REBURN: A new tool to model wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and beyond
This NASA MODIS image shows the Tripod Complex Fire in north-central Washington on Aug. 7, 2006. Credit: NASA/MODIS Rapid Response Team/Goddard Space Flight Center In 2006, the Tripod Complex Fire burned more than 175,000 acres in north-central Washington. The fire, which was within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, was more than three times the size of Seattle. Yet while considered severe…