Glossary of Terms and Metrics
A guide to the terms and metrics used in Technosylva’s products.
- British Columbia Fuel Models
- Buildup Index (BUI)
- Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System (CFFDRS)
- Drought Code (DC)
- Duff Moisture Code (DMC)
- Fine Fuel Moisture Code (FFMC)
- Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP)
- Fire Weather Index (FWI)
- Foliar Moisture Content (FMC)
- Grass Curing
- Hourly Fine Fuel Moisture Code (HFFMC)
- Initial Spread Index (ISI)
- Burning Index (BI)
- Extended Attack Assessment Index (EAA)
- Energy Release Component (ERC)
- Fire Behavior Index (FBI)
- Fire Path
- Fire Potential Index Composite (FPIC)
- Fire Potential Wind Index (FPWI)
- Fireline Intensity (FLI)
- Flame Length (FL)
- Head Fire Intensity (HFI)
- Ignition Probability or Probability of Ignition (POI)
- Initial Attack Assessment (IAA)
- National Fire Danger Rating System - Version 2016 (NFDRS16)
- Probability of Failure (POF)
- Rate of Spread (ROS)
- Rothermal Model
- Severe Fire Danger Index (SFDI)
- Spotting
- Spread Component (SC)
- Terrain Difficulty Index (TDI)
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Product Glossaries
- Automated Surface Observation Station (ASOS)
- Convective Variables
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
- Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI)
- Global Forecast System (GFS)
- High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR)
- Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI)
- National Weather Service (NWS)
- Relative Humidity (RH)
- Snow Mask / Snow Cover
- Surface Downwelling Shortwave Flux
- Temperature
- Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)
- Wind Gust
- Wind Speed
- WindNinja