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🔥 Wildfire Front Lab: Rothermel Wind, Slope and Fuel-Moisture Spread — 2D Map and Cross-Section

2D companion of the wildfire front lab: fire map with the predicted Anderson ellipse and force vectors, terrain cross-section with flames, and Rothermel spread-law plots.

Climate, Ecology & Environment2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the wildfire front lab: a top-down fire map with the predicted Anderson ellipse and wind, slope and resultant vectors, a terrain cross-section with flames, and spread-law plots for fuel moisture and wind. Uses the same physics module as the 3D version.

WildfireRothermelFire SpreadFuel MoistureFirebreak

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install