be opened at a later time using the File gt Open Run command or the amp toolbar button 104 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT File management When a Worksheet is saved it is saved witho
73. ceBasic bpw Surface fire in the dir of max spread DIRECT Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 5 SurfaceBasicFrom bpw Wind direction from Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 5 SurfaceCrown bpw Surface crown fire transition amp spread Thu Oct 7 06 22 04 2004 5 SurfaceMap bpw Surface spread map application Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 5 SurfaceScorchMortality bpw Linked models spread direction input Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 5 SurfaceSimple bpw Surface fire spread simple case upslope spread with the wind Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 E 5 SurfaceSpotlgnite bpw Spotting from a wind driven surface fire Mon Sep 20 07 45 36 2004 a E My Worksheets 2 Default user worksheet folder Thu Oct 7 06 22 54 2004 Picture Cancel USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 21 Worksheets DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 3 5 The OStartup Worksheet The OStartup bpw Worksheet is a special case It is used as the starting place for selecting calculation modules It shows no input or output variables but it sets defaults for all Run settings as described in Appendix C The OStartup bpw Worksheet was used to initialize all of the example Worksheets A Worksheet can be designed to meet specific needs by starting with the OStartup bpw Example Worksheet selecting the desired modules and changing options as needed The startup Worksheet is named OStartup bpw to assure that it is the first selection of the Example Worksheets fo
74. chnical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 71 View print 8 capture results DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide When you save a Run with the File gt saveAs gt Run command you should rename the Run The name of the Run is then displayed in the title bar of the BehavePlus window The complete path name for the Run is shown at the bottom of the BehavePlus application window Mi BehavePlus 3 0 0 unnamedo2 bpr BehavePlus allows you to have any number of Runs open at File View Configure Pages Windows Toole Help Cascade Tile a BeharePlus E unnamedO 1 bpr unnamed bpr once Each Run has its own display window containing a Work sheet and possibly containing calculation results Only one Run window is active at a time The Windows menu item allows you to switch between Runs It also allows you to cascade or tile the Runs within the BehavePlus window area with the Windows gt Cascade or Windows gt Tile commands By default the Run windows are stacked on top of each other so you only see the active Run If your Run windows are already cascaded or tiled you can make a Run active by clicking it The following is a tiled display of the two Runs one English one metric The English Run unnamed0 bpr is the active Run Mi BehavePlus 3 0 0 File View Configure Pages Windows Tools Help Bm ES 8 AVY Ee BS unnamedO1 bpr va BehavePlus 3 0 0 pe 22 Modules SURFACE Description i g
75. contour intervals Suppression pp SE CDSERASCCICICICA es direct attack Line construction offset 0 2012 m else parallel attack Scorch height Elapsed time Fire size at report Length to width ratio Ke E ya Map representative frac tion 1 x Contour interval USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 119 Input and Output Variable Tables BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Table 1 Input Variables and Modules Metric Range English Range Notes Input variable Units Units If multiple resources N A N A entry for each resource Resource name Resource line produc tion rate C 1 200 ch h 20 1 4023 4 m h ENE EE C 0 500 000 0 500 000 C 0 500 000 0 500 000 C 1 200 1 200 Integer C 10 100 ft2 93 9 3 m2 C 100 500 ft2 9 3 46 5 m2 Resource arrival time Resource duration Resource base cost Resource hourly cost Number of personnel o Pp E cof 1 y Sres Pot tT tT TT 1 fo lo eoan eee Se o ee ECC eee A ee ee ee lo Pp jeroww oyo pejoferocjoro o gt Manabi Area per person Number of heavy equip 3 D rt Area per heavy equip ment Input O Output I O Input or Output depending on the selected modules and options C Continuous variable D Discrete variable 120 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Input and Output Variable Table
76. currently selected folders will have their files attached Unselected folders will NOT have their files attached even if they are currently marked as attached by the paper clip icons Pale ES Te MyFuelModels 2 Default user fuel models folder E5 BehavePlus 3 0 0 Fuel Model N S er 5 v fs fed us prefire index html a YS SCAL14 bpf Manzanita s 9 SCAL15 bpf Chamise 1 SA Q SCAL16 bpf North Slope Ceanothus o 8 SCAL17 bpf Chamise 2 s Q SCAL18 bpf Sage Buckwheat JV Picture M Help Ok Cancel 82 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 rm he BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Fuel models Custom fuel models are selected just like the standard models They can be selected with the Fuel Model input guide or entering the fuel model code directly into the text box from the keyboard a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description E Previously saved Custom Fuel Models Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model E scaris SCAL16 SCAL17 SCAL18 Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture Yi EJ E Live Fuel Moisture So i gt 70 Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mith EY o 15 Terrain Slope Steepness a E fol y o chavePus 3 0 0 bion Oct 04 2004 at 11 42 19 Page 2 Previously saved Custom Fuel Models oo o Sa o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h E o Pp o Hidfame
77. d their units of measure This section may be toggled on off in the Configure gt Appearance gt Worksheet tab Notes This section permits the user to enter free field expository text The user has control of the size of this section or whether it is displayed using the Configure gt Appearance gt Worksheet tab 3 2 Example Worksheets A number of predefined example Worksheets are included with the BehavePlus installation in the Example Worksheets folder Descriptions of the example Worksheets are described in Appendix D You may use these Worksheets as provided or use them as starting points for your own configuration Use the File gt New com mand to open an example Worksheet and proceed to change your module selection input options and or out put variables as needed Once BehavePlus is configured the way you want you may name and save it as a new Worksheet During subsequent BehavePlus sessions you may load your custom Worksheet and BehavePlus is configured as expected USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 15 Worksheets DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Shown below is the SurfaceBasicFrom bpw example Worksheet y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description H Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model gt Doo Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture Ya gt EO 10 h Moisture Ya gt PEA A 100 h Moisture Ya gt AAA Live Herbaceous Moisture gt a Live Woody Moisture
78. deling bpw Surface fire fuel modeling Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 f 3 SlopeMap bpw Slope calc from map measurements Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 E 5 SurfaceBasic bpw Surface fire in the dir of max spread DIRECT Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 5 SurfaceBasicFrom bpw Wind direction from Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 E 5 SurfaceCrown bpw Max surface spread upslope wind input WAF Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 5 SurfaceMap bpw Surface spread map application Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 5 SurfaceScorchMortality bpw Linked models spread direction input Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 5 SurfaceSimple bpw Surface fire spread simple case upslope spread with the wind Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 z 5 SurfaceSpotlanite bpw Spotting from a wind driven surface fire Thu Dec 2 09 15 22 2004 a My Worksheets 2 Default user worksheet folder Tue Dec 7 06 13 15 2004 J Picture It is important to recognize that these are only examples We expect that users will set up their own folder of commonly used worksheets OStartup bpw This worksheet is a special case It is used as the starting place for selecting calculation modules It shows no input or output variables but it sets defaults for all run settings as described in Appendix D The OStartup bpw worksheet was used to initialize all of the following example worksheets BasicStart bpw This is the Worksheet that appears when you start BehavePlus It is designed so the user can quickly do a simple run
79. dline Width sets the width of grid lines drawn on the graph is thinnest and 9 thickest To prevent the display of any grid lines set Gridline Width to O USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Graph output The following graph uses the default line settings va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 10 52 58 Page 2 Surface Rate of Spread maximum chsh DIO NL TS MRE Dad _ i DIO DIO 40 60 80 Line width example Surface Rate of Spread maximum by Live Fuel Moisture and Dead Fuel Moisture IW AM 100 Live Fuel Moisture IM 120 140 8 5 Number of curve points Backoround lite Z Rainbow Colors E Bar Color Red h 20 Curve Width 3 Aras Color Black y Axis Width of Gridline Color Yelow y Gridine Width 1 Curve Pomts Curve Color 4 Eackeround White z Rainbow Colors E 2 Bar Color Fed is Curve Points 5 Rainbow Colors Curve Color Curve Width 3 Axis Color Black 2 Axis Width 1 fridine Color Yellow b Gridline Width 1 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 The resolution of the curves can be changed with the Curve Points spin box on the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Elements tab The Curve Points spin box determines the number of points calculated for each curve in the graph A str
80. e e Wind direction is specified as the direction the wind is pushing the fire SurfaceBasicFrom bpw This worksheet is like SurfaceBasic bpw except the other option for specifying directions is selected This method of specifying directions is suited for onsite calculations for a specific location on the landscape The wind direction is that used in weather forecasts e A fuel moisture value is required for each size class e Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread e Wind and spread directions are specified as degrees clockwise from north e Wind direction is the direction from which the wind is blowing SurfaceCrown bpw This Worksheet links the SURFACE and CROWN modules A fuel moisture value is required for each size class e Canopy Base Height Canopy Bulk Density and Foliar Moisture are the inputs required for the CROWN module e Wind is blowing upslope e Wind is entered as 20 ft wind speed and wind adjustment factor rather than as midflame wind speed e Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SurfaceMap bpw This worksheet might be used when using maps in projecting fire growth The header includes those for fire projection documentation e Output distances are displayed as map units e Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread e Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from north e Wind direction is the direction from which the wind is blowin
81. e 4 sj E Page Tab Options Tab Position gt Tab Text Example 2 Tab Text Color IE Short Description This page controls the appearance of page tabs on BehavePlus pages You can configure BehavePlus to display a page tab along the right margin of the page This is useful for example to identify runs for a particular fire or training session which are subsequently bound in a 3 ring binder or stored in filing folders 41 Tab Font Size 12 M Pi lv Picture v Help Appearance Controls zi Cancel Tabs per page The size of the tab depends upon the value selected in this spin box Only one tab is actually dis played per page If tabs per page is 4 the displayed tab occupies one fourth the page height If it is 10 the dis played tab occupies one tenth the page height As this number increases the displayed tab size decreases Tab position Determines the position of the displayed tab Tab position is always at the upper edge of the right margin Tab text The text to appear on the tab The text is centered within the tab and will therefore be truncated at both ends if it is too long Tab text color A color is selected from the drop down list Tab font size Font point size is selected using this spin box 20 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Worksheets The above settings create the tab on the Worksheet below va BehavePlus 3 0
82. e gt Graph Size tab select Min Value from the X Axis Origin drop down list to alter the graph appearance Graph Title Short y Y Asis Orion let o BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 07 46 35 Page 2 Graph axis examples SO A O as AI PN Y O PNT YY o J aA J o po un AEE yf et a un mb o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h ho o 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1 h Moisture 8 3 2 Y axis The Y axis scale normally differs between graphs produced by a Run since each graph is for a different output variable For example fireline intensity and flame length have different ranges of output and require a different Y axis scale By default the Y axis is scaled to the maximum calculated output value for the variable to make best use of the graph area When you want to compare graphs between Runs different Y axis scales can obfuscate the comparison A rate of spread graph for fuel model 10 for example usually has a narrower output range than for fuel model 5 under the same conditions To better compare calculated rate of spread graphs for the two fuel models you can set both graphs to have the same Y axis scale 48 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Graph output The following Run is for fuel model 10 which has relatively low rates of spread y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 0
83. e added The plan is to provide a new method of table shading to aid in prescribed fire planning The equations in the MORTALITY module in BehavePlus have been updated to match those of FOFEM Many new tree species have been added e BehavePlus lists input values by category Fuel Vegetation Weather rather than by module DIRECT SIZE as was done in the old BEHAVE In BehavePlus users select the output variables to be displayed In BEHAVE the output list was fixed e Map distance calculation was a stand alone feature in BEHAVE It is integrated into BehavePlus BEHAVE asked users whether they were using a computer with a screen The program could be run in either WORDY or TERSE mode BehavePlus assumes it is being run on a 2Ist century personal computer USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 113 Version Comparison BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 114 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Appendix B Input and Output Variable Tables Each input variable in BehavePlus version 3 0 is listed in the following Table according to category l for Input in a Module column indicates that it is a possible input for that module In some cases an input variable may also be an output variable indicated by O for Output It depends on the selected modules input options and output variables For example note that Midflame wind speed is an input to SURFACE under th
