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1 function result=perimeter(long,lat,uf,vf,dzdxf,dzdyf,time_now,bound)
3 % Volodymyr Kondratenko           December 8 2012       
5 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
6  
7 % The function creates the initial matrix of times of ignitions
8 %                       given the perimeter and time of ignition at the points of the perimeter and
9 %                       is using wind and terrain gradient in its calculations
10 % Input: We get it after reading the data using function read_file_perimeter.m 
11 %        
12 %        long                   FXLONG*UNIT_FXLONG, longtitude coordinates of the mesh converted into meters
13 %        lat                    FXLAT*UNIT_FXLAT, latitude coordinates of the mesh converted into meters 
14 %        uf,vf                  horizontal wind velocity vectors of the points of the mesh 
15 %        dzdxf,dzdyf    terrain gradient of the points of the mesh
16 %        time_now               time of ignition on the fireline (fire perimeter)
17 %        bound                  set of ordered points of the fire perimeter 1st=last 
18 %                                               bound(i,1)-horisontal; bound(i,1)-vertical coordinate
20 % Output:   Matrix of time of ignition
22 % Code:
24 %addpath('../../other/Matlab/util1_jan');
25 %addpath('../../other/Matlab/netcdf');
26 tic
27 fuels % This function is needed to create fuel variable, that contains all the characteristics 
28       % types of fuel, this function lies in the same folder where you run the main_function.m
29           % (where is it originally located/can be created?)
31 format long
33 bnd_size=size(bound);
34 n=size(long,1);
35 m=size(long,2);
37 %tign=zeros(n,m);      % "time of ignition matrix" of the nodes 
38 %A=zeros(n,m);         % flag matrix of the nodes, A(i,j)=1 if the time of ignition of the 
39                       % point (i,j) was updated at least once 
41 'started' 
42 %  IN - matrix, that shows, whether the point is inside (IN(x,y)>0) the burning region
43 %  or outside (IN(x,y)<0)
44 %  ON - matrix that, shows whether the point is on the boundary or not
45 %  Both matrices evaluated using "polygon", coefficients are multiplied by
46 %  10^6, because the function looses acuracy when it deals with decimals
48 xv=bound(:,1);
49 yv=bound(:,2);
50 xv=xv*100000;
51 yv=yv*100000;
52 lat1=lat*100000;
53 long1=long*100000;
54 [IN,ON] = inpolygon(long1,lat1,xv,yv);
56 % Code 
58 [ichap,bbb,phiwc,betafl,r_0]=fire_ros_new(fuel);
59 delta_tign=delta_tign_calculation(long,lat,vf,uf,dzdxf,dzdyf,ichap,bbb,phiwc,betafl,r_0);
60 % Calculates needed variables for rate of fire spread calculation
62 %%%%%%% First part %%%%%%%
63 % Set everything inside to time_now and update the tign of the points outside
65 % Initializing flag matrix A and time of ignition (tign)
66 % Extending the boundaries, in order to speed up the algorythm
67 A=[];
68 C=zeros(n+2,m+2);
69 % A contains coordinates of the points that were updated during the last
70 % step
71 IN_ext=(2)*ones(n+2,m+2);
72 IN_ext(2:n+1,2:m+1)=IN(:,:,1);
74 for i=2:n+1
75     for j=2:m+1
76         if IN_ext(i,j)==1
77             if sum(sum(IN_ext(i-1:i+1,j-1:j+1)))<9
78                 A=[A;[i,j]];
79             end
80        end
81     end
82 end
83 tign=ones(n+2,m+2)*1000*time_now;
84 tign(2:n+1,2:m+1)=IN(:,:,1)*time_now+(1-IN(:,:,1))*1000*time_now;       % and their time of ignition is set to time_now
85 toc
88 changed=1;
90 % The algorithm stops when the matrix converges (tign_old-tign==0) or if
91 % the amount of iterations
92 % reaches the max(size()) of the mesh
93 for istep=1:max(2*size(tign)),
94     if changed==0, 
95         % The matrix coverged
96         'first part done'
97         break
98     end
99         
100     
101     tign_last=tign;
102     time_toc=toc;
103 str=sprintf('%f -- How long does it take to run step %i',time_toc,istep-1);
105     % tign_update - updates the time of ignition of the points
