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A new physics-informed AI tool aims to predict wildfire spread in real time and assist wildfire response
A new AI system that NYU Fire Research Group describes as a digital twin of an active wildfire has, in early testing, shown the ability to forecast how a fire will spread in near real time.
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A new AI system developed by the NYU Fire Research Group acts as a digital twin of an active wildfire. In early tests it has forecasted how the fire will spread in near real time. The model updates its predictions continuously as it receives new data from satellites, weather feeds, terrain, fuel, wildland–urban interface, structures, critical infrastructure, vegetation maps, drones, ground sensors, and field crews.
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