http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/281/ Procedure for improving wildfire simulations using observations Belkine, Anna Kim, Eun Heui Lin, Florence J. Nanda, Seema Shi, Pei-Zhe Stock, Brian Tudor, Carissa None/Other This report suggests a variational update method for improving wildfire simulations using observations as feedback to update information. We first assume a onedimensional fire model for simplicity and present numerical simulations obtained in this case. As possible alternative approaches, we also discuss two other update methods: a particle filter method and an optimal control method. 2009 Study Group Report NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/281/1/7_USDA_Forestry_Service.pdf Belkine, Anna and Kim, Eun Heui and Lin, Florence J. and Nanda, Seema and Shi, Pei-Zhe and Stock, Brian and Tudor, Carissa (2009) Procedure for improving wildfire simulations using observations. [Study Group Report] http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/281/http://www.maths-in-industry.org/miis/281/1/