107 [tign,A,C]=tign_update(tign,A,IN_ext,delta_tign,time_now,0);
108     % tign_update - updates the time of ignition of the points
110     changed=sum(tign(:)~=tign_last(:));
112    sprintf('%s \n step %i outside tign changed at %i points \n %f -- norm of the difference',str,istep,changed,norm(tign-tign_last))
113   
114    end
116 if changed~=0,
117    
118    'did not find fixed point'
121 %%%%%%% Second part %%%%%%%
123 % Set all the points outside to time_now and update the points inside
125 % Initializing flag matrix A and time of ignition (tign)
126 % Extending the boundaries, in order to speed up the algorythm
127 A=[];
128 C=zeros(n+2,m+2);
129 for i=2:n+1
130     for j=2:m+1
131         if IN_ext(i,j)==0
132             if sum(sum(IN_ext(i-1:i+1,j-1:j+1)))>0
133          A=[A;[i,j]];
134             end
135        end
136     end
139 tign_in=zeros(n+2,m+2);
140 tign_in(2:n+1,2:m+1)=(1-IN(:,:,1)).*tign(2:n+1,2:m+1);
141 changed=1;
143 % The algorithm stops when the matrix converges (tign_old-tign==0) or if the amount of iterations
144 % % reaches the max(size()) of the mesh
145 for istep=1:max(size(tign)),
146     if changed==0, 
147                 % The matrix of tign converged
148                 'printed'
149                 break
150     end
151     
152     tign_last=tign_in;
153     time_toc=toc;
154    str= sprintf('%f -- How long does it take to run step %i',time_toc,istep-1);
156     
157     % tign_update - updates the tign of the points
158     [tign_in,A,C]=tign_update(tign_in,A,IN_ext,delta_tign,time_now,1);
159   % hwen it is outside the last parameter is 0, inside 1  
160     changed=sum(tign_in(:)~=tign_last(:));
162     sprintf('%s \n step %i inside tign changed at %i points \n %f -- norm of the difference',str,istep,changed,norm(tign_in-tign_last))
163     
165 final_tign=zeros(n+2,m+2);
166 final_tign(2:n+1,2:m+1)=(IN(:,:,1)>0).*tign_in(2:n+1,2:m+1)+(IN(:,:,1)==0).*tign(2:n+1,2:m+1);
167 result=final_tign(2:n+1,2:m+1);
169 fid = fopen('output_tign.txt', 'w');
170     dlmwrite('output_tign.txt', result, 'delimiter', '\t','precision', '%.4f');
171     fclose(fid);
172     
173 if changed~=0,
174     'did not find fixed point inside'
175    end
178 function [tign,A,C]=tign_update(tign,A,IN,delta_tign,time_now,where)
179   
180 % Does one iteration of the algorythm and updates the tign of the points of
181 % the mesh that are next to the previously updated neighbors
182 %B=A(end,:);
183 C=zeros(size(tign,1),size(tign,2));
184 for i=1:size(A,1)
185     for dx=-1:1   
186         for dy=-1:1  
187                 if where*IN(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)==1
188                     tign_new=tign(A(i,1),A(i,2))-0.5*(delta_tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy,dx+2,dy+2)+delta_tign(A(i,1),A(i,2),2-dx,2-dy));
189                     if (tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)<tign_new)&&(tign_new<=time_now)
190                         % Looking for the max tign, which
191                         % should be <= than time_now, since the
192                         % point is inside of the preimeter
193                    %     if (B(end,1)~=A(i,1)+dx)||(B(end,2)~=A(i,2)+dy)
194                    %         B=[B;[A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy]];
195                             tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)=tign_new;
196                             C(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)=1;
197                    %    end
198                     end
199             
200                 elseif (1-where)*(1-IN(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy))==1
201                     tign_new=tign(A(i,1),A(i,2))+0.5*(delta_tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy,dx+2,dy+2)+delta_tign(A(i,1),A(i,2),2-dx,2-dy));
202                     
203 if (A(i,1)+dx==2)&&(A(i,2)+dy==2)
204     display('**********************************************************')
205 display('i=1,j=1, (2,2) in extended array')