84. e foliage for P G USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 117 P G height of under story P G palmetto coverage P G overstory basal area Lightning ignition fuel type Lightning duff and litter depth Fuel Vegetation Overstory ee jwe _ EE o contain o Mamas EE o vona gt gt Variable Type E MEME Live herbaceous mois ture Input and Output Variable Tables BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Table 1 Input Variables and Modules Input variable Live woody moisture Dead fuel moisture Live fuel moisture Foliar moisture Weather Midflame wind speed 1 0 20 ft or 10 m wind speed Wind adjustment factor 1 0 Effective wind speed SuRFACE o SAR ET _ ee eee Wind direction from North or from ups lope Air temperature Fuel shading from the sun Lightning strike type Terrain Slope steepness Ridge to valley eleva tion difference Ridge to valley horizon tal distance Spotting source location 118 pt aaa MMA la Te Metric Range English Range Notes Units Units 30 300 60 60 30 300 30 300 Used for live herba ceous and woody 30 Overstory conifer nee 300 3000 300 30 300 dles 30 300 Live stemwood for P G Used for l h 10 h 100 h C C a _ score
85. e has a finite set of valid values Examples include Fuel Model Spotting Source Location and Tree Species A Guide Button is the button with the arrow icon next to each Worksheet entry field Pressing the Guide But ton activates an Input Guide dialog box containing a help browser pane and input assistance For continuous variables the dialog facilitates entry of a large number of inputs by specifying the minimum input value maxi mum input value and increment value For discrete variables the Input Guide dialog box contains a list of all valid inputs from which the user may select zero or more values A Workspace is a complete subdirectory tree containing all required BehavePlus files plus any additional Work sheet Run Fuel Model Moisture Scenario Units Set or capture files saved by the user A Workspace corre sponds to a single BehavePlus project and each BehavePlus project should have its own Workspace Workspaces are created by the File gt Workspaces gt New workspace and the Files gt Workspaces gt Clone current workspace commands 2 6 Menus and Toolbar All BehavePlus operations are available from the menu bar Cucharas 800 umamedizi HT nes als Halr ER File View Configure Pages Windows Tools Help losa 729000 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 13 Operation DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide The more common operations such as
86. e input option Wind speed is entered as mid flame height However it is an output variable if Wind speed is entered as 20 ft wind and wind adjustment factor is selected e Rate is spread is an output from SURFACE and an input to SIZE If both SURFACE and SIZE are selected the rate of spread from SURFACE is automatically used in SIZE If only SIZE is selected then the user must input values for rate of spread e Temperature is used only in SCORCH and RH it is not used for the spread rate and intensity calculations in SURFACE These tables also give the English and metric units and number of decimal places and the output variables selected for display initiated by the OStartup bpw worksheet See Appendix D USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 115 Input and Output Variable Tables BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Table 1 Input Variables and Modules Metric Range Units English Range Units Input variable Notes SURFACE SAFETY CONTAIN SPOT MORTALITY IGNITE CROWN Variable Type Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel model N A N A For two fuel models N A N A 0 0 68 35 tonne ha Fuel model parameter 0 0 68 35 tonne ha First fuel model Second fuel model First fuel model cover ge C 0 100 jam Fuel model type l h fuel load 0 0 30 49 ton ac 0 h fuel load 0 0 30 49 ton ac 100 h fuel load 0 0 30 49 ton ac 0 0 68 35 ton
87. e its own Workspace Workspaces are created with either the File gt Workspaces gt New workspace or Clone current workspace commands When BehavePlus is first installed it has a single Workspace called the DefaultDataFolder This is the default current Workspace every time BehavePlus is started EX C Program Files SEM BehavePlus File Edit View Favorites Tools Help EM Back gt Search LA Folders GhHistory Mi E X A Address BehavePlus Go Folders x Names Size Type Modfied al C DefaultDataFolder File Folder 10 17 2002 12 25 PM JDocFolder File Folder 9 25 2002 11 50 AM DefaultDataFolder C ImageFolder File Folder 9 25 2002 11 51 AM CaptureFolder PB Behaverlus exe 4 804KB Application 1 15 2002 8 53 AM Y MyScreenCaptures 2 BehavePlus xml 436 KB XML Document 12 14 2001 12 52 AM C ComposerFolder FuelModelFolder C MyFuelModels C SoCalifornia 2 03 MoistureScenarioFolder O MyMoistureScenarios CI TSTMDL 2 3 RunFolder C Broad C ExampleRuns a MyRuns a RxBurnRuns 2 03 UnitsSetFolder C MyUnitsSets WorksheetFolder C MyWorksheets C Rxworksheets C Standard 2 3 DocFolder 2 03 English C Html C GeoFolder C ImageFolder 5 objects Disk free space 17 7 GB My Computer We recommend you create a new Workspace using the File gt Workspaces gt New Workspace command for every BehavePlus project you re working on project can be a collection of fire behavior
88. e saved and re used The Guide Button next to each Worksheet entry field displays a help browser pane with context specific text and either a list of valid choices for discrete variables or fields for generating a range of input values Zero one or two input variables may have multiple entry values producing either a simple result list a single one way table or a multi page two way table respectively If one input variable has multiple entry values a separate graph can be generated for each output variable If two input variables have multiple entry values each output variable graph contains a family of curves The SURFACE SIZE and CONTAIN Modules can produce diagrams of their results Help gt Program help makes this manual and all associated documentation available in PDF format for reading web browsing and printing The user interface language may be dynamically changed via Configure gt Language Portuguese Por tugal was made available in version 2 as an example but was not updated to version 3 Contact cbev ins montana com if you d like to volunteer to add support for another language Completed Runs may be saved and re used 2 4 Installation 2 4 1 Download BehavePlus is available for download from www fire org Simply follow the BehavePlus links to the download page and select the Windows installation package You should check the downloaded file size against the original to ensure you received t
89. eRuns folder to explore the expanded fuel model set and see the effect of dynamic fuel models A full description of the expanded fuel model set is found in Scott and Burgan 2004 12 4 Dynamic fuel models Dynamic load transfer of herbaceous fuel is available in BehavePlus If the Fuel Model Type is identified as dynamic and contains live herbaceous fuel then fuel load is transferred from live to dead as a function of the Live Herbaceous Moisture entered on the Worksheet Dynamic fuel models must have a live herbaceous fuel load while with static fuel models a live herbaceous fuel load is optional Dynamic Fuel Model Live Herbaceous Fuel Load no k Ok gt The original 3 standard fuel models are static In the expanded set models that contains a live herbaceous fuel load are dynamic The dynamic fuel models are identified by a D at the end of their description and a Fuel Model Type parameter of D Two output variables are available to help users understand dynamic fuel modeling Live Herb Load Trans fer and Dead Herbaceous Fuel Load can be selected on the Configure gt Module selection gt SUR 18 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Fuel models FACE gt Options gt Outputs tab A full explanation of dynamic fuel modeling is found in Scott and Burgan 2004 a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description EN Dynamic fuel model e
90. ed by right clicking and selecting the appropriate command from the shortcut menu E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Moisture Scenario ETS ES E 3 4111 bpm DIL1 Very low dead fully cured herb 3 4 5 30 60 O dll2bpm DIL2 Very low dead 2 3 cured herb 3 4 5 60 90 E E 5 413 bpm D1L3 Very low dead 1 3 cured herb 3 4 5 90 120 Gal dpm DILA Very low dead fully green herb 3 4 5 120 150 Ga bpm D2L1 Low dead filly cured herb 6 7 8 30 60 3 d2l2 bpm D2L2 Low dead 2 3 cured herb 6 7 8 60 90 d23 bpm D2L3 Low dead 1 3 cured herb 6 7 8 90 120 E d2i4 bpm D21A Low dead filly green herb 6 7 8 120 150 sl Picture Help Cancel Moisture scenario files are attached by selecting the folder in which they reside and clicking the OK button in the Moisture Scenario dialog box This makes all the moisture scenarios in that folder accessible for use It is not possible to select and attach individual moisture scenarios the entire folder must be attached For example one set of the moisture scenarios that come with the BehavePlus program are attached by selecting the FuelModeling folder Once a moisture scenario folder is attached its moisture scenarios appear in the Mois ture Scenario input guide Worksheet options also need to be set to use moisture scenarios Set up the Worksheet to enter fuel mois tures with moisture scenarios using the Configure gt Module selection gt SUR
91. ee mortality wind adjustment factors and probability of ignition The User s Guide describes operation of the program Other papers describe the models and application of the system Keywords Fire behavior fire spread fire intensity computer program The Authors Patricia L Andrews is a Research Physical Scientist at the Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula MT She received a B A degree in mathematics and chemistry from Montana State University Billings in 1970 and an M A degree in mathematics and computer science in 1973 from the University of Montana Missoula She has been at the Fire Sciences Laboratory since 1973 serving as Project Leader of the Fire Behavior Research Work Unit from 1991 to 1996 Collin D Bevins is Director of Systems for Environmental Management a Missoula MT nonprofit research and educational organization founded in 1977 Collin earned a B A degree from Carleton College Northfield MN in 1974 and an M S degree in forestry University of Washington Seattle 1975 Robert C Seli is a Forester at the Fire Sciences Laboratory in Missoula MT He was previously a District Fire Management Officer on the Lolo National Forest a Silviculturist on the Nezperce National Forest and received a B S degree in forestry from North Carolina State University in 1974 Acknowledgments Funding for development of the BehavePlus program and supporting material was provided by the Joint Fire Sci ence Program USDA Forest
92. eets Some Exam ple Worksheets are supplied with the BehavePlus distribution and are included in every Workspace You may reconfigure BehavePlus as needed for any purpose then save its Worksheet for later reuse Functionally a Worksheet is a BehavePlus configuration that does not have any input values associated with it A Run is a Worksheet that has a complete set of valid inputs but no outputs are saved in a Run You must cal culate a saved Run to obtain outputs Any given Worksheet may have an infinite number of Runs each deter mined by its input values Runs may be saved for later use and review The BehavePlus installation includes Example Runs A Model is a set of equations that estimate one or more output variables from one or more input variables While BehavePlus contains many models you will more commonly see references to Modules which are collec tions of models A Fuel Model is a set of numbers describing a fuel bed used by the surface fire spread model A Module is a collection of one or more Models that can be activated deactivated by the user during Work sheet configuration Selecting the IGNITE Module for example includes both the firebrand ignition model and the lightning strike ignition model A Continuous Variable is an input or output variable that has a continuous range of values Continuous variables have a minimum and maximum valid value Examples include fuel moisture content and wind speed A Discrete Variabl
93. ength Maximum Fire Width For example the following shows the Worksheet output table and Fire Shape Diagram va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 08 07 18 Page 1 Modules SIZE Description i gt Fire Shape Diagram example Weather Effective Wind Speed muh gt fo 6 Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h g 10 Elapsed Time h g 1 2 Run Option Notes None Output Variables Area ac SIZE Perimeter ch SIZE Length to Width Ratio SIZE Fire Shape Diagram SIZE 66 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Diagram output y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 08 07 18 Page 2 Fire Shape Diagram example Area ac Effective Elapsed Time Wind h mih E 2 0 0 0 31 4 125 7 6 0 3 4 TIR v BehavePlus 3 0 0 EffectiveWindpeed 0 0 mih ElapsedTime 10h Up Wind Down Wind Area 31 4 ac Perimeter 63 ch Lengthto WidthRatio 1 0 BackingSpreadDistance 10 0 ch Fire Length 20 0 ch MaximumFire Width 20 0 ch ElapsedTime 10h EffectiveWindSpeed 6 0 mih ElapsedTime 10h Up Wind Down Wind Area 3 4 ac Perimeter 24 ch Lengthto WidthRatio 2 5 Backin preadDistance 0 4 ch Fire Length 10 4 ch MaximumFire Width 42 ch ElapsedTime 10h Fire Shape Mon Nov 08 2004 at 08 07 18 Fire Shape Diagram example EffectiveWindSpeed 0 0 mih ElapsedTime 2 0 h Up Wind Down Wind Area 1257 ac Perimeter 126 ch Lengthto WidthRatio 1 0
94. ere values for acceptable conditions can be entered for example flame length of 2 to 4 ft Ok Cancel When a distance is calculated in SURFACE SIZE or SPOT and the Display output distances in map units check box is selected a Map Representative Fraction 1 x text box is added to the Worksheet and map distances are added to the list of output variables El USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 91 Map applications DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide For example when the Spread Distance check box is selected in the Configure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Outputs tab the following Worksheet results y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description i gt Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model g Do Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture H Eta Live Fuel Moisture g e Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih Ss Do Terrain Slope Steepness H Do Fire Elapsed Time h gt Map a Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Winds patos ne Output distances are also displayed in map units MAP Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Surface Spread Distance ch REACE Surface Spread Map Distance in S
95. ervice General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Worksheets E Fire projection Additional documentation lines can be added by selecting the Fire projection docu documentation mentation and or Training documentation check boxes from the Configure gt RE Appearance gt Worksheet tab Selecting the Fire projection documentation check box adds the following input fields to the Worksheet va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Fire Name gt Fire Date amp Projection Period g Fire Analyst i gt Selecting the Training documentation check box adds the following input fields to the Worksheet a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Training Course g Training Exercise gt Trainee Name and Date gt Both options can be selected at the same time 3 3 3 Input section The required input variables and their units are displayed next to their text boxes Fuel moisture variables that are not required have the text box shaded In the example below only l h fuel moisture is required for fuel model because the other fuel categories are not included in the fuel model The Guide gg button for each input variable provides access to definitions and input assistance Input variables are organized by logical association rather than by calculation module A table of all possible input variables by category is given in Appendix B y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules
