1. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
İlkay ALTINTAŞ, Ph.D.
PI, WIFIRE
San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD
ialtintas@ucsd.edu
Using Cyberinfrastructure
for Wildfire Resilience
- A Scalable Data-Driven Monitoring and Dynamic Prediction Approach -
Jessica BLOCK
GIS Expert, WIFIRE
Qualcomm Institute, Calit2, UCSD
j.block@ucsd.edu
3. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Fire
is
Part
of
the
Natural
Ecology
…
but
requires
Monitoring,
PredicEon
and
Resilience
• Wildfires
are
criEcal
for
ecology,
but
volaEle
• Fuel
load
is
high
due
to
fire
suppression
over
the
last
century
• Changes
in
rainfall,
wind,
seasons,
and
thus
wildfires,
potenEally
induced
by
climate
change
• BeMer
prevenEon,
predicEon
and
maintenance
of
wildfires
is
needed
Photo
of
Harris
Fire
(2007)
by
former
Fire
Captain
Bill
Clayton
Disaster
management
of
(ongoing)
wildfires
heavily
relies
on
understanding
their
DirecEon
and
Rate
of
Spread
(RoS).
4. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
CollaboraEng
efforts
to
increase
effecEve
uElizaEon
of
real-‐Eme
data
for
firefighEng.
• In
Australia:
RISER
– CollecEon
and
uElizaEon
of
Emely
and
relevant
informaEon
– Emergency
condiEons
– PracEcal
outcomes
for
real
problems
– MulEdisciplinary
stakeholders
• In
USA:
WIFIRE
5. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
A
Scalable
Data-‐Driven
Monitoring,
Dynamic
PredicEon
and
Resilience
Cyberinfrastructure
for
Wildfires
(WIFIRE)
Development
of:
“cyberinfrastructure”
for
“analysis
of
large
dimensional
heterogeneous
real-‐Eme
sensed
data”
for
fire
resilience
before,
during
and
a0er
a
wildfire
6. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
What
is
lacking
in
disaster
management
today
is…
a
system
integraEon
of
real-‐Eme
sensor
networks,
satellite
imagery,
near-‐real
Eme
data
management
tools,
wildfire
simulaEon
tools,
and
connecEvity
to
emergency
command
centers
.
….
before,
during
and
a_er
a
firestorm.
7. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Research
QuesEons
• Make
sensor
data
useful
– Large
dimension
to
levels
ingesEble
by
analyEcal
and
visual
plaborms
• Combine
real-‐Eme
data
with
physical
models
– Data-‐driven
predicEve
and
prevenEve
capabiliEes
• Risk
assessment,
training
and
disseminaEon
using
developed
tools
– Both
municipal
and
firefighEng
8. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Data
Modeling
VisualizaEon
Monitoring
9. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Data
to
Monitoring
• Data
Catalog
for
all
data
sources
• Web
interfaces
to
look
at
data
10. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Decision making for wildfire fighting
and disaster management based
on heterogeneous data:
Photograph by Mark Thiessen
Satellite data
Wildfire perimeter
Wind,
Vegetation
Terrain.
Fire
Data
Today
11. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
High
Performance
Wireless
Research
and
EducaEon
Network
Major
success
to
bring
internet
to
incident
command
in
the
field.
Used
in
over
20
fires
over
Eme.
12. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Sensor
Network
and
Monitoring
Interfaces
hMp://hpwren.ucsd.edu/cameras/
>160
Meteorological
Sensors
and
Growing
13. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
May
14,
2014
¤
San
Diego
County
Emergency
Map
displaying
fire
perimeter
informaEon
from
NICS.
EM-‐COP
system
is
powered
by
NICS.
14. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
May
14th,
2014:
9
fires
burning
at
once
in
SD!
• Red
Mountain
Cams
South
(le_)
"Highway”
Fire
SW
(center
rear)
is
the
"Pointsela”
Fire
West
(right)
is
the
"Tomahawk”
Fire
May
14:
More
than
1.8
million
HTTP
request
from
about
9,000
individual
IP
addresses
15. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Scale
Comparison
Between
RISER
and
HPWREN
RISER
16. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Key
Points
-‐-‐
Data
AcquisiEon
and
Monitoring
-‐-‐
• Network
is
relaEvely
cheap
to
build
and
deploy
– Ability
to
customize
frequency
– Monitoring
generally
done
via
a
simple
website
• Augments
exisEng
infrastructure
• In
house
network
specialists
needed
17. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
VisualizaEon
• VisualizaEon
for
data
verificaEon
and
interpretaEon
• Using
high-‐end
visualizaEon
systems
• Can
run
anywhere
from
laptop
to
visualizaEon
cluster
18. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Terrain
VisualizaEon
• Post-‐fire
burn
map
– SDG&E
and
HPWREN
weather
data
18
19. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
3D
Terrain
with
Photos
and
Perimeters
19
• Terrain
imagery
from
2009
and
2012
• Fire
perimeters
from
the
San
Diego
May
2014
fires
• Images
were
collected
via
TwiMer
– CapEoned
with
tweet
tag
on
top
20. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Key
Points
-‐-‐
VisualizaEon
-‐-‐
• Ability
to
deep-‐dive
into
all
informaEon
based
on
visual
context
– Could
be
a
good
training
and
disseminaEon
tool
• Augments
exisEng
infrastructure
– Should
be
scalable
from
mobile
devices
to
laptops
to
high
end
3D
displays
• Prior
preparaEon
and
programmer
Eme
needed
21. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Modeling
Dynamic
Real-‐Eme
Data-‐Driven
22. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
More
accurate
situaEonal
awareness
using
data
-‐-‐
Data
to
Modeling
in
WIFIRE
-‐-‐
Real-‐*me
remote
data
–>
Modeling,
data
assimilaEon
and
dynamic
wildfire
behavior
predicEon
Sensors:
23. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
Key
Points
-‐-‐
Dynamic
Data-‐Driven
Modeling
-‐-‐
• Ability
to
learn
about
the
dynamics
of
a
fire
while
its
happening
– Built
upon
exisEng
modeling
efforts
using
data
assimilaEon
• All
data
reduced
to
a
few
useful
bits
of
informaEon
– CollaboraEve
and
scalable
• More
data
acquisiEon
and
further
research
needed
25. WIFIRE
is
funded
by
NSF
1331615
To
summarize:
EffecEve
systems
for
real-‐Eme
acquisiEon
and
analysis
of
wildfire
big
data
can
make
a
huge
impact
on
wildfire
resilience.
• Website:
hMp://wifire.ucsd.edu
• TwiMer:
@WIFIREProject
WIFIRE
is
on
the
web!