206 display('we calculate it from the point')
207 A(i,1)
208 A(i,2)
209 display('tign_new that was calculated')   
210 tign_new
211 display('tign(A(i,1),A(i,2))')
212 tign(A(i,1),A(i,2))
213 display('delta_tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy,dx+2,dy+2) ')
214 delta_tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy,dx+2,dy+2)
215 display('delta_tign(A(i,1),A(i,2),2-dx,2-dy)')
216 delta_tign(A(i,1),A(i,2),2-dx,2-dy)
217 display('tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy')
218 tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)
220 display('time_now')
221 time_now    
222 display('check (tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)>tign_new)&&(tign_new>=time_now)')
223 (tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)>tign_new)&&(tign_new>=time_now)
225             
226                     if (tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)>tign_new)&&(tign_new>=time_now);
227                         % Looking for the min tign, which
228                         % should be >= than time_now, since the
229                         % point is outside of the preimeter
230                    %     if (B(end,1)~=A(i,1)+dx+1)||(B(end,2)~=A(i,2)+dy)
231                    %     B=[B;[A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy]];
232                         tign(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)=tign_new;
233                         C(A(i,1)+dx,A(i,2)+dy)=1;
234                    %     end
235                     end
236             end
237         end
238     end
240 A=[];
241 [A(:,1),A(:,2)]=find(C>0);
244 function [ichap,bbb,phiwc,betafl,r_0]=fire_ros_new(fuel,fmc_g)
245 % ros=fire_ros(fuel,speed,tanphi)
246 % ros=fire_ros(fuel,speed,tanphi,fmc_g)
247 % in
248 %       fuel    fuel description structure
249 %       speed   wind speed
250 %       tanphi  slope
251 %       fmc_g   optional, overrides fuelmc_g from the fuel description
252 % out
253 %       ros     rate of spread
255 % given fuel params
257 windrf=fuel.windrf;               % WIND REDUCTION FACTOR
258 fgi=fuel.fgi;                     % INITIAL TOTAL MASS OF SURFACE FUEL (KG/M**2)
259 fueldepthm=fuel.fueldepthm;       % FUEL DEPTH (M)
260 savr=fuel.savr;                   % FUEL PARTICLE SURFACE-AREA-TO-VOLUME RATIO, 1/FT
261 fuelmce=fuel.fuelmce;             % MOISTURE CONTENT OF EXTINCTION
262 fueldens=fuel.fueldens;           % OVENDRY PARTICLE DENSITY, LB/FT^3
263 st=fuel.st;                       % FUEL PARTICLE TOTAL MINERAL CONTENT
264 se=fuel.se;                       % FUEL PARTICLE EFFECTIVE MINERAL CONTENT
265 weight=fuel.weight;               % WEIGHTING PARAMETER THAT DETERMINES THE SLOPE OF THE MASS LOSS CURVE
266 fci_d=fuel.fci_d;                 % INITIAL DRY MASS OF CANOPY FUEL
267 fct=fuel.fct;                     % BURN OUT TIME FOR CANOPY FUEL, AFTER DRY (S)
268 ichap=fuel.ichap;                 % 1 if chaparral, 0 if not
269 fci=fuel.fci;                     % INITIAL TOTAL MASS OF CANOPY FUEL
270 fcbr=fuel.fcbr;                   % FUEL CANOPY BURN RATE (KG/M**2/S)
271 hfgl=fuel.hfgl;                   % SURFACE FIRE HEAT FLUX THRESHOLD TO IGNITE CANOPY (W/m^2)
272 cmbcnst=fuel.cmbcnst;             % JOULES PER KG OF DRY FUEL
273 fuelheat=fuel.fuelheat;           % FUEL PARTICLE LOW HEAT CONTENT, BTU/LB
274 fuelmc_g=fuel.fuelmc_g;           % FUEL PARTICLE (SURFACE) MOISTURE CONTENT, jm: 1 by weight?
275 fuelmc_c=fuel.fuelmc_c;           % FUEL PARTICLE (CANOPY) MOISTURE CONTENT, 1
277 if exist('fmc_g','var') % override moisture content by given
278     fuelmc_g = fmc_g;
281 % computations from CAWFE code: wf2_janice/fire_startup.m4 
283 bmst     = fuelmc_g/(1+fuelmc_g);          % jm: 1 
284 fuelheat = cmbcnst * 4.30e-04;             % convert J/kg to BTU/lb
285 fci      = (1.+fuelmc_c)*fci_d;
286 fuelloadm= (1.-bmst) * fgi;                % fuelload without moisture
287                                            % jm: 1.-bmst = 1/(1+fuelmc_g) so fgi includes moisture? 
