WFAT provides an interface between ArcMap, FlamMap, and the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM), combining their strengths into a spatial fire behavior and fire effects analysis tool in GIS. In the workshop, you will learn how to use WFAT to locate potential fuel treatment units and to evaluate the effects of a prescribed burn on soil exposure, emissions, and mortality. WFAT allows managers to compare management alternatives and saves the time and effort of converting data between multiple formats for use in ArcMap, FlamMap, and FOFEM. Downloadable LANDFIRE layers (landfire.gov) can be used as input GIS layers. The workshop will begin with a presentation describing the WFAT tool, followed by live demonstrations of the tools, and examples of applications. Time will be allotted for students to engage in hands on exercises using WFAT to assess fire behavior and fire effects. The instructors will be available to help students set up the modeling parameters for running a variety of weather and fuel moisture scenarios, to complete the exercises using sample data sets that include rangeland and woodland settings. Participants may bring their own laptop computer with ArcGIS installed (including Spatial Analyst) if they would like to run WFAT on their own computer. Software, tutorials, and data examples will be provided in advance for those who register for the workshop.
Oral presentation and poster titles, abstracts, and authors from the Society for Range Management (SRM) Annual Meetings and Tradeshows, from 2013 forward.