96. etation Overstory Canopy Height ft H 6 7 Tree Height ft i gt 8 1 Spot Tree Species i gt AB ILAS ABIBAL Abies balsamea Balsam fir ABIGRA Abies grandis Grand fir ABILAS Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine fir PICENG Picea engelmannii Engelmann spruce PINCON Pinus contorta Lodgepole pine PINECH Pinus echinata Shortleaf pine PINELL Pinus elliottu Slash pine PINMON Pinus monticola Western white pine PINP AL Pinus palustrus Longleaf pine PINPON Pinus ponderosa Ponderosa pine PINSER Pinus serotina Pond pine PINTAE Pinus taeda Loblolly pine PSEMEN Pseudotsuga menziesu Douglas fir TSUHET Tsuga heterophylla Western hemlock D B H n En Weather 20 ft Wind Speed mh js a Terrain Ridge to Valley Elevation Difference ft Ss 1000 Ridge to Valley Horizontal Distance mi i gt 1 Spotting Source Location E fer ML RT Ridge Top MW Midslope Windward VB Valley Bottom ML Midslope Leeward 18 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Worksheets With the Show descriptions only for entered discrete variable codes check box selected a page is generated at the end of outputs listing the codes and descriptions used in the Run y RA 3 0 0 Fn Oct 29 2004 at 13 00 32 Page 5 Discrete Variable Codes Used Input Code Example Spot Tree Species ABILAS Abies lasiocarpa Subalpine fir Spotting Source Location RT Ridge Top ML Midslope Le
97. eward 3 3 5 Acceptable Fire Conditions This section is displayed on the Worksheet when the Table shading for acceptable fire conditions check box in the Module Selection dialog box is selected Acceptable Fire Conditions Surface Rate of Spread maximum chh y lo O lo 0 Flame Length DH y 0 0 f0 0 Acceptable Fire Conditions are fully explained in Chapter 7 Table Shading 3 3 6 Run Option Notes For clarification Run options are given after the input variables The user does not have the option of suppress ing this information The module using the option is also listed in brackets Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from north SURFACE Wind direction is the direction from which the wind is blowing SURFACE 3 3 7 Output variables Selected output variables and their units can be displayed at the end of the Show output variables input Worksheet using the Configure gt Appearance gt Worksheet to be calculated tab The module calculating the output variable is also listed in brackets For example Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum chh SURFACE Heat per Unit Area Btuft2 SURFACE Fireline Intensity Btu ft s SURFACE Flame Length ft SURFACE Direction of M
98. fer Dead Herbaceous Fuel Load Slope Steepness Slope Elevation Change Slope Horizontal Distance SURFACE Wind Slope Spread Direction Dia gram Fire Characteristics Chart For palmetto gallberry fuel option e P G Dead Fine Fuel Load P G Dead Medium Fuel Load P G Dead Foliage Fuel Load P G Live Fine Fuel Load P G Live Medium Fuel Load e P G Live Foliage Fuel Load P G Litter Fuel Load Fuel Bed Depth Critical Surface Intensity e Critical Surface Flame Length Transition Ratio e Crown Spread Distance Transition to Crown Fire ECN Crown ROS Critical Crown ROS Active Ratio Active Crown Fire Type uaa Zone Separation Distance e Safety Zone Radius SAFETY uaa Zone Size e Area e Length to Width Ratio e Perimeter e Forward Spread Distance e Backing Spread Distance SIZE e Fire Length Maximum Fire Width e Fire Shape Diagram USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 127 The OStartup bpw worksheet defaults BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Table 2 Outputs OStartup bpw output variable Other output variables selection Time from Report Number of Resources Used Contain Status Cost of Resources Used CONTAIN e Contained Area Containmen Diagram e Fireline Constructed e Spotting Distance from Torching Spotting Distance from a Burning Trees Pile e Spotting Distance from a Wind Driven Surface Fire SCORCH Scorch Height e Probability of Mortality e B
99. field by Fire Behavior Analysts They are not based on equations so they are not readily linked with other modules in BehavePlus PE 17 1 Saving and Documenting You can save fine dead fuel moisture inputs and results as a HTML file A Description text box at the bottom of the input section permits documentation of the saved results When the Export button is clicked a Save As HTML dialog box appears You may navigate to any drive or directory and select an existing file or specify a new file name If you select an existing file a popup will ask you to confirm overwriting the existing file If you specify a new file without a html or htm extension a html USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 97 Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tool BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide extension is automatically added The contents of the Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tool dialog box are then writ ten to the file in HTML format 5 Mozilla Firefox Al x File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help Q L A lt el x Ly z E j A 1 File f C Documents 20and 20Settings rseli Desktop fuel moist html Mozilla Firebird Help User Support Forum _ Plug in FAQ Google Search myt BehavePlus 3 0 0 Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Content Tool Hoedown Fire July 13th Dry Bulb Temperature 70 89 oF Relative Humidity 10 14 Reference Fuel Mo
100. g e Direction of maximum spread and spread distance are selected as additional output variables Slope steepness is calculated from map measurements 132 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Example Worksheets SurfaceScorchMortality bpw This worksheet enables the three modules SURFACE SCORCH and MORTALITY e Calculations are for specified spread directions rather than for the direction of maximum spread e Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from upslope e Wind direction is the direction the wind is pushing the fire SurfaceSimple bpw This worksheet is the ultimate simplification of the setup for a surface fire spread and intensity calculation It can be used to examine relationships among the basic variables fuel moisture wind and slope on surface fire spread For specific fire behavior prediction more information would be used e Fuel moisture is entered as dead and live category A single value is used for l h 10 h and 100 h moisture content and another for live herbaceous and live woody fuel moisture e Calculations are for maximum spread rate upslope spread with the wind SurfaceSpotlgnite bpw This worksheet enables the three modules SURFACE SPOT and IGNITE e Spotting distance is calculated from a wind driven surface fire which is the only spotting distance output option that makes sense for a link to SURFACE e Wind is entered as 20 ft
101. ges if necessary BehavePlus produces graphs and diagrams as well as tables The primary output of the old BEHAVE was tables Crude graphs were produced using characters The fuel modeling portion of the old BEHAVE consisted of the NEWMDL and TSTMDL programs The features in NEWMDL are not in BehavePlus The TSTMDL fuel model testing methods are in BehavePlus BehavePlus does not include the fine dead fuel moisture model in MOISTURE and SITE modules in the FIRE2 program of BEHAVE A better moisture model based on hourly weather data has been developed and is being incorporated into the National Fire Danger Rating System NFDRS and the FireFamily Plus program Eventually it will be available for fire behavior calculations in BehavePlus BehavePlus offers the fuel moisture tables as a tool The CONTAIN module of BehavePlus is different from that used in BEHAVE The old model had a math ematical problem that occasionally surfaced BehavePlus uses a model by Fried and Fried 1996 that offers the application of multiple resources with various productivity rates and arrival times and direct or parallel attack at either the fire head or rear BehavePlus does not offer the option of reverse calculation that was in the old BEHAVE i e given a final fire size what is the required line production rate The RxWindow program is not and will not be part of BehavePlus Reverse calculation becomes more dif ficult essentially impossible as models ar
102. gt E Weather Midflame Wind Speed mih gt Doo Wind Direction from north deg gt Doo Terrain Slope Steepness gt Doo Aspect from north deg gt Doo Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from north SURFACE Wind direction is the direction from which the wind is blowing SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Heat per Unt Area Btwift2 SURFACE Fireline Intensity Btwfts SURFACE Flame Length ft SURFACE Direction of Maximum Spread from north deg SURFACE Max Eff Wind Exceeded SURFACE continued on next page 3 3 Worksheet Sections 3 3 1 Page Header The header of each page includes the version number of the BehavePlus program and the page number Once a Run is calculated the date and time of the calculation is added The date and time and page number can be used to correctly collate printed documents y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 01 2004 at 17 18 39 Page 1 3 3 2 Documentation Documentation is the header information on the Worksheet The calculation modules that have been selected are listed Documentation always includes a Description field y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description i gt 16 USDA Forest S
103. h Rep INT 260 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Research Station 93 p Burgan Robert E Rothermel Richard C 1984 BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system FUEL subsystem Gen Tech Rep INT 167 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Inter mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station 126 p Finney Mark A 1998 FARSITE Fire area simulator model development and evaluation Res Pap RMRS RP 4 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station 47 p Fried S and B D Fried 1996 Simulating Wildfire Containment with Realistic Tactics Forest Science 42 267 281 Rothermel Richard C 1972 A mathematical model for predicting fire spread in wildland fuels Res Pap INT 15 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station 40 p Rothermel Richard C 1983 How to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fires Gen Tech Rep INT 143 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station 161 p Rothermel Richard C 1991 Predicting behavior and size of crown fires in the northern Rocky Mountains Res Pap IN T 438 Ogden UT U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station Scott Joe H Burgan Robert E in prep An expanded set of
104. h a0 10 0 15 0 Display table results Select the Table Row Variable C Rate of Spread maximum Elapsed Time l Display graph results select the X Asas Variable Rate of Spread maximum Elapsed Time Specify graph Y axis limits va BehavePlus 3 0 0 0 5 12 d a Elapsed Time h 1 0 a 25 SE Tue Nov 02 2004 at 09 59 42 LS 19 37 56 DRAFT 2 0 Se Ls Jaa 2 0 ES 50 74 Page 2 Page 3 Page 2 Two way table output example Area ac Elapsed Time h 0 5 1 0 is 2 0 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Surface Rate of Spread maximum 5 0 LETA dl Ee ama ch h 10 0 eo q Bie 15 5 15 0 Zog E tls er samu Table output Changing the Table Row Variable to the Elapsed Time option button swaps the table columns and rows produces the following tables 33 Table output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 6 4 Table appearance Table row shading can be enabled with the Configure gt Appearance gt Tables tab Selecting the Shade alternate table rows check box causes all output tables to have alternating rows shaded with a background color This may improve the readabil ity of wide tables If the check box is cleared tables are displayed without any row background color iM Shade alternate table rows The table row background color is selected from the Shade drop down list hade Light Grey ef This table appearance
105. he entire package To be absolutely certain the package arrived intact use the md5sum program from a command line prompt gt md5sum bp 3 0 0 exe If the resulting 32 digit hexadecimal number is not identical to the one published on the BehavePlus download page your download copy is corrupt USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 11 Operation DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 2 4 2 System Requirements BehavePlus has modest system requirements met by the most inexpensive computers available on the market Windows 95 98 ME NT 2000 or XP e Minimum 800 x 600 video resolution with 256 8 bit colors recommend 1024 x 768 video resolution with 64K 16 bit colors e 6 megabytes of available RAM e 20 megabytes of disk storage 2 4 3 Windows Installation BehavePlus for Windows is packaged using the Wise Installation System Simply type the name of the package e g bp 3 O 0 exe ata command prompt or click on its name in Windows Explorer and the installation wiz ard will guide you through the process This mostly consists of pressing the OK button 2 4 4 File Structure BehavePlus has a proscribed file system structure all files must be located in specific subdirectories The parent directory of this file structure and all its subdirectories and files are collectively known as a Workspace When BehavePlus is first installed it has a single Workspace called DefaultDataFolder as shown below
106. he fire SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Fireline Intensity Btu ft s SURFACE Flame Length ft SURFACE Direction of Maximum Spread from upslope deg SURFACE Max Eff Wind Exceeded SURFACE Notice that some of the output variables are listed in the Acceptable Fire Conditions section Not all the output variables are available to be constrained The output variables that can be used to identify acceptable fire conditions are listed in Table 2 of Appendix B 7 2 Entering Acceptable Fire Conditions In the Acceptable Fire Conditions section each output variable listed has a check box and two text boxes for entering the range of acceptable fire conditions By default the check boxes are cleared The ranges specified in the text boxes are only considered if the output variable check box is selected Acceptable Fire Conditions Surface Rate of Spread maximum c Fireline Intensity Btu ft Flame Length This allows you to view all the output variables you want while only using a subset to define your acceptable fire conditions Of course if an output variable is of no interest then clear it from the Outputs tab for the appro priate module and it appears in neither the Acceptable Fire Conditions or Output Variables section 38 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 BehavePlus v2 0 User s Guide DRAFT Table Shading After selecting the outp
107. he old BEHAVE system e BehavePlus is one program The old BEHAVE was five programs FIREI FIRE2 RX WINDOW NEWMDL TSTMDL The separation was due to computer limitations at the time and an extended development period e BehavePlus gives the user control of input options that were fixed on the old BEHAVE For example in the old BEHAVE the DIRECT module required direct input of fuel moisture by size class midflame wind speed and direction of wind and spread with respect to upslope The SITE module calculated fine fuel moisture and requested input of 20 ft wind speed exposure to the wind and direction of wind and spread 112 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Version Comparison The DISPATCH module requested dead and live fuel moisture 20 ft wind speed and wind adjustment fac tor Calculations were for upslope spread with the wind In the TSTMDL program fuel moisture was spec ified by category In contrast the BehavePlus SURFACE module allows users to specify the method of entry for fuel moisture wind speed and directions In BEHAVE only continuous variables could be assigned more than one value for a maximum of seven val ues For example wind speed could be assigned a range of values but fuel model could not BehavePlus allows multiple input values for every variable and there is essentially no limit to the number of values Table output is carried over to multiple pa