288 fuelload = fuelloadm * (.3048)^2 * 2.205;  % to lb/ft^2
289 fueldepth= fueldepthm/0.3048;              % to ft
290 betafl   = fuelload/(fueldepth * fueldens);% packing ratio  jm: lb/ft^2/(ft * lb*ft^3) = 1
291 betaop   = 3.348 * savr^(-0.8189);         % optimum packing ratio jm: units??  
292 qig      = 250. + 1116.*fuelmc_g;          % heat of preignition, btu/lb
293 epsilon  = exp(-138./savr );               % effective heating number
294 rhob     = fuelload/fueldepth;             % ovendry bulk density, lb/ft^3
295 c        = 7.47 * exp(-0.133 * savr^0.55); % const in wind coef
296 bbb      = 0.02526 * savr^0.54;            % const in wind coef
297 c        = c * windrf^bbb;                 % jm: wind reduction from 20ft per Baughman&Albini(1980)
298 e        = 0.715 * exp( -3.59e-4 * savr);  % const in wind coef
299 phiwc    = c * (betafl/betaop)^(-e); 
300 rtemp2   = savr^1.5;
301 gammax   = rtemp2/(495. + 0.0594*rtemp2);  % maximum rxn vel, 1/min
302 a        = 1./(4.774 * savr^0.1 - 7.27);   % coef for optimum rxn vel
303 ratio    = betafl/betaop;   
304 gamma    = gammax*(ratio^a)*exp(a*(1.-ratio)); % optimum rxn vel, 1/min
305 wn       = fuelload/(1 + st);              % net fuel loading, lb/ft^2
306 rtemp1   = fuelmc_g/fuelmce;
307 etam     = 1.-2.59*rtemp1 +5.11*rtemp1^2 -3.52*rtemp1^3;  % moist damp coef
308 etas     = 0.174* se^(-0.19);              % mineral damping coef
309 ir       = gamma * wn * fuelheat * etam * etas; % rxn intensity,btu/ft^2 min
310 irm      = ir * 1055./( 0.3048^2 * 60.) * 1.e-6;% for mw/m^2 (set but not used)
311 xifr     = exp( (0.792 + 0.681*savr^0.5)...
312             * (betafl+0.1)) /(192. + 0.2595*savr); % propagating flux ratio
313 %        ... r_0 is the spread rate for a fire on flat ground with no wind.
314 r_0      = ir*xifr/(rhob * epsilon *qig);  % default spread rate in ft/min
316 % computations from CAWFE code: wf2_janice/fire_ros.m4 
321 function delta_tign=delta_tign_calculation(long,lat,vf,uf,dzdxf,dzdyf,ichap,bbb,phiwc,betafl,r_0)
322     %Extend the boundaries to speed up the algorithm, the values of the
323     %extended boundaries would be set to zeros and are never used in the
324     %code
325         result=1;
326     'hello'
327     delta_tign=zeros(size(long,1)+2,size(long,2)+2,3,3);
328     rate_of_spread=zeros(size(long,1)+2,size(long,2)+2,3,3);
329     
330     long2=zeros(size(long,1)+2,size(long,2)+2);
331     long2(2:size(long,1)+1,2:size(long,2)+1)=long;
332     long=long2;
333     
334     lat2=zeros(size(lat,1)+2,size(lat,2)+2);
335     lat2(2:size(lat,1)+1,2:size(lat,2)+1)=lat;
336     lat=lat2;
338     vf2=zeros(size(vf,1)+2,size(vf,2)+2);
339     vf2(2:size(vf,1)+1,2:size(vf,2)+1)=vf;
340     vf=vf2;
342     uf2=zeros(size(uf,1)+2,size(uf,2)+2);
343     uf2(2:size(uf,1)+1,2:size(uf,2)+1)=uf;
344     uf=uf2;
346     dzdxf2=zeros(size(dzdxf,1)+2,size(dzdxf,2)+2);
347     dzdxf2(2:size(dzdxf,1)+1,2:size(dzdxf,2)+1)=dzdxf;
348     dzdxf=dzdxf2;
350     dzdyf2=zeros(size(dzdyf,1)+2,size(dzdyf,2)+2);
351     dzdyf2(2:size(dzdyf,1)+1,2:size(dzdyf,2)+1)=dzdyf;
352     dzdyf=dzdyf2;
354 for i=2:size(long,1)-1
355     for j=2:size(long,2)-1
356         for a=-1:1
357             for b=-1:1
358                 wind=0.5*((long(i,j,1)-long(i+a,j+b,1))*vf(i,j,1)+  ... 
