Add Wind-Driven Forest Fire example #312
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Summary
This PR adds a new model example: Wind-Driven Forest Fire.
Compared to forest fire model which focuses on critical thresholds, this model introduces anisotropy caused by wind. It demonstrates how to implement directional bias in grid-based models and explicitly measures the Rate of Spread (ROS) for both the fire head (downwind) and the flank (crosswind).
Motive
Modeling Anisotropy
$$p = p_{\text{spread}} \cdot (1 + \text{strength} \cdot \cos(\theta))$$
The model implements a wind-biased ignition probability formula based on the angle between the wind vector and the neighbor direction:
Implementation
Instead of just counting "burned trees," this model calculates spatial metrics:
Usage Examples
Additional Notes