108. here by permission of the artist All images used in BehavePlus and its associated manuals and training materials are from original works by Monte Dolack and appear by permission of the artist Preface This User s Guide explains how to use the BehavePlus fire modeling system software Other papers will describe the models incorporated into the system and application of the predictions This is an RMRS online publication lt can be downloaded from the Rocky Mountain Research Station publica tions web page http www fs fed us rm main pubs electronic html You can download this User s Guide and the BehavePlus program and provide comments through the Behave Plus web site http fire org This User s Guide is also an integral part of the BehavePlus system serving as online help This publication has been revised from it s original June 2003 release It will continue to be updated as features and modeling capabilities are added to the program The BehavePlus system is supported by USDA Forest Service National Fire and Aviation Management Information Systems Team 3833 S Development Avenue Boise ID 83705 800 253 5559 fire_help dms nwcg gov What s New Version 3 is an upgrade to version 2 that was released in July 2004 Several major new features have been added in version 3 e Crown fire modeling e Table shading for acceptable fire conditions replaces Rx WINDOW in BEHAVE e Calculating wind adjustment factors A e
109. hted l l a l e dead and live category Moisture is entered by individual size class l l e moisture scenario e 20 ft wind and Input wind adjustment factor 20 ft wind and Calculated wind adjustment factor Wind speed is entered as midflame height e 10 m wind and Input wind adjustment factor e 10 m wind and Calculated wind adjustment factor Rate of spread is calcu only in the direction of in directions specified on the work lated maximum spread sheet degrees clockwise from Wind amp spread directions degrees clockwise from north direc tion from which the wind is blowing upslope direction the wind is pushing the fire A Slope steepness is specified on the worksheet calculated from map measurements entered as CONTAIN SUPpression inpue a single resource multiple resources entered for MORTALITY Bark thickness is specified on the worksheet estimated from species and d b h E 26 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide The OStartup bpw worksheet defaults Table 2 Outputs OStartup bpw output variable Other output variables selection Surface rate of spread Reaction Intensity Heat per unit area Surface Spread Distance Fireline intensity Midflame Wind Speed Flame length Wind Adjustment Factor Direction of maximum spread Effective Wind Speed Maximum wind exceeded Effective Wind Speed Limit Fuel Load Trans
110. inment Diagram example Suppression Time from Contain Contain Fireline Tactic Report Status Area Constructed h ac ch Head 1 4 Contained 5 2 26 6 Rear 2 8 Contained 21 0 67 7 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 69 Diagram output a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Surfacerate of Spread maximum 10 0 chh Lengthto WidthRatio 2 0 Fire Size atReport 0 5 ac Suppression actic Head LineConstructiomMffset O ch Surfacerate of Spread maximum 10 0 chh Lengthto WidthRatio 2 0 Fire Size atReport 0 5 ac Suppressiorl actic Rear LineConstructiowffset O ch 70 DRAFT Mon Nov 08 2004 at 10 11 04 Page 3 Containment Diagram example Containment Diagram Suppressiorl actic Head Fire Perim At Report Fire Perim At Attack FirelineConstructe ContairStatus Containe Time fromReport 14h FirelineConstructed 26 6 ch Contained rea 5 2 ac Suppressiorl actic Rear Fire Perim AtReport Fire Perim At Attack FirelineConstructe ContairStatus Containe Time fromReport 28h FirelineConstructed 67 7 ch Contained rea 21 0 ac BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 10 View print amp capture results 10 1 View size The View gt xx command changes the size of your Worksheet File View Configure Pages windows Tools Help and Run when viewed on screen It does not affect the size of printed output 10 2 Pages
111. iption BY Graph title example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture Live Fuel Moisture Weather Midflame Wind Speed mih Direction of Wind Vector from upslope deg Terrain Slope Steepness gt gt H fs 3 15 BD fico Bbs O OZO Bl o Ss o Using the above Run a graph with a short title the default looks like the following BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 10 11 22 Page 2 Graph title example Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h 0 2 4 6 8 Midflame Wind Speed mih 10 12 14 16 Dead Fuel Moisture 0 X Asis Onegin Zero Y Asas Origin Zero 54 Selecting Long from the Graph Title drop down list on the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Size tab adds more information to the title USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Graph output va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 10 23 26 Page 2 Graph title example Surface Rate of Spread maximum by Dead Fuel Moisture and Midflame Wind Speed Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h Dead Fuel Moisture 8 4 3 Graph colors Graph colors can be changed with the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Elements tab Piel ES E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Appearance Options Application Graph Size Graph Elements Page Tabs Tables Worksheet ee White gt
112. is not used 9 2 Direct entry Values can be typed directly into the variable text boxes and the Enter or Tab keys moves the cursor to the next field The cursor can also be moved to any text box with a mouse click More than one value can be entered for an input variable Multiple values are separated by a space or comma delimiter You do not need to always specify equal steps You can enter several independent values separated by delimiters For table output a separate row and or column will be created for each value from the input variable text box For graphs of continuous input variables the curve is drawn between the smallest and largest value entered Graphs of discrete variables will display a separate bar for each input value See chapter 6 Table output for more on how multiple values affect outputs 5 3 Input Guide The Input Guide dialog box is opened by clicking the Guide Ed button to the left of each input variable text box 5 3 1 Continuous variables E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide NERI Valid input ranges can be viewed in the Input Guide dialog mp Erwd ta Home index box Midflame Wind Single values are entered in just the From text box anda 0 0 60 0 mith l second value can be entered in the Thru text box From 0 Speed Tam 20 For continuous variables the Input Guide dialog box allows Step 5 definition of a range of values by a constant increment For Sho
113. isture 2 Month May June July Time of Day 12 00 13 59 Elevation Difference Level within 1000 ft Slope 314 Aspect North Fuel Shading Shaded gt 50 shading Fuel Moisture Correction 3 Fine Dead Fuel Moisture 5 Run on Wed Dec 08 10 08 09 2004 Done YA You may view the results using any web browser such as FireFox Mozilla or even Internet Explorer You may also attach the file to E mail or post it to a web site 98 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 18 RH Tool The Relative Humidity dialog box is opened with the Tools gt Relative humidity command Mi BehavePlus 3 0 0 Relative Humidity Tool Units oF andft oCandm Dry Bulb Temp 81 FHjoF Dry Bulb Temp 81 oF DryBubTemp 81 oF Wet Bulb Temp 61 S oF Wet Bulb Depression 20 S oF Dew Point Temp las gt oF Site Elevation Pp amp f Site Elevation pb 2 ft Wet Bulb Depression po oF Wet Bulb Temp 61 oF Dew Point Temp Me oF Dew Point Temp TS oF Relative Humidity 30 Relative Humidity 30 Relative Humidity 23 lv Picture M Help Dismiss The Relative Humidity dialog box provides three ways to calculate relative humidity depending on available inputs a column of text boxes for each method e All three methods require Dry Bulb Temperature as an input e The first column utilizes a Wet Bulb Temperature input the second the Vet Bulb Depression the differ ence between Wet and D
114. itial attack and constructed fireline at the time the fire was successfully contained or when it escaped initial attack all resources exhausted before containment The Containment Diagram is displayed by selecting the Containment Diagram M Time from Report check box from the Configure gt Module selection gt CONTAIN gt Options gt Output Variables tab Also select the Contain Status check box to output whether the fire was Contained or Escaped on the Containment Diagram Y Contain Status Y Contained Area V Fireline Constructed Y Number of Resources Used Cost of Resources Used vm Containment Diagram ra BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 10 08 26 Page 1 Modules CONTAIN Description gt Containment Diagram examplel Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h i gt IO Fire Size at Report ac gt Os 0 Length to Width Ratio E PT Suppression Suppression Tactic gt Head Rear stst s s S Line Construction Offset ch Ss Do Resource Line Production Rate ch H 30 o Resource Arrival Time h Ss Os 0 Resource Duration h i gt A Run Option Notes Suppression input is for a single resource CONTAIN multiple values can be entered for any input variable Output Variables Time from Report h CONTAIN Contain Status CONTAIN Contained Area ac CONTAIN Fireline Constructed ch CONTAIN Containment Diagram CONTAIN va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 10 11 04 Page 2 Conta
115. ity of fire ignition from firebrands probability of fire ignition from lightning strikes relative humidity or dew point temperature midflame wind speed and wind adjustment factor fine dead fuel moisture content sun rise sun set dawn and dusk at any location or date palmetto gallberry dynamic fuels create and save custom moisture scenarios weighted fire behavior within a two fuel model complex USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Operation 2 3 2 Operation BehavePlus has the following operational features e BehavePlus is cross platform and works identically on all versions of Windows and Linux Multiple Worksheets may be open at one time Worksheets may be overlaid tiled cascaded and resized Modules collections of related fire models may be individually toggled on off Modules may have alternate input options available through the Configure gt Module selection gt Options gt Input Options tab Module output variables can be toggled on off via the Configure gt Module selection gt Options gt Output Variables tab Modules may be linked so the outputs from one module are automatically input into another module e All distance outputs may be scaled to map units e All input and output units of measure may be modified by the user Custom Worksheet configurations may be saved and re used e Custom sets of units of measure may b
116. ivity fuel S Fuel Model text box AT pra GAME a OM IHN 202 sb2 Moderate load activity or low load blowdown 5 203 sb3 High load activity fuel or moderate load blowdown 5 204 sb4 High load blowdown 5 SCAL14 SCAL14 Manzanita SCAL15 SCAL15 Chamise 1 SCAL16 SCAL16 North Slope Ceanothus SCALI SCAL1 Chamise 2 SCALIS SCAL18 Sage Buckwheat To view the parameters of a particular fuel model right click on it s name and select the View parameters command from the short cut menu l Picture T Help Clear Cancel USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 81 Fuel models DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Fuel Model SCAL14 Fuel Model Name SCALIA Description Manzanita 1 h Fuel Load 5 tons ac 10 h Fuel Load 4 5 tonsfac 100 h Fuel Load 1 05 tens ac Live Herbaceous Fuel Load 1 45 tonsfac Lave Woody Fuel Load 5 tonsfac l h Surface Area Vol Ratio 350 Att Live Herbaceous Surface Area Vol Ratio 1500 t23 Live Woody Surface Area ol Rato 250 tits Fuel Bed Depth 5 feet Dead Fuel Moisture of Extinction 15 percent Dead Fuel Heat Content 9211 Btulb Live Fuel Heat Content 9211 Btullb When viewed in the Fuel Model dialog box opened with the Configure gt Fuel model set selection command folders and files with a paper clip icon are currently attached to i e accessible for use by Behave Plus in the current session Once the Ok button is pressed only the
117. ksheet 46 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Graph output X Axis Origin and Y Axis Origin minimum values can be set for each as either zero or as the variable s minimum value as specified on the input Worksheet The graph origin is set to 0 0 as the default For example consider the following Run va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 07 15 20 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description gt Graph axis examples Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model gt SO Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture H 420 10 h Moisture H TT 100 h Moisture gt Pa Live Herbaceous Moisture Ya H Ea Live Woody Moisture gt 120 Weather Midflame Wind Speed mifh H O48 0 Direction of Wind Vector from upslope deg gt Do Terrain Slope Steepness gt oo Options to define the origin of the graph are set through the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Size tab suis Bes oi EA Setting both the X Axis Origin and Y Axis Origin to zero produces the follow ing graph Graph Title Short a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 07 44 00 Page 2 Graph axis examples M un a un a o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h to o 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1 h Moisture USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 4 Graph output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Inthe Configure gt Appearanc
118. lace for selection of calculation modules The OStartup bpw worksheet doesn t look like much on the screen but it carries with it all of the default selections for calculation modules and displays Any of those selections can be changed of course The OStartup bpw worksheet can be reloaded at any time to reset the defaults The O zero is the first character in the file name to assure that it is listed first in the list of Example Worksheets for easy selection If you want to use a different set of defaults simply develop and save a similar startup worksheet in your own folder For example if you generally use metric units or if you prefer to display graphs as full screen rather than 50 then you can create your own clean worksheet You will need to load it using the File gt New com mand Ma shavePius 2 0 0 Page 1 fo Modules NONE Run Options Ho run options selected Output Vanables None Notes Following are the default selections that come with the OStartup bpw worksheet USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 125 The OStartup bpw worksheet defaults BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Table 1 Input Options Module Input option Ostartup bpw selection Other options e fuel parameters palmetto gallberry two fuel models two dimen SURFACE Fuel is entered as fuel models es SPrEAN two fuel models harmonic mean two fuel models area weig
119. late the correct pages after printing and spreading them out for further study Border The line surrounding the Worksheet body may be modified with the Configure gt Appearance gt Worksheet tab Tabs Zero one or more page tabs with labels along the right hand margin of the Worksheet may be activated with the Configure gt Appearance gt Page Tabs tab Documentation This section lists all the currently selected modules and contains an entry field for the Run description Additional documentation entry fields for training or fire projection applications are optionally acti vated on the Configure gt Appearance gt Worksheet tab Input This section contains the required input data entry fields identified by a short phrase and their units of measure Each entry text box also has a Guide 4 button that may be pressed for input assistance Entry text boxes are grouped under headings such as Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Vegetation Overstory Fuel Moisture Weather Terrain and Fire Acceptable Fire Conditions Used to enter ranges of acceptable fire behavior when using the table shading option Table shading is enabled by selecting the Configure gt Table shading for acceptable fire condi tions check box Run Option Notes This section documents some of the configuration settings that are selected for the Work sheet Output Variables This section lists all the selected output variables an