359                       (lat(i,j,1)-lat(i+a,j+b,1))*uf(i,j,1));
360                 angle=0.5*((long(i,j,1)-long(i+a,j+b,1))*dzdxf(i,j,1)+  ... 
361                        (lat(i,j,1)-lat(i+a,j+b,1))*dzdyf(i,j,1));
362                 if ~ichap,
363                     %       ... if wind is 0 or into fireline, phiw = 0, &this reduces to backing ros.
364                     spdms = max(wind,0.);
365                     umidm = min(spdms,30.);                    % max input wind spd is 30 m/s   !param!
366                     umid = umidm * 196.850;                    % m/s to ft/min
367                     %  eqn.: phiw = c * umid**bbb * (betafl/betaop)**(-e) ! wind coef
368                     phiw = umid^bbb * phiwc;                   % wind coef
369                     phis = 5.275 * betafl^(-0.3) *max(0,angle)^2;   % slope factor
370                     ros = r_0*(1. + phiw + phis)  * .00508; % spread rate, m/s
371                 else  % chapparal
372                     %        .... spread rate has no dependency on fuel character, only windspeed.
373                     spdms = max(wind,0.);
374                     ros = max(.03333,1.2974 * spdms^1.41);       % spread rate, m/s
375                 end
376                 rate_of_spread(i,j,a+2,b+2)=min(ros,6);
377                 % DEscribe the coefficient below
378                 delta_tign(i,j,a+2,b+2)=sqrt((long(i+a,j+b,1)-long(i,j,1))^2+    ...
379                           (lat(i+a,j+b,1)-lat(i,j,1))^2)/rate_of_spread(i,j,a+2,b+2);
380             end
381         end
383     end
388 function [tign,A]=point_update(i,j,tign,delta_tign,inside)
389     
390     for dx=-1:+1   
391         for dy=-1:+1  
392             % loop over all neighbors
393                 if (A(i+dx,j+dy)==1) % the neighbor was already updated 
394                 % All the vectors are split in half-intervals
395                 % to get better calculation
396             %%% Make a picture of what is happening %%%
397                             
398             tign_new=tign(i+dx,j+dy)-delta_tign(i,j,dx+2,dy+2)-delta_tign(i+dx,j+dy,2-dx,2-dy);
399                            
400                 if (tign(i,j)<tign_new)&&(tign_new<=time_now);
401                     % Looking for the max tign, which
402                     % should be <= than time_now, since the
403                     % point is inside of the preimeter
404                     tign(i,j)=tign_new;
405                     A(i,j)=1;
406                 end
407             end
408         end
409     end
412 % function result=print_matrix(tign,fid)
415 % fprintf(fid,'%s\n','j=1740:1744, i=2750:2754');
417 % for ii = 2750:2754
418 %     fprintf(fid,'%g\t',tign(ii,1740:1744));
419 %     fprintf(fid,'\n');
420 % end
421 % fprintf(fid,'%s\n','i=100');
423 % for ii = 98:102
424 %     fprintf(fid,'%g\t',tign(ii,98:102));
425 %     fprintf(fid,'\n');
426 % end
427 % fprintf(fid,'%s\n','i=1000');
429 % for ii = 998:1002
430 %     fprintf(fid,'%g\t',tign(ii,998:1002));
431 %     fprintf(fid,'\n');
432 % end
433 % result=0;
434 % end
436 % for i=2:size(tign,1)-1
437 %     for j=2:size(tign,2)-1
438 %         % sum_A is needed to know what is the amount of points that surrounds (i,j)
439 %         sum_A=sum(sum(A(i-1:i+1,j-1:j+1)));
440 %         
441 %         if (sum_A~=0)
442 %             
443 %             % sum_A>0 then at least on eneighbor was previously updated and its
444 %             % tign can be used to update the tign of the point (i,j)
445 %             
446 %             % I subtract 1 in all IN, long, lat, uf, vf, dzdxf, dzdyf
447 %             % matrices, because their boundaries were not updated, unlike
448 %             %%% tign (do the loop 1:n, 1:m and change the indexes in tign) %%%
449 %             
450 %                
451 %             for dx=-1:1   
452 %                 for dy=-1:1  
453 %                     % loop over all neighbors
454 %                     if (A(i+dx,j+dy)==1) % the neighbor was already updated 
455 %                         % All the vectors are split in half-intervals
456 %                         % to get better calculation
457 %                         %%% Make a picture of what is happening %%%
458 %                         % I do multiplication by 0.5 here 0.5-(IN(i-1,j-1)>0
459 %                         
460 %                         tign_new=tign(i+dx,j+dy)+(0.5-(IN(i-1,j-1)>0))*(delta_tign(i,j,dx+2,dy+2)+delta_tign(i+dx,j+dy,2-dx,2-dy));
461 %                         
462 %                         if (IN(i-1,j-1)>0)
463 %                             
464 %                             if (tign(i,j)<tign_new)&&(tign_new<=time_now)
465 %                                 % Looking for the max tign, which
