Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Open Access Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 2, 3219–3249, 2014 Natural Hazards www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci-discuss.net/2/3219/2014/ and Earth System doi:10.5194/nhessd-2-3219-2014 NHESSD © Author(s) 2014. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Sciences Discussions 2, 3219–3249, 2014 This discussion paper is/has been under review for the journal Natural Hazards and Earth Evaluation of forest System Sciences (NHESS). Please refer to the corresponding final paper in NHESS if available. fire models on a large observation database Evaluation of forest fire models on a large J.-B. Filippi et al. observation database Title Page J.-B. Filippi1, V. Mallet2,3, and B. Nader1 Abstract Introduction 1CNRS SPE, Università di Corsica, BP 52, 20250 Corte, France 2 INRIA, BP 105, 78 153 Le Chesnay cedex, France Conclusions References 3CEREA (joint laboratory École des Ponts ParisTech & EDF R&D, université Paris Est), Marne-la-Vallée, France Tables Figures Received: 16 April 2014 – Accepted: 17 April 2014 – Published: 8 May 2014 J I Correspondence to: J.-B. Filippi (fi
[email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. J I Back Close Full Screen / Esc Printer-friendly Version Interactive Discussion 3219 Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Discussion Paper | Abstract NHESSD This paper presents the evaluation of several fire propagation models using a large set of observed fires. The observation base is composed of 80 Mediterranean fire cases 2, 3219–3249, 2014 of different sizes, which come with the limited information available in an operational 5 context (burned surface and approximative ignition point).