120. lays the Mortality Module Options dialog box with the Bark thick ness is input option E BehavePlus 3 0 0 MORTALITY Module Options Back Erwd 11 Home Index We Mortality Input Options Short Description Bark thickness is specified on the worksheet C estimated from species and d b h This page controls the MORTALITY Module s input options I Picture M Help Fire induced tree mortality is partially influenced by the amount of insulation sl SPR es r USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 23 Modules DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide The bark thickness option affects the input variables included on the Worksheet If Bark thickness is spec ified on the worksheet is selected the resulting VVorksheet is as follows Ma BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules MORTALITY Description Ss A Fuel Vegetation Overstory Tree Height Hi o S Crown Ratio H Do Mortality Tree Species H Do Bark Thickness in H o Scorch Height ft i gt Fire lf Bark thickness is estimated from species and d b h is selected the Worksheet is as follows y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules MORTALITY Description g Fuel Vegetation Overstory Tree Height ft g S Crown Ratio i gt FO Mortality Tree Species g o D B H in H Do Fire Scorch Height ft gt Fuel is entered as fuel models
121. lder 3 6 Changing a Worksheet A Worksheet can be changed at any time by changing the selected modules and associated options The changes are in effect only for the current session unless the revised Worksheet is saved If a Worksheet that came with the program in the ExampleWorksheets folder is changed the revised version must be saved in another Work sheet folder 3 7 Saving a Worksheet or a Run A Worksheet can be saved for later use with the File gt saveAs gt Worksheet command The values entered onto the Worksheet are not saved Save the Run which is just a VWYorksheet with the defined input values with the File gt saveAs gt Run com mand See the Section 20 4 Save As for more specific information 22 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 4 Modules Modules define a set of fire models for a Worksheet Selection can be made with the Configure gt Module command The output variables that can be calculated by each module are given in Table 2 of Appendix B E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Module Selection Al ES Back s Frwd Surface Fire Spread Iv SURFACE Options Module Crown Fire l CROWN Options Y Selection Safety Zone E SAFETY Options Size of a Pt Source Fire a E SIZE Options Short Description r Fire Containment Onna Check those Modules you wish to activate CONTAIN 6 Indentation indicates modules that can be linked Spotting
122. may also want to edit the second field the fuel model code The default that is exported is the first five characters of the BehavePlus bpf filename 94 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 13 Moisture scenarios A moisture scenario is a set of fuel moistures for l h 10 h and 100 h dead fuel and herbaceous and woody live fuel It is analogous to the fuel model concept in that a single code represents a set of live and dead fuel moisture values Fuel moisture scenarios may be developed for example to represent local 90 95 and 97 percentile weather situations The set of mois ture scenarios used in the old BEHAVE TSTMDL fuel modeling program and the set used to test the expanded standard fuel models are provided with the BehavePlus program Fuel model scenarios are for developing and comparing fuel models They are not designed for fire behavior prediction in which case actual fuel moisture values should be assigned directly 13 1 Using previously saved moisture scenarios In order to use previously saved moisture scenarios the folder in which they are stored must be attached A folder of moisture scenarios is attached using the Configure gt moisture Scenario set selection com mand to open the Moisture Scenarios dialog box Click on a folder s E to view its moisture scenario files Each moisture scenario is stored in a separate file The details of a moisture scenario can be viewed or print
123. n Surface Understory Initialize from a Fuel Model Fuel Model Type DE S o gt 1 h Fuel Load tonac EM 2 000 10 h Fuel Load tonac E i 00 8 t i lt i 2OW S 100 h Fuel Load tonac B O Live Herbaceous Fuel Load tonfac i gt 0 5000 Lave Woody Fuel Load tonfac i gt 0 00 1 h Surface Area Vol Ratio Rem E 3000 0 Live Herb Surface Area Vol Ratio Rem 500 Live Woody Surface Area Vol Ratio 8213 M Fuel Bed Depth i Dead Fuel Moisture of Extinction o i gt 15 OO O O Dead Fuel Heat Content Etwlb E C Live Fuel Heat Content Etwlb E C Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture dm i gt The process of developing a custom fuel model is more complex that just filling in these blanks It involves a process of evaluation and revision which is not covered in this User s Guide Once the fuel model parameters are defined a custom fuel model can be saved for later use with the File gt saveAs gt Fuel model gt BehavePlus format command In the Save As dialog box enter a file name in the Fuel Model File text box and a short description in the Fuel Model Description text box If more than one value is assigned to a fuel model parameter for testing purposes the first value in the list is the one that is saved Fuel models should be grouped in folders named by some logical association of meaning to the user See Section 20 4 Save As for more information 80 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePl
124. n i gt la crews single calculation Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h H 10 D o Fire Size at Report ac Ss Os Length to Width Ratio Bl S Suppression Suppression Tactic H Head tt ss C Line Construction Offset ch i gt fo Resource Name i gt crewl crew2 crev3 Resource Line Production Rate ch h i gt 102015 Resource Arrival Time h g 0 0 0 5 2 0 Resource Duration h Ss 555 00 Run Option Notes Suppression input is for multiple resources CONTAIN for each resource identified by a Resource Name a single value is specified for each resource item line production rates etc va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Now 02 2004 at 07 43 00 Page 2 3 crews single calculation Time from Report 1 4 h Contain Status Contained Contained Area 9 2 ac Fireline Constructed 26 6 ch Number of Resources Used 2 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 29 Entering input 30 DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 6 Table output When more than one value is assigned to one or two input variables table output is produced Tables are produced by selecting the Display table results check box in the Calculate Results dialog box that displays after selecting a File gt Calculate command BS BehavePlus BehavePlus 3 0 0 Calculate Results Al ES Tables C M Display table results Display graph re
125. n of slope steepness from map measure ments and conversion of distances to map measurements Map scale is given as map representative fraction which is the ratio of the number of units on the map between two points to the distance on the ground between the same two points For example if the map representative fraction is 1 24 000 then for each inch on the map there are 24 000 inches on the ground Although any value can be entered the Input Guide dialog box provides common map scales available by clicking the Choices button E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Map Representative Fraction 1 x 1980 3960 7920 15840 21120 24000 31680 62500 63360 32 0000 16 0000 8 0000 4 0000 3 0000 2 6400 2 0000 1 0138 1 0000 0 03125 0 06250 0 12500 0 25000 0 33333 0 37879 0 50000 0 98643 1 00000 50 5051 25 2525 12 6263 6 3131 4 7348 4 1667 3 1566 1 6000 1 5783 0 0198 0 0396 0 0792 0 1584 0 2112 0 2400 0 3168 0 6250 0 6336 y IV Picture M Help Ok Bm ES Back Fryd Map Representative Fraction JZ Short Description The map representative fraction is the ratio of the number of umts on the map between two points to the distance on the ground between these same two points For example ifthe map representative fraction is 1 24 000 then for each inch on the map there are 24 000 inches on the Cancel id 14 1 Slope from map measurements
126. nd Vector from upslope deg i gt 120 2 OOOO O O Terrain Slope Steepness gt 50 Fire Elapsed Time h gt ooo Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from upslope SURFACE Direction of the wind vector is the direction the wind is pushing the fire SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Direction of Maximum Spread from upslope deg SURFACE Area ac SIZE Perimeter ch SIZE Length to Width Ratio SIZE Fire Shape Diagram SIZE BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 09 15 47 Page 2 Fire Shape Diagram example Surface Rate of Spread maximum 61 0 chh Direction of Maximum Spread from upslope 107 deg Area 118 6 ac Perimeter 144 ch Length to Width Ratio 2 7 a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 09 15 47 Page 3 Fire Shape Diagram example Fire Shape Up Slope DownSlope gt Direction of Wind Vector from upslope Area 118 6 ac Perimeter 144 ch Lengthto WidthRatio 2 7 ElapsedTime 10h Directionof MaximumSpread from upslopa 68 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Diagram output 9 4 Containment shape The Containment Diagram shows fire perimeter at time of report at in
127. ne ha Live herbaceous fuel 0 0 30 49 ton ac 0 0 68 35 tonne ha 0 0 68 35 tonne ha 3 03 mi HA Live woody fuel load 0 0 30 49 ton ac at O h surface area vol C 109 4 000 ft2 ft3 y a O Live herb surface area C 109 4 000 ft2 ft3 358 13 123 m2 m3 Live woody surface area C 109 4 000 ft2 ft3 358 13 123 m2 m3 Fuel bed depth C 0 05 to 10 0 ft 0 02 3 05 m output for P G 5 100 5 100 Fuel model parameter ae ea 13 967 27 934kJ Kg Dead fuel moisture of extinction Dead fuel heat content gt 6 000 12 000 BIU Live fuel heat content 13 967 27 934k kg For palmetto gall P G age of rough C l 25 years l 25 years berry surface fuel option lt lt O S o R A ct ct O O E l 116 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Input and Output Variable Tables Table 1 Input Variables and Modules Metric Range English Range Notes Input variable Units Units 15 85 15 85 30 110 ft2 ac 6 8 25 3 m2 ha PPL PWC PWD PPL PWC PWD PWS LPD DFD PWS LPD DFD ESH PMC ESH PMC momoe 1 efe o E ferem ama mer fi et fe me oe po E A CO CTO o ECO e pose po pe ETT TT TT e mo me E rs o CE A DE TEE om ll esa A o CCOO O O E Fuel Moisture Moisture scenario Jaj 1 T E e moisture scenario A o 7 10 h moisture h moisture tl E w 300 30 300 Liv
128. nstructions are avail able for translation to other languages This translation process applies to the program interface itself not to the help files 16 1 English or Portuguese To change the language from the default English to Portuguese use the Configure gt Language gt Portu guese Portugal command BehavePlus 2 0 0 P gina 1 M dulos Superf cie Descri o EJ COMBUST VEL VEGETA O Modelo de combustivel E Do HUMIDADE DOS COMBUST VEIS Humidade do combustivel morto Yo E Do Humidade dos combustiveis vivos o B AAA METEOROLOGIA Velocidade do vento a meia chama dir de maior declive mi h gt Do TERRENO Declive da encosta Yo E Do OP ES DE SIMULA O Direc o do vento a subir encosta As simula es s o somente para a direc o de propaga o m xima Direc o do vento e de propaga o em graus na direc o de m ximo declive A direc o do vento a direc o que o vento est a empurrar o fogo VARI VEIS DE SA DA Velocidade de propaga o m xima ch h Energia libertada por unidade de area Btuft2 Intensidade da frente de chamas Btu ft s Comprimento da chama ft Direc o de m xima propaga o relativo ao maior declive deg Velocidade maxima do vento excedida 16 2 Custom language set To develop a custom language set contact Collin Bevins at cbevins montana com USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 95 Language 9
129. o om mm tamo EE EC CECI O E FC AC ETT preteen CC Go i CECI A A CIC AC EC GESTO O A AE CO CO E CONTAIN To containment or escape 122 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Input and Output Variable Tables Table 2 Output Variables and Modules Default Table Available l English Metric Output variable output shading as a map Notes i Units Units variable j variable distance Contained Contained Contain status X X Withdrawn or Withdrawn or Exhausted Exhausted At containment Contained area X X If escape or withdrawn Fireline constructed Number of resources used Spotting distance from a burning X X pile Spotting distance from a wind l X X driven surface fire SCORCH sorea FI E EC MORTALITY puts a re rot ea o pe papo recommen A E ma meme CA O E pa IGNITE Probability of ignition from a fire X X brand Containment diagram SPOT Spotting distance from torching X trees Probability of ignition from light ning USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 123 Input and Output Variable Tables 124 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Appendix C The OStartup bpw worksheet defaults The OStartup bpw example Worksheet is provided as a clean slate starting p
130. on Comparison BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Version 1 and Version 2 e Following are significant differences between BehavePlus version 0 and version 2 0 Minor changes are not listed here e Safety zone size model added as a new SAFETY module Containment model added as a new CONTAIN module This is a new model that allows multiple resources to make direct or parallel attack e Probability of ignition by lightning model added to the IGNITE module Two fuel weighting three methods added to the SURFACE module Dynamic palmetto gallberry fuel model added to the SURFACE module Size diagram output added to SIZE e Contain diagram output in CONTAIN e Direction diagram added to SURFACE e Fire characteristics chart diagram output added to SURFACE Fine dead fuel moisture added as a new tool A Run Option section is added to the worksheets for clarification The contents of the Notes section on example worksheets is blank The description of the worksheet that was there for version is not necessary especially with the addition of the Run Options section e The Standard worksheet folder that was supplied with version of the program is called the Example Worksheets folder in version 2 to better reflect what it is The worksheets in that folder are just some that the developers put together The term standard gave them significance that they didn t deserve The Blank bpw Worksheet that was in version is called the OSta
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132. play output distances in map units check box 91 Display table results check box 31 documentation section 16 dynamic fuel models 78 E entering input variables 27 error checking 75 example Worksheet OStartup bpw 22 BasicStart bpw 15 FuelModeling bpw 79 SlopeMap bpw 91 SurfaceBasicFrom bpw 16 Excel 73 expanded fuel models 78 export custom fuel models 83 fine dead fuel moisture 97 HTML file 74 97 spreadsheet 3 table output 73 text file 73 Export button 97 F FARSITE 1 83 84 file Custom Fuel Model 83 HTML 74 image 73 spreadsheet 73 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide tab delimited text 73 file extensions 12 104 123 73 bmp 73 bpf 83 fmd 83 html 74 jpg 73 png 73 file management 103 file structure 12 103 Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tool dialog box 97 fire characteristics chart 63 Fire Characteristics Chart check box 63 Fire projection documentation check box 17 fire shape diagram 66 Fire Shape Diagram check box 66 first page toolbar button 71 FlamMap 1 83 84 fmd 83 folder description 105 new 105 folders delete 105 Fuel Model dialog box 81 Input Guide 78 81 Fuel Model Export Selection dialog box 84 fuel models 77 attaching custom sets 81 create custom 79 custom 79 definition 13 dynamic 78 expanded set 78 FARSITE format 83 palmetto gallberry 77 parameters 79 Save as 105 save custom 79 set selection 81 standard 13 77 type 78 fuel parameters 79 FuelModeling bpw 79 G Graph Elements tab 51 Graph Size ta
133. portRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 2 Operation This User s Guide addresses only operation of the program The fire mod els associated variables and application are described elsewhere 2 1 Organization Organization of material on Operation of the BehavePlus program is different from the organization of the pro gram itself lt is designed to help you find the answer to a question Most users are comfortable with looking at menus and dialog boxes and associated information in the program without use of a User s Guide This is not a step by step operation manual but a reference guide The tutorials provide step by step instruc tions In describing operation of the program we use the following font and or conventions in describing menus com mands buttons tabs and check boxes Configure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Fuel 4 Moisture gt fuel models radio button For example the sequence of menus commands check boxes buttons and tabs shown above refers to the fol lowing actions in BehavePlus Surface Fire Spread e URE Options gt ACE A Options B BehavePlus 3 0 0 Surface Module Options D Wind Directions Soy Fuel model set selection moisture Scenario set selection Appearance Language Fuel is entered as fuel models C fuel parameters Each of the above elements would be described in this Use
134. r s Guide as Configure menu Module selection command SURFACE check box Options button Fuel amp Moisture tab oe a A fuel models radio button USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 7 Operation DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Appearance Options Elo ES Application Graph Size Graph Elements Page Tabs Tables Worksheet q Back Erwd fi Herme de Index Page Tab Options M Display the page tab Tabs per Page Tab Position Tab Text Short Description This page controls the appearance of page tabs on BehavePlus pages You can configure BehavePlus to display a page tab along the night margin of the page This is useful for example to identify runs for a particular fire or trarme session which are subsequently bound in a S ring binder or stored in fling folders A4nnearanece fMonirale El Cancel Other elements used in BehavePlus include 7 Spin box select the value using the buttons or enter a value from the keyboard 8 Text box click inside the box to enter values from the keyboard 9 Drop down list Choose the value from the list displayed with the button In the interest of saving space and improving readability we include screen captures of only the portion of con cern The Tutorials include more complete screen captures 2 2 Design 2 2 1 Page Oriented BehavePlus is meant to be more than just a fire modeling
135. raining documentation 17 Wind Slope Spread Direction Diagram 59 Choices button 28 civil dawn 101 civil dusk 101 clone Workspace 103 colors graph 55 Contain Status check box 69 containment shape diagram 69 continiuous variable entering 27 continuous variable 13 contour interval 91 Convert button 94 create custom fuel models 79 moisture scenario 87 Workspace 103 curve points 57 custom fuel models 79 attaching 81 creating 79 FARSITE format 83 saving 79 set selection 81 D dead herbacous fuel load 78 decimal places 93 DefaultDataFolder 103 define custom fuel models 79 moisture scenario 87 delete files and folders 105 dew point temperature 99 diagram 59 containment shape 69 fire characteristics chart 63 fire shape 66 image 3 Wind slope spread direction 59 dialog box Appearance Options 20 Calculate Results see Calculate Results dialog box Error 5 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 135 Index Fine Dead Fuel Moisture Tool 97 Fuel Model 81 Fuel Model Export Selection 84 Graph Limits 50 Input Guide 13 27 Module Selection 23 37 Moisture Scenario 85 86 Mortality Module Options 23 Relative Humidity Tool 99 Save as 105 Select a Run 104 Select A Units Set 93 Select a Worksheet 21 79 104 Sun Moon Calendar 101 Surface Module Options 90 Units Conversion Tool 94 Units Editor 93 94 Directions tab 59 discrete variable 13 codes 18 entering 28 Display Graph Results check box 43 Dis
136. rection depends on the SURFACE input option that is selected Selection of Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from Picture M Help fire Thic ic the methad need in the ald RBH AVE erotern and ic need in vertarine Ok Clear Choices Cancel upslope results in the wind direction being the direction that the wind is pushing the es Additional values are sometimes displayed by clicking the Choices button where available in the Input Guide dialog box E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Direction of Wind Vector from upslope eo Direction Upslope Up Slope Back Erwd SH Index Y Wind Direction Short Description Cross Slope wind and slope influences Down Slope Direction of the wind vector Direction the wind is pushing the fire Degrees clockwise from upslope Directly upslope 0 270 Cross Slope 285 h Iv Picture iv Help Ok Definition of wind direction depends on the SURFACE input option that is selected Selection of Wind and spread directions are degrees clockwise from upslope results in the wind direction being the direction that the wind is pushing the fire This is the method used in the old BEHAVE system and is used in vectoring For discrete variables the dialog contains a list of all valid inputs from which the user may select values 21 3 User s Guide This User s Guide can either be printed or accessed interactively using a
137. rest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Introduction DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide South Area 27 44 ac Perimeter 214 ch Elapsed Time 2 0h Direction of Maximum Spread from north 294 deg T yY Ne YNT S F Wind Direction from north o ALAN e AN NOA ALONG Ya ONO mw 4 3 Rate of Spread maximum ch h r Z E a E o IN 1 H e p 0 gt MIN E a os e 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 Heat per Unit Area Btu Tt2 2 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Introduction Sample fire perimeter output from FASITE LANDSCAPE CFsapps Fsprod Fam farsite4 examples ashley Input ASHLEY_CWD LCP z ar Sample landscape fire potential output from FlamMap 5 FlamMap TrapperLk fmp EE File Theme Analysis Area View Options Window Help x 1 gt gt ROM e P I Relief Shading Azimuth 315 Intensity 5 Apply TrapperLk fmp By h CiTutoriallinputlTrapperLake LCP Auxiliary Themes Crown Fire Activity Units Class Grid Themes Vector Themes J Hatstrms Ho Data 5 Contours rd O Elevation Analysis Areas Entire Landscape Default Themes O Elevation AL Slope OQ Aspect O Fuels O Canopy Cover O Height q Crown Base Height O Crown Bulk Density a Runs El Mew Run
138. rols the selection of units of measure and decimal places for the input display and output of variables The selected units are then applied to the current Worksheet and saved as a custom units set The units of measure initially displayed by the dialog are those in use for the current Worksheet Select the desired units for each variable set Rather than repetitiously having to enter units for every variable they are grouped by type of unit of measure Once you have defined and saved a custom units set you can apply it to a Worksheet or Run with the Config ure gt Units gt Custom command that opens the Select A Units Set dialog box 15 3 Number of decimal places In addition to setting units of measure the Units Editor dialog box also allows you to change the number of digits displayed after the decimal place of all input and output variables USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 93 Units DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide For example fire area has decimal place as the default You may want to round area to the nearest acre by changing the number of decimals to 0 i BehavePlus 3 0 0 Units Editor Fife ES r Back Erwd ti Home Index Y Fire amp Effects Units Variable Units Decimals Surface ROS Crown ROS ch h fi Fire Heat per Unit Area Btwft2 lo 4 Fireline Intensity Btwft s lo 4 i bitaih 4 41
139. rom the shortcut menu when you right click inside a page Whenever an output page is printed it is good practice to print the associated Worksheet pages to avoid con fusion on conditions for the Run Printed pages are numbered and the date and time of the Run are included on the page header 12 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT View print 8 capture results 10 5 Saving Output You can save your BehavePlus table output several ways Tables graphs and diagrams can all be saved as an image of the screen display The image file can then be edited with an image processor or inserted into word processor or layout documents Table output can also be saved to a tab delimited text file or HTML file The text file can then be imported into another application such as word processor spreadsheet or database The HTML file can be used in a Web page or is a handy compact way to E mail your BehavePlus results 10 5 1 Saving a screen image The currently displayed page can be captured and saved as a file in bmp jpg or png format with the File gt saveAs gt Image command In the Save As dialog box enter a file name in the Capture File text box and select a file type from the Capture Type drop down list The file extension will be automatically added to the file name In addition to the File gt saveAs gt Image command you can use the ALT Print Screen key or a screen cap t
140. rt Description example midflame wind speed from 0 to 20 mi h in steps of ni ota dl teclas EEE 5 enters 0 5 10 15 20 on the Worksheet as shown below above the fuel bed Midflame is often called M Picture M Help eye level El Clear Cancel Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model i gt PO Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture i gt o 10 h Moisture i gt amp 100 h Moisture i gt Et Live Herbaceous Moisture g EA Live Woody Moisture g E Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih gt 0 0 5 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 Terrain You can also enter a decreasing range with a negative step This is useful when you have two input variables such as wind and fuel moisture that have opposite effect on fire behavior USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 21 Entering input DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 5 3 2 Discrete variables When the Guide button is clicked for a discrete variable the allowed selections are given in the center pane of the Input Guide dialog box Clicking the values selects them you can select several values This example shows the fuel model Input Guide dialog box The Ok button enters the selected fuel models on the Worksheet BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide Bm E 3H Ind Value Description ty Home Index 006 6 Dormant brush hardwood slash 007 7 Southern rough Fuel Model 008 8 Closed timber litter 009 9 Hardwood litter
141. rtup bpw Worksheet in version 2 to better reflect what it is the worksheet to use as a startup in selecting calculation modules The 0 zero as a first character of the file name puts it as the first item on the list for easy selection The program now automatically loads the OStartup bpw worksheet upon initiation This saves some steps if the worksheet is set up by module selection If a previously saved worksheet is desired it is selected and loaded as before with the File gt New command The Fuel model guide button gives you access to the photographs and descriptions in Anderson 1982 Aids to selecting fuel models and to the selection key in Rothermel 1983 How to predict the spread and intensity of forest and range fires The Program Help and the Users Guide for version have been replaced by a single new document a users guide in PDF format that can be both printed and accessed online for specific help e A Language option has been added Portuguese is provided as an example e Additional Workspace options aid in file management e Graph Y axis are now user scalable BEHAVE and BehavePlus The old BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system is a set of five DOS programs three of which were first available in 1984 The whole look and feel of the BehavePlus fire modeling system is different using modern user interface technology Following are some specific differences that will be of interest to users of t
142. ry Bulb Temperatures and the third way uses the Dew Point Temperature e The first and second methods also require the Elevation of the temperature observations Simply type or use the spin box to enter the wet and dry bulb temperatures and elevation The dew point tem perature and relative humidity immediately change with input changes Remember the RH Tool is a stand alone utility it does not link to any other tools or modules USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 99 RH Tool 100 BehavePlus v2 0 User s Guide USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 19 Sun Moon Calendar Tool The Sun Moon Calendar dialog box is opened with the Tools gt Sun moon calendar command Mi BehavePlus 3 0 0 Sun Moon Calendar Al x Back mp Erwd ty Home D Index Short Description gereeeeesssesesssesesseesee Contents Location Colin s House in Missoula Montana Browse GMT Diff 7 Add one hour for daylight savings time This page defines the geographic location for the Sun Moon calendar Controls Degrees Minutes Seconds Location mpi ado j 14 E 2 35 y Enter the location name The text entered here appears in the title of the Latitude North las 55 30 2 sunfmoon calendar Press the Browse button to select from over 400 000 named geographic places in the US Month May Year 200
143. s Table 2 Output Variables and Modules Default Table Available Output variable output shading asamap i Units variable variable distance English Metric Units Notes SURFACE Sut ctas aa fam o peme me e o mem ACI CI w EC fnew 1 pe po fame Do a O precomomemmmas 1 am am pmcmesma a apa po pate ges mm pum o pensam um um ic ges o am um o ic ges um um o omnes 1 atm mw Fodimavon A A O ITA ESTE mu EC pop ses mama pogo ener age 1 e po sotano 1 e po virago aren daga o mm emma a ET wm mm paromana mu mm Er a pommes mu mm pomme mu o E tego os mu o porem O O mu mm CC A AO A ICO EC USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 121 Input and Output Variable Tables BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Table 2 Output Variables and Modules Table shading variable Default Available output variable English Metric Sia Units Units distance Output variable Notes CROWN Coca aceso 2 a o Cru sic meo a ep mto 1 mu mp mma 1 we wre comes A me ee am amp paro E mu pump prem O 1 4 o e met RE Fire type Torching Torching Crowning Crowning il trocear eo 1 24 Ja fm CET ANC ACI IO E ACI FE ECC AO ACI A CIO CIO ER SIZE pea a O e a o pres Aa tego as
144. served between BehavePlus sessions V Picture V Help USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 9 Operation DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide You can also choose to show the art work or not in the dialog boxes with the Picture check box 2 3 B5 BehavePlus 3 0 0 Ignition Module Options LOL lt P Back FErwd fa Herme e Index gt Probability of Ignition ke Probability of from a Firebrand Y E lonition from a Firebrand Probability of Ignition from Lightning Short Description The probability of ignition is an indication of the chance that a firebrand wall cause an ignition The number of firebrands their size and the fuel on roth ol att lan an amlen MTT Th arafara are in F Features 2 3 1 Fire Models BehavePlus contains models to estimate 10 surface fire spread rate intensity flame length scorch height and direction of maximum spread surface fire spread rate intensity flame length and scorch height in any compass direction crown fire spread rate critical thresholds and fire type transition from surface to crown fire fire shape area and perimeter spotting distance from a burning pile from torching trees or from a wind driven surface fire success or failure of suppression resources to build line around a fire recommended fire safety zone radius separation distance and zone size fire induced tree mortality probabil