466 %                                 % should be <= than time_now, since the
467 %                                 % point is inside of the preimeter
468 %                                 tign(i,j)=tign_new;
469 %                                 A(i,j)=1;
470 %                             end
471 %                         elseif (tign(i,j)>tign_new)&&(tign_new>=time_now);
472 %                                 % Looking for the min tign, which
473 %                                 % should be >= than time_now, since the
474 %                                 % point is outside of the preimeter
475 %                                 tign(i,j)=tign_new;
476 %                                 A(i,j)=1;
477 %                             end 
478 %                         end
479 %                     end
480 %                 end
481 %             end
482 %         end
483 %     end
487 % Old Code -- tign_update
489                             
490 %                             % wind1 = vect.*(uf,vf)
491 %                             wind1=0.5*((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1, 1))*vf(i-1,j-1,1)+  ... 
492 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))*uf(i-1,j-1,1));                            
493 %                             angle1=0.5*((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1,1))*dzdxf(i-1,j-1,1)+  ... 
494 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))*dzdyf(i-1,j-1,1));
495 %                             
496 %                             % This is needed to calculate the ros(i,j)     
497 %                              if ~ichap,
498 %                                 %       ... if wind is 0 or into fireline, phiw = 0, &this reduces to backing ros.
499 %                                 spdms = max(wind1,0.);
500 %                                 umidm = min(spdms,30.);                    % max input wind spd is 30 m/s   !param!
501 %                                 umid = umidm * 196.850;                    % m/s to ft/min
502 %                                 %  eqn.: phiw = c * umid**bbb * (betafl/betaop)**(-e) ! wind coef
503 %                                 phiw = umid^bbb * phiwc;                   % wind coef
504 %                                 phis = 5.275 * betafl^(-0.3) *max(0,angle1)^2;   % slope factor
505 %                                 ros = r_0*(1. + phiw + phis)  * .00508; % spread rate, m/s
506 %                             else  % chapparal
507 %                                 %        .... spread rate has no dependency on fuel character, only windspeed.
508 %                                 spdms = max(wind1,0.);
509 %                                 ros = max(.03333,1.2974 * spdms^1.41);       % spread rate, m/s
510 %                             end
511 %                             ros=min(ros,6);
512 %                             
513 %                             % tign_new=tign(a,b)-delta(t);
514 %                               tign_new1=tign(a,b)-0.5*sqrt((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1,1))^2+   ...
515 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))^2)/ros;                   ...
516 %                                     
517 %                             % Same calculation for the second half of the
518 %                             % interval
519 %                                  
520 %                             wind2=0.5*((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1, 1))*vf(a-1,b-1,1)+  ... 
521 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))*uf(a-1,b-1,1));
522 %                             angle2=0.5*((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1,1))*dzdxf(a-1,b-1,1)+  ... 
523 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))*dzdyf(a-1,b-1,1));
524 %                             if ~ichap,
525 %                                 %       ... if wind is 0 or into fireline, phiw = 0, &this reduces to backing ros.
526 %                                 spdms = max(wind2,0.);
527 %                                 umidm = min(spdms,30.);                    % max input wind spd is 30 m/s   !param!
528 %                                 umid = umidm * 196.850;                    % m/s to ft/min
529 %                                 %  eqn.: phiw = c * umid**bbb * (betafl/betaop)**(-e) ! wind coef
530 %                                 phiw = umid^bbb * phiwc;                   % wind coef
531 %                                 phis = 5.275 * betafl^(-0.3) *max(0,angle2)^2;   % slope factor
532 %                                 ros = r_0*(1. + phiw + phis)  * .00508; % spread rate, m/s
533 %                             else  % chapparal
534 %                                 %        .... spread rate has no dependency on fuel character, only windspeed.
