NEXUS

DESCRIPTION

As described on the Huntana Web site, NEXUS is an Excel spreadsheet that links surface and crown fire prediction models. It is used to:

• estimate surface, transition, and crown fire behavior,
• generate site specific indices of torching and crown fire potential,
• build and test custom surface fuel models,
• evaluate alternative treatments for reducing risk of crown fire,
• explore the influence of different factors on predicted fire, behavior and crowning potential using existing fire behavior models,
• assess potential for crown fire activity on a working or hypothetical fire.

NEXUS runs on Windows 95/98/NT computers and requires Microsoft's Excel spreadhseet program.

Download instructions are also provided on the Huntana Web site

SCALE AND AREAS OF APPLICATION

SURVEY COMMENTS

Four survey respondents reported using NEXUS.  Only one of the 4 users of NEXUS provided comments on its use. That user said NEXUS was a very important tool, fairly good at what he/she needed it to do and that there was a very low need to change to another tool.

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