145. standard fuel models 77 Startup Worksheet 22 steepness from map measurements 89 sub models list 7 10 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Sun Moon Calander Tool 101 sun rise 101 sun set 101 SurfaceBasicFrom bpw 16 system requirements 12 T tab delimited text file 73 table shading for acceptable fire conditions 37 for readability 34 Table shading for acceptable fire conditions check box 19 37 Tables appearance 34 multiple pages 34 output 31 32 row shading 34 saving 73 105 tabs Directions 99 Gragh Size see Graph Size tab Graph Elements 51 Graph Size 51 Output variables 59 63 Outputs 90 page 20 tiled display 72 time civil dawn 101 civil dusk 101 moon rise 101 moon set 101 sun rise 101 sun set 101 title graphs 53 toolbar button 14 first page 71 last page 71 next page 71 previous page 71 tools Fine Dead Fuel Moisture 97 Relative Humidity 99 Sun Moon Calendar 101 Units conversion 94 Training documentation check box 17 two variable graph 44 two way tables 32 U units 93 custom set 93 138 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide decimal places 93 English 93 metric 93 Units Conversion Tool dialog box 94 Units Editor dialog box 93 94 V variables input see input variables output see output variables view size 71 viewing fuel model parameters 81 moisture scenario 86 W web browser 74 wet bulb depression 99 wet bulb temperature 99
146. sults One input variable has multiple values Specify graph Y axis limits Midilame Wind Speed Tt provides the table s row values The output variables are the table s column values El Cancel 6 1 Single value calculation When each variable is assigned only one value a simple list of output is given No table or graph is possible For example va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SIZE Description i gt Single values example Weather Effective Wind Speed mih Ey js Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum chh EJ fio Elapsed Time h gf Run Option Notes None Output Variables Area ac SIZE Perimeter ch SIZE va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Now 02 2004 at 08 45 55 Page 2 Single values example Area ano ac Perimeter 25 ch USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 31 Table output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 6 2 Table output When more than one value is assigned to a variable table output is produced Each output variable is a specified column For example these multiple Rate of Spread inputs produce the page 2 table below a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 08 45 55 Page 1 Modules SIZE Description BJ Table output example lt OSOC OO C Weather Effective Wind Speed mih gt Booo Fire Surface Rate of Spread maximum Cm E 1 5 gt Elapsed Time gt a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Tue Nov 02 2004 at 08 59 54 Page 2
147. sure that it describes the blank Work sheet not the specific Run To export your table output as a spreadsheet or HTML document use the Export gt Results command 20 5 Deleting Files amp Folders Files and folders in a BehavePlus Workspace are deleted using Windows Explorer However you should only delete files and folders you create not any of the files and folders BehavePlus creates for the Workspace USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 105 File management DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 106 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 21 Help Help features are a primary feature of BehavePlus The Users Guide is avail able from the menu bar and all dialogs and wizards include a help browser pane Input fields include a Guide 4 button for help in entering range inputs or selecting one or more discrete choices 21 1 Browser pane help The right hand pane of many BehavePlus dialog boxes is a help browser These can be printed by right clicking in the help window to display a shortcut menu and selecting the appropriate command E5 BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide 1 h Moisture 1 60 short Description From The 1 h fuel moisture content is the percent of the 1 h timelag dead fuel that is water Thru o calculated on a dry weight basis Step Do Input to Modules SURFACE IGNITE if Probability of ignition from a Firebrand is selected as output
148. t Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture 10 h Moisture 100 h Moisture Live Herbaceous Moisture Live Woody Moisture Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope Terrain Slope Steepness Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind is blowing upslope SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Flame Length ft SURFACE a BehavePlus 3 0 0 ce Modules SURFACE Description H Poe Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture 10 h Moisture 100 h Moisture Live Herbaceous Moisture Live Woody Moisture Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope Terrain Slope Steepness Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind is blowing upslope SURFACE Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum m min SURFACE Flame Length m SURFACE Selection can be made from the list of pages with text descriptions and an icon indicating whether it is a table graph diagram etc 10 4 Print You can print all pages or selected pages with the File gt Print command Alternatively select Print f
149. t Number of Contour Intervals gt Run Option Notes None Output Variables Slope Steepness Slope Elevation Change ft SURFACE Slope Horizontal Distance ff SURFACE 14 2 Map distances To specify that output calculated distances should also be given in map units use the Configure gt Module selection command and select the Display output distances in map units check box below the list of modules E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Module Selection Back gt Erva E Module Y Selection Short Description psp Options z pie _ Options E Bs Options Fire Containment CONTAIN r Fa Distance ECA J SCORCH _ Options E RETRO _ Options Probability of Ignition 7 E IGNITE Options Y Display output distances in map units M Table shading tor acceptable fire conditions IV Picture M Help Check those Modules you wish to activate Options Indentation indicates modules that can be linked together with the output from one used as input to the next Press a Module s Options button to configure its input options or change the set of output variables it calculates Checking the box Display output distances in map units adds map descriptors to the worksheet so output variables such as spread distance are displayed in both real world and map units Checking the box Table shading for acceptable fire conditions adds a section to the worksheet wh
150. t SURFACE Ne BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 07 28 30 Page 2 Fire Characteristics Chart example Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h Dead Fuel Midflame Wind Speed upslope Moisture mifh 7 0 10 0 E 44 7 72 4 6 361 50 5 9 a Zola USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 65 Diagram output DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Mon Nov 08 2004 at 07 28 30 Page 3 Fire Characteristics Chart example Fire Characteristics Chart HA NT O Sa HINA ALL RL LLENA ee ot Na AN E Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h Ln o 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 Heat per Unit Area Btwft2 The numbers on the chart correspond to the table cells in left to right and top to bottom order In this exam ple Points and 2 are for the first row of the result table 3 moisture at the two wind speeds 7 and IO mi h Points 3 and 4 are for the second row of the result table 6 moisture at the two wind speeds Points 5 and 6 are for the third row of the result table 9 moisture at the two wind speeds 9 3 Shape of a point source fire The elliptical shape of a point source fire can be plotted on the Configure gt Module selection gt SIZE gt Options gt Output Variables tab by selecting the Fire Shape Diagram check box V Area V Perimeter l Length to Width Ratio Forward Spread Distance Backing Spread Distance Fire L
151. tool It is meant to be a lesson book with a built in training manual and a planning tool whose results may be incorporated into management reports It is meant to be a fire behavior assessment aid whose tables and graphs can be shared with others in briefings and in written documentation Because of these expectations the BehavePlus user interface is designed around the concept of the standard 8 5 x printed page Given input information BehavePlus can generate documentation diagrams tables and graphs Fortunately BehavePlus has a variety of methods for saving and displaying your work Six months later when you need to review the work the What How and Why of each Run is considerably less obscure than it would have been otherwise The page on which you enter input information appears first page and is called the Worksheet A complex Worksheet may span several pages Once the Calculate button is pressed BehavePlus generates additional pages containing output tables graphs and diagrams These too are deigned to fit neatly on the printed page Navigation buttons on the Tool Bar let you move to the first page last page next page or previous page The Pages menu lets you jump directly to any diagram table or graph The Print dialog box lets you print selected pages 8 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Operation 2 2 2 Highly Configurable BehavePlus is me
152. ts for all output variables are shaded but only for the ranges selected on the Worksheet in the Acceptable Fire Conditions section For example a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Thu Oct 28 2004 at 06 41 56 Page 4 on the Fireline Intensity table the shaded values are the ones that are outside of the 3 5 ch h surface rate of Table Shading Example Fireline Intensity Btu ft s 1h Midflame Wind Speed Moisture muh 0 0 1 0 20 ave 70 60 DE 45 40 spread range If Fireline Intensity is also selected to define acceptable fire conditions all output tables will change Acceptable Fire Conditions Surface Rate of Spread maximum c h y 3 0 5 0 Fireline Intensity Btwft s y fo 5 0 Flame Length DD y 0 0 0 0 For the above ranges using the same fuel weather and topography inputs the table outputs looks like this a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Thu Oct 28 2004 at 07 39 42 Page 3 Table Shading Example Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h 1 h Midflame Wind Speed Moisture i 3 4 5 6 p 8 va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Thu Oct 28 2004 at 07 39 42 Page 4 40 Table Shading Example Fireline Intensity Btu ft s 1 h Midflame Wind Speed USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 BehavePlus v2 0 User s Guide DRAFT Table Shading Now acceptable output must meet both ranges of acceptable conditions which further constrains the fuel mois ture and wind conditions that give desired
153. ture Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope Map Contour Interval Map Distance Map Representative Fraction 1 x Number of Contour Intervals gt DOT Y Bop a E ae Run Option Notes Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread SURFACE Fireline intensity flame length and spread distance are always for the direction of the spread calculations SURFACE Wind 1s blowing upslope SURFACE Output distances are also displayed in map units MAP Output Variables Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h SURFACE Flame Length Slope Steepness Slope Elevation Change ft SURFACE Slope Horizontal Distance ft SURFACE USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Map applications The contour interval is the difference in elevation between adjacent topographic contours on a topographic map The map distance is the distance between two points on a map generally expressed in inches or centimeters Number of contour intervals is a count between two points on a map If only slope values are requested as output then only Map input variables are requested An existing Work sheet SlopeMap bpw showing this configuration is found in the ExampleVWWorksheets folder y BehavePlus 3 0 0 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description Ss Map Map Representative Fraction 1 x Ss Contour Interval ft Ss Map Distance in i g
154. uld look something like this in Excel A B E E E E BehavePlu 3 0 0 Build 253 Compariso Thu Oct 2 11 36 10 Fuel ROS Heat per Fireline Flame Max Wind Model max Unit Area Intensity Length Exceeded chh Btu t2 Btutt s ft 5 3 9 274 20 1 8 No O 1 3 z211 5 0 9 Mo g 5 416 30 2 4 No 10 a7 1323 30 3 6 No tul 0 3 143 1 0 4 Mo tl 0 6 117 1 0 5 Mo FM29 0 4 146 1 0 5 Mo USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 13 View print 8 capture results DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 10 5 3 Saving a HTML File Once you have calculated a Run you can save the Run as a HTML file In addition to the table outputs the HTML file also contains the Input Variables and Run Option Notes sections of the Worksheet Select the File gt saveAs gt Results gt HTML command to open a standard Windows Save As dialog box You can save this file anywhere it does not have to be in a BehavePlus Workspace The html file extension will be automatically added to your file name Simply double clicking your saved file will display your Run in your Web browser Comparison of Meadow WFU Fuel Models Mozilla Firefox ioj x File Edit View Go Bookmarks Tools Help Q lt a Er X E nf L 17 File C Documents 20and 20Settings rseli Desktop BPlusExport html el Mozilla Firebird Help User Support Forum Plug in FAQ Google Search myt
155. ure utility e g FullShot to insert results from BehavePlus in other documents The following steps are an example and do not constitute endorsement of specific software Startup BehavePlus WORD word processor and FullShot software e On BehavePlus display select the R for Region in upper right hand of the window put there by FullShot Use the cursor to select the desired area Upon release of the mouse FullShot opens with the selected image e CTRL C to save it in a clip board Go to the WORD document e CTRL V to insert the image This is a quick and efficient method There is no need to save the image in a file of its own The image can be resized cropped or moved within WORD if desired 10 5 2 Saving a Text File Once you have calculated a Run you can save the table output as a tab delimited text file Select the File gt saveAs gt Results gt Spreadsheet command to open a standard Windows Save As dialog box You can save this file anywhere it does not have to be in a BehavePlus Workspace The 123 file extension will be auto matically added to your file name To use this file in Microsoft Excel select the File gt Open command and select your saved text file from the Open dialog box Make sure that All Files is selected from the Files of Type drop down list at the bottom of the dialog box Then follow the instruction in the Text Import Wizard accepting the defaults anda simple Run sho
156. us v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Fuel models 12 5 2 Using previously saved custom fuel models In order to use previously saved custom fuel models the folder in which they are stored must be attached using the Configure gt Fuel model set selection command Click on a folder s H button to view its fuel model files Each fuel model is stored in a separate file lel ES ca A IyFuelMo dels Default user fuel models folder q SoCalfornia arara ttl ps fs fed usfprefire ndez E Ba BehavePlus 3 0 0 Fuel Model ir ES SCAL14 bpt Manzanita BSCAL1D bpf Camel E 3 SC AL16 bpf North Slope Ceanothus 5 3CALI17 bpf Chamise 2 L SC ALI8 bpf Sage Buckwheat A 4 Picture Help Cancel Fuel model files are attached by attaching the folder in which they reside This makes the fuel models in that folder accessible for use It is not possible to select and attach individual fuel models the entire folder must be attached For example all the southern California fuel models are attached by selecting the SoCalifornia folder in the Fuel Model dialog box and clicking the Ok button Once a fuel model folder is attached the fuel models appear in the Fuel Model input guide and may be entered as the Fuel Model input variable fi BehavePlus 3 0 0 Input Guide aixi After the SoCalifornia fuel model folder is attached the Fuel Model input Guide Eq But gn vae posma _ ton gives che folowing valid selections for the sb1 Low load act