535 %                                 spdms = max(wind2,0.);
536 %                                 ros = max(.03333,1.2974 * spdms^1.41);       % spread rate, m/s
537 %                             end
538 %                             ros=min(ros,6);
539 %                               tign_new2=-0.5*sqrt((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1,1))^2+   ...
540 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))^2)/ros;
541 %                             tign_new=tign_new1+tign_new2;
545 % OUTSIDE
547                             
548                             
549                             
550 %                             wind1=0.5*((long(i-1,j-1,1)-long(a-1,b-1,1))*vf(i-1,j-1,1)+  ... 
551 %                                      (lat(i-1,j-1,1)-lat(a-1,b-1,1))*uf(i-1,j-1,1));
552 %                             angle1=0.5*((long(i-1,j-1,1)-long(a-1,b-1,1))*dzdxf(i-1,j-1,1)+  ... 
553 %                                      (lat(i-1,j-1,1)-lat(a-1,b-1,1))*dzdyf(i-1,j-1,1));
554 %                             if ~ichap,
555 %                                 %       ... if wind is 0 or into fireline, phiw = 0, &this reduces to backing ros.
556 %                                 spdms = max(wind1,0.);
557 %                                 umidm = min(spdms,30.);                    % max input wind spd is 30 m/s   !param!
558 %                                 umid = umidm * 196.850;                    % m/s to ft/min
559 %                                 %  eqn.: phiw = c * umid**bbb * (betafl/betaop)**(-e) ! wind coef
560 %                                 phiw = umid^bbb * phiwc;                   % wind coef
561 %                                 phis = 5.275 * betafl^(-0.3) *max(0,angle1)^2;   % slope factor
562 %                                 ros = r_0*(1. + phiw + phis)  * .00508; % spread rate, m/s
563 %                             else  % chapparal
564 %                                 %        .... spread rate has no dependency on fuel character, only windspeed.
565 %                                 spdms = max(wind1,0.);
566 %                                 ros = max(.03333,1.2974 * spdms^1.41);       % spread rate, m/s
567 %                             end
568 %                             ros=min(ros,6);
569 %                             % tign_new=tign(a,b)-delta(t);
570 %                             tign_new1=tign(a,b)+0.5*sqrt((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1,1))^2+    ...
571 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))^2)/r
572 %                                      os;s
573 %                         
574 %                             wind2=0.5*((long(i-1,j-1,1)-long(a-1,b-1,1))*vf(a-1,b-1,1)+  ... 
575 %                                      (lat(i-1,j-1,1)-lat(a-1,b-1,1))*uf(a-1,b-1,1));
576 %                             angle2=0.5*((long(i-1,j-1,1)-long(a-1,b-1,1))*dzdxf(a-1,b-1,1)+  ... 
577 %                                      (lat(i-1,j-1,1)-lat(a-1,b-1,1))*dzdyf(a-1,b-1,1));
578 %                             if ~ichap,
579 %                                 %       ... if wind is 0 or into fireline, phiw = 0, &this reduces to backing ros.
580 %                                 spdms = max(wind2,0.);
581 %                                 umidm = min(spdms,30.);                    % max input wind spd is 30 m/s   !param!
582 %                                 umid = umidm * 196.850;                    % m/s to ft/min
583 %                                 %  eqn.: phiw = c * umid**bbb * (betafl/betaop)**(-e) ! wind coef
584 %                                 phiw = umid^bbb * phiwc;                   % wind coef
585 %                                 phis = 5.275 * betafl^(-0.3) *max(0,angle2)^2;   % slope factor
586 %                                 ros = r_0*(1. + phiw + phis)  * .00508; % spread rate, m/s
587 %                             else  % chapparal
588 %                                 %        .... spread rate has no dependency on fuel character, only windspeed.
589 %                                 spdms = max(wind2,0.);
590 %                                 ros = max(.03333,1.2974 * spdms^1.41);       % spread rate, m/s
591 %                             end
592 %                             ros=min(ros,6);
593 %                             tign_new2=0.5*sqrt((long(a-1,b-1,1)-long(i-1,j-1,1))^2+    ...
594 %                                      (lat(a-1,b-1,1)-lat(i-1,j-1,1))^2)/ros;
595 %                             tign_new=tign_new1+tign_new2;                    ...
596 %                             % Here the direction of the vector is
597 %                             % opposite, since fire is going from the
598 %                             % inside point towards the point that was
599 %                             % already computed