Simple empirical fire model

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Model Code Exploration

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Fire.scn

initialTimeSinceFire = ..\gisData\cell\initialTSF1
Model Dimensions: initialTimeSinceFire
FireModel.sel

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Model.sel

Seles Model Information
Time Units: Day Year 365.25
Landscape Events:
 Succession.lse
 Fire.lse
 ReportResults.lse
Variable-Input View Maps:
 Species = initialSpecies
 TimeSinceFire = initialTimeSinceFire
Variable-Output View Maps:
 Species
 TimeSinceFire
Global Constants:
 MaxTSF = 200

 rAspen = 1
 rPine = 2
 rSpruce = 3
 rBalsam = 4
 Aspen = 1
 Pine = 2
 Spruce = 3
 Balsam = 4

Output Model Bounds:
 TimeSinceFire: MaxTSF
 Species: 4
Global Variables:
 ForestSize = 250000
 MeanFireSize = 100
 MeanFiresPerYear = 10
 FireCycle = ForestSize /(MeanFireSize * MeanFiresPerYear)
 oldFireCycle = FireCycle OFF

 PatchBased = TRUE
 SProbAspen2Spruce = 0.1
 SProbPine = 0.01
 SProbPine2Spruce = 0.5
 
 RecordResults = TRUE
Output Frequency: 365.250000

consumer.lse

 // Process based definition for  consumber behaviour in producer/consumer  model
LSEVENT: Consumder
DEFINITIONS
  LAYER: LSState, PrevLSState
  GLOBAL CONSTANT: Uncolonised, Producer,  Consumer
  GLOBAL VARIABLE: pInitialConsumer,   pSpreadConsumer, pDeathConsumer //,  SpreadRateConsumer
ENDDEF
// Just start once
RETURNTIME = 0
// Initialize in an empty cell
PROBINIT = IF LSState EQ Uncolonised THEN  pInitialConsumer ELSE 0
TRANSITIONS
  // Decide if this cell survives
  Dies = UNIFORM(0,1) < pDeathConsumer
  // If the consumer is dying
  IF Dies
      LSState = Uncolonised
  ENDFN
  TRANSITIONS = !Dies
  LSState = Consumer
ENDTR
SPREADTIMESTEP = 1 //SpreadRateConsumer
SPREADLOCATION
  REGION CENTRED(0,1, WRAPPED)
ENDSL
SPREADPROB
  // Always spread to the same cell  (self), and spread probabilistical to  neighbouring producer cells
 SPREADPROB = IF Location EQ (SOURCE  Location) THEN 1
              ELSE IF PrevLSState EQ   Producer  THEN pSpreadConsumer
              ELSE 0
ENDSP

producer.lse

// Process based definiton of producer  behaviour in producer/consumer model
LSEVENT: Producer
DEFINITIONS
  LAYER: LSState, PrevLSState
  GLOBAL CONSTANT: Uncolonised, Producer,  Consumer
  GLOBAL VARIABLE: pInitialProducer,  pSpreadProducer, pDeathProducer //,  SpreadRateProducer
ENDDEF
// Just start once
RETURNTIME = 0
// Initialize in an empty cell
PROBINIT = IF LSState EQ Uncolonised THEN  pInitialProducer ELSE 0
TRANSITIONS
  // Decide if this cell survives
  Dies = UNIFORM(0,1) < pDeathProducer
  // If the producer is dying
  IF Dies
     LSState = Uncolonised
  ENDFN
  TRANSITIONS = (!Dies)
  LSState = Producer
ENDTR
SPREADTIMESTEP = 1 //SpreadRateProducer 
SPREADLOCATION
  notEaten = PrevLSState EQ Producer //  check that the producer wasn't eaten  during the last step
  REGION CENTRED(0, 1, WRAPPED)
     DECISION notEaten // don't spread if  eaten (i.e. stop process)
ENDSL
SPREADPROB
  // Always spread to the same cell  (self), and spread probabilistically to  empty neighbouring cells
 SPREADPROB = IF Location EQ (SOURCE  Location) THEN 1 // spread to same cell
              ELSE IF PrevLSState EQ  Uncolonised THEN pSpreadProducer
              ELSE 0
ENDSP

update.lse

// Event to update time step
LSEVENT: Update
DEFINITIONS
  LAYER: LSState, PrevLSState
ENDDEF
RETURNTIME
  RETURNTIME = 1
  PrevLSState = LSState
ENDRT
NUMCLUSTERS = 0

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