157. ut any values assigned to input variables The Worksheet can be opened at a later time using the File gt New command or the toolbar button Fuel models can be saved in either BehavePlus or the FARSITE Custom Fuel Model fmd format Before saving a fuel model make sure the SURFACE module check box is selected and the fuel parameters check box is selected in the Fuel is entered as section of the SURFACE gt Options gt Fuel amp Moisture tab Valid values must be assigned to each fuel model parameter Also make sure the Fuel Model Type parameter is correct dynamic D fuel models must have a live herbaceous fuel load see Section 12 4 To use custom fuel models at a later time they must be attached with the Configure gt Fuel model set selection command see Section 12 5 2 Before saving a moisture scenario make sure the SURFACE module is selected and the individual size class check box is selected in the Moisture is entered by section of the SURFACE gt Options gt Fuel amp Moisture tab Valid values must be assigned to each size class even those that are shaded To make a moisture scenario available use the Configure gt moisture Scenario set selection command See Section 13 2 Table results can be saved to a tab delimited text file or HTML file The text file can then be imported into another application such as word processor spreadsheet or database The HTML file can be used in a Web page or is a handy compact way to E
158. ut variables to define acceptable fire conditions enter the acceptable ranges in the cor responding text boxes ra BehavePlus 3 0 0 Thu Oct 28 2004 at 06 33 57 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description g Table Shading Example Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model gt tl8 Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture BB 4 5 6 7 8 10 h Moisture i gt SS 100 h Moisture H Poo Live Herbaceous Moisture gt Eco Live Woody Moisture H RED o Weather Midflame Wind Speed mih Plo 1 2 3 4 5 Direction of Wind Vector from upslope deg H Do Terrain Slope Steepness H 35 Acceptable Fire Conditions Surface Rate of Spread maximum lt TD Fireline Intensity Brits E Flame Length w r 0 0 0 0 If you decide to clear a check box in the Acceptable Fire Conditions section there is no need to zero out the range text boxes any ranges are ignored if the check box is cleared 7 3 Viewing Results After calculating the Run the table output will look like this v BehavePlus 3 0 0 Thu Oct 28 2004 at 06 41 56 Page 3 Table Shading Example Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h 1 h Midflame Wind Speed Moisture mih 2 0 4 6 4 2 Sjo lE FoS eee T USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2003 39 Table Shading DRAFT BehavePlus v2 0 User s Guide The output values are crossed out shaded except for those specified as acceptable on the Worksheet The table outpu
159. utput DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide This displays the Graph Limits dialog box where you can change the Y axis maximum for the variable Rate of Spread maximum to 40 E BehavePlus 3 0 0 Graph Limits Dialog Back gt Fryd Y Axis Y Axis Graph Y Axis Surface Rate of Spread maximum 0 0 15 5 ch h 0 0 10 0 e We Limits Flame Length 0 0 7 08 jo 0 7 0 Graph Y Variables Output Range Short Description This dialog allows you to specify the Y axis I Picture m Help minimum and maximum values for any or all of the output graphs of this run Ed Cancel va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 08 44 40 Page 2 Graph Y axis example fuel model 10 40 A A A a a 35 mih LJ o Po un hi un a o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h bo o 0 2 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1 h Moisture 7 The comparison with the corresponding graph for fuel model 5 is now more straightforward now that the axis are the same a BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 09 11 55 Page 2 Graph Y axis example fuel model 5 Mill T E B Ww 3 co T a mih to WJ o un tN un un a o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h ht o fff a MT ll Ip HAY A A ue mn N 7 i gt 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 1 h Moisture 50 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAF
160. utput Variables SIZE gt Options gt Output Variables tab 66 SURFACE gt Options gt Directions tab 99 SURFACE gt Options gt Fuel Moisture tab 77 85 87 SURFACE gt Options gt Outputs tab 63 78 90 92 SURFACE gt Options gt Slope tab 89 moisture Scenario set selection 85 105 Table shading for acceptable fire conditions check box 15 Units Custom 93 English 93 Metric 93 F File Calculate 14 31 104 New 14 15 21 93 104 Open Run 14 104 Print 14 72 saveAs 104 Fuel model gt BehavePlus format 80 Fuel model gt FARSITE format 84 Image 73 Moisture scenario 88 Results gt HTML 74 Results gt Spreadsheet 73 Run 22 Worksheet 22 Workspaces Clone current workspace 13 103 New workspace 13 103 H Help Program help 9 11 14 108 P Pages menu 8 14 71 T Tools Fine dead fuel moisture 97 Relative humidity 99 Sun moon calendar 101 Units converter 93 94 units Editor 93 V View gt 71 View parameters 81 W Windows Cascade 72 Tile 72 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 141 Command Index BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 142 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 A RMRS ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION The Rocky Mountain Research Station develops scientific information and technology to improve management protection and use of the forests and rangelands Research is designed to meet the needs of National F
161. vePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 09 27 48 Page 2 Graph size example uh D e DH Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h gt 8 6 i MESA 2 ASAS 0 EEE a leidos Dl EEE 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Dead Fuel Moisture 0 Changing the Graph Size to 100 changes the above to the following graph Graph Size 46 pee Graph Title Short X Asis Ongin Zero Y Asas Origin Zero 52 USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide DRAFT Graph output va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 09 50 50 Page 2 e Wind Speed mi h Graph size example 20 3 E 8 i amp co 10 En un Gu o 2 a En D E oH a un Midf IE Y IA HILL la tA yl Tit vt iA YI HHPIA EA O SHA Hert 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Dead Fuel Moisture 40 The graph title content is controlled using the Graph Title drop down list on the Configure gt Appearance gt Graph Size tab Selecting Short from the Graph Title drop down list displays just the contents of the Worksheet Description text box as the title Selecting Long displays the Description text box and the graph variables X Asis Onegin Zero Y Axis Origin Zero USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 53 Graph output va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 09 50 50 DRAFT BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide Page 1 Modules SURFACE Descr
162. wind speed and wind adjustment factor rather than as midflame wind speed e Wind direction is upslope e Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread the only option that is valid for this spotting option USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 133 Example Worksheets BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide 134 USDA Forest Service General Technical ReportRMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 Index Numerics hr fuel moisture 97 123 73 A acceptable fire conditions 38 Worksheet section 19 attaching custom fuel models 81 moisture scenarios 85 axis origins 47 axis scales 46 B BasicStart bpw 15 bmp 73 borders Worksheet 20 bpf 83 browser using a 74 Button Choices 28 89 Convert 94 Export 97 first page 71 Guide 15 27 Initialize from a Fuel Model 80 last page 71 next page 71 Options 23 previous page 71 C Calculate Results dialog box 31 32 43 44 45 46 49 capture 73 cascade display 72 changing a Worksheet 22 check box Contain Status 69 Display Graph Results 43 Display output distances in map units 9 1 Display table results 31 Fire Characteristics Chart 63 Fire projection documentation 17 Fire Shape Diagram 66 Shade alternate table rows 34 Show description for all discrete variable codes 18 19 Show descriptions only for entered discrete variable codes 18 Slope Elevation Change 90 Slope Horizontal Distance 90 Slope Steepness 90 Table shading for acceptable fire conditions 19 37 T
163. without having to load a Worksheet or configure one e Calculations are for maximum spread rate upslope spread with the wind Fuel moisture is entered by individual size class FuelModeling bpw This is the SURFACE module set up to examine the effect of changing fuel parameters part of the process of developing a custom fuel model e Fuel is entered as fuel parameter Fuel moisture is entered as moisture scenario e Wind is blowing upslope e Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread Only rate of spread maximum and flame length are selected as output USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 131 Example Worksheets BehavePlus v3 0 User s Guide SlopeMap bpw This simple worksheet is used to calculate slope steepness from map measurements It is available from the SURFACE module e Slope steepness is specified to be calculated from map measurements e Only the slope output variables are selected SurfaceBasic bpw This worksheet is similar to the DIRECT module in the old BEHAVE This method of specifying directions is used to show the relative effects of wind and slope by vectoring Reference is to upslope so there is no need to define aspect or reference directions with respect to north e A fuel moisture value is required for each size class e Calculations are only for the direction of maximum spread e Wind and spread directions are specified as degrees clockwise from upslop
164. xample va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 07 15 20 Page 1 Modules SURFACE Description H Graph examples Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Fuel Model gt 1 2 3 4 Fuel Moisture Dead Fuel Moisture gt E ER Live Fuel Moisture vo i gt 100 o o o Weather Midflame Wind Speed upslope mih i gt 0 0 5 0 10 0 15 0 20 0 Terrain Slope Steepness py 12 With two variables one continuous and one discrete you no longer have the F Display table results option of changing the X Axis Variable in the Calculate Results dialog Select the Table Row Variable box i Fuel Model Midflame Wind Speed upslope M Display graph results Specify graph Y axis limits va BehavePlus 3 0 0 Wed Nov 03 2004 at 07 15 20 Page 2 Graph examples A DEN di DEN da Erro LADA AAA AVIAR ro E 0 2 4 6 10 12 14 16 Midflame a Speed upslope mih n o o o o Lun o o to o o bo o o Surface Rate of Spread maximum ch h ts o o ma o o A graph is not possible when ranges are selected for two discrete variables 8 3 Axis scales Setting axis scales is important for getting the best information from your Runs and especially for comparing graph output from different Runs 8 3 1 X axis The X axis variable and scale are the same for all graphs produced by a Run The maximum for the x axis is set to be the maximum value specified for the variable on the Wor
165. xample i sts sSCS Fuel Vegetation Surface Understory Initialize from a Fuel Model ap 1 h Fuel Load 10 h Fuel Load tona B lO 100 h Fuel Load tona B lO Live Herbaceous Fuel Load tonfac E 1 50 Lave Woody Fuel Load tonfac E laoo 1 h Surface Area Vol Ratio E liso Live Herb Surface Area Vol Ratio Rms E Live Woody Surface Area VolRatio 283 BEN listo eS Fuel Bed Depth i Dead Fuel Moisture of Extinction gt PE Dead Fuel Heat Content Etut E Boon Live Fuel Heat Content Etut gt A sss Fuel Moisture 1 h Moisture 0 i gt PO 10 h Moisture gt E 100 h Moisture E Lire Herbaceous Moisture dm E Live Woody Moisture w E 12 5 Custom fuel models In addition to the standard fuel models you can create save and reuse custom fuel models in BehavePlus These custom fuel models can be exported in a file format used by FARSITE NEXUS and FlamMap 12 5 1 Defining and saving custom fuel models The first step in creating a custom fuel model is to change the Worksheet so that individual fuel parameters are entered in place of the fuel model code Use the Configure gt Module selection gt SURFACE gt Options gt Fuel and moisture tab and select the fuel parameters radio button Fuel is entered as O fuel models CL fuel parameters C dynamic palmetto gallberry two fuel models 2 cimensional expected spread two fuel models harmonic mean two fuel models area
166. xpanded set of standard fuel models A complete list of version 3 changes can be found in Appendix A The use of trade or firm names in this publication is for reader information and does not imply endorsement by the U S Department of Agriculture of any product or service Table of Contents Pe MCE OCU GC OM sap E DI A ale a A ene arid A IS ae a a al ZO Peration css ER AS A E AAA ee AAA eae Rd 7 Zl Orat O pi Aaa 7 22 DOS a ee eee ee ee ee ee ee er ee ee eee ee eee 8 ER RR 10 2 A ASA MACONDO AA A AA AR 2 DETINICONS is rn As 13 2 6 Menusiand TODA arar A RA aio 13 IW ORKSNCOUS AN ESO In ack a Sie bee BAe ch SS Be ee eee E UE q Bd I5 Sel Worksheet la vQU tna ti e RA desa I5 32 Example Worksheets cuco ri A A Ed E ae EE E I5 33 WOKS NEET SCCLIONS tet rr id E E E EOE E a E E l6 3 4 Loading a previously saved Worksheet 0 0 eee eee eee eee eee eee ees 2l 3 0 1he UStartup VV OF NEE E rca ele he aa io tao 22 3 6 Changing Worksheet 3 cat grane iene A A ewe E a EA E E 22 3 72 oane a VVOrIenceLor A RUN is A A A h 22 Ai POQuIeS stas aii ds 23 A ke InDUE OPLONS ir or IA AA ad Ow Sea 23 42 OUEput O DONS cassio sas dd a hee andadas 24 De EMCGKING INDUC s res 5 Gres orn ty seen Os eer Aa eek OA eae Oa A q Rc bas 27 Delis SHADE text DOXES 6 chennai Mia one eae a cnt cle datas Ge Ad Sele slate a 27 D2 DIREC ENT y si a EAS Me ected eae Adee oe ee 27 DS INDUC GUIAS pat e ore et ea ete E Se el Ie eee 27 5 4 Linked input variables
167. ying acceptable ranges of fire behavior with table shading is included to replace RxWINDOW from the old BEHAVE system e Output tables can be exported into Microsoft Excel and HTML format files The new example Worksheet BasicStart bpw is loaded at startup so the user can quickly do a simple run without having to load a Worksheet or configure one A new example Worksheet SurfaceCrown bpw is included Several new example Runs are available FuelCompare bpr FuelMoisWInd bpr and FuelWind bpr Module names are listed with the output variables and run options shown on the Worksheet A new option for listing descriptions of discrete variable codes on the Worksheet are added The Fuel Vegetation input category has been split into two new categories Fuel Vegetation Sur face Understory and Fuel Vegetation Overstory A new input category named Acceptable Fire Conditions is displayed on a Worksheet when the Table shading for acceptable fire conditions option is selected P G has been added to the input variables used specifically for the palmetto gallberry fuel model The RH Tool has been removed as a module and is now included in the Tool menu This was done since the RH module did not link to any of the other modules e The Probability of Ignition module now draws a smooth curve on the output graphs instead of the steps in previous versions USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RMRS GTR 106WWW 2005 111 Versi

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