GLOBAL OBSERVATION01 / OBSERVE
Tabula Caloris
A global memory of fire.
Multi-satellite observations, historical archives and event reconstruction. Identify fires and investigate their intensity and evolution.
Explore the archive
SCIENCE · SOFTWARE · DATA
The science of extreme wildfires
Observe.
Understand.
Predict.
From global fire observations to coupled fire–atmosphere simulations. Scientific tools to investigate how wildfires evolve—and what drives their extremes.
Explore research & softwareJean-Baptiste Filippi / CNRS · Università di CorsicaMODIS fire archive FireCaster visualization
Every wildfire leaves a signature.
We observe it, reconstruct it,
and model its evolution.
01 / THE SCIENTIFIC TOOLKIT
One ecosystem.
Multiple scales.
From the satellite record to the moving fire front, and from atmospheric feedbacks to the data that make computation possible.
GLOBAL OBSERVATION
FIRE SPREAD02 / SIMULATE
ForeFire
Resolve the moving front.
A modular C++ engine for wildfire spread, with Python bindings and browser-based experiments. Explore fire behaviour through reproducible numerical models.
Explore the simulator
ATMOSPHERIC COUPLING03 / UNDERSTAND
ForeFire × Meso-NH
When fire changes the weather.
Coupled fire–atmosphere modelling for pyroconvection, plume dynamics and atmospheric feedbacks. Investigate the physics behind extreme events.
Explore coupled modelling04 / COMPUTE
AVENC
Bring the data to the science.
GRIB-native video encoding for compact, streamable meteorological archives. Make large datasets easier to access, transfer and use in scientific workflows.
Discover AVENCCODE / METHODS / REPRODUCIBILITY
Explore the source.
forefireAPI /
ForeFire
The modular C++ engine and Python bindings for wildfire spread simulation.
FIRE SPREAD · NUMERICAL MODELLING forefireAPI /Wildfire ROS models
Python tools to compare wildfire rate-of-spread formulations.
FIRE PHYSICS · PYTHON filippi /Tabula Caloris / PyroScope
The browser frontend for satellite thermal observations and historical fire exploration.
OBSERVATION · FIRE ARCHIVES filippi /AVENC
Video compression and lazy access for meteorological GRIB grids.
DATA COMPRESSION · STREAMING filippi /GRIBView
A desktop viewer for weather fields, GRIB metadata and time series.
METEOROLOGY · VISUALIZATION forefireAPI /AR-Weather
Immersive experiments connecting weather visualization, infrastructure and impacts.
IMMERSIVE TOOLS · WEATHER02 / CONNECTING THE SCALES
From a fire signature
to a physical explanation.
Observation, reconstruction and numerical experimentation form a shared scientific workflow.
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Observe
Satellite observations
Tabula Caloris ↗
& global event archives - 02
Characterize
Fire intensity, evolution
Event exploration ↗
& environmental context - 03
Model
Fire spread, atmospheric
ForeFire ↗Meso-NH · AVENC
forcing & coupled dynamics - 04
Understand
Reconstruction, comparison
Research & validation ↓
& scientific interpretation
An observatory of fire. A laboratory for its physics. A framework for forecasting research.
03 / RESEARCH IN CONTEXT
Real events.
Scientific questions.
Connect physical models with satellite observations, field measurements and the reconstruction of large wildfires.
SATELLITE · RADAR · FIRE EVOLUTION
Saumos
Investigating fire evolution through satellite imagery, spectral analysis and atmospheric observations.
Explore the analysisFIELD OBSERVATIONS
SILEX / EUBURN
Airborne measurements and collaborative research to investigate wildfire behaviour and fire–atmosphere interactions.
04 / THE SCIENTIFIC RECORD
Publications &
research outputs.
Articles, software papers, reports and contributions by Jean-Baptiste Filippi and collaborators.
Full author profile on HAL ↗94 public HAL records · retrieved 10 November 2026
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2026
Improving Prediction of Heavy Rainfall in the Mediterranean with Neural Networks Using Both Observation and Numerical Weather Prediction Data
Journal article · Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems
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2025
ForeFire: A Modular, Scriptable C++ Simulation Engine