Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">External Service</td><td align="left">Purpose</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Fire weather forecast</td><td align="left">Text-based fire weather forecasts from the National Weather Service, included in all decisions</td></tr><tr><td align="left">National digital forecast database (NDFD)</td><td align="left">Gridded seven-day digital forecast from the National Weather Service, used for fire behavior modeling and forecasted fire danger</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Weather information management system (WIMS)</td><td align="left">Data from remote automated weather stations (RAWS) used for historic fire danger and fire behavior modeling inputs</td></tr><tr><td align="left">MODIS</td><td align="left">Web mapping service of MODIS infrared signal available on all WFDSS maps</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Air quality tools</td><td align="left">Air quality forecasts from a variety of sources</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 5: Developing the US Wildland Fire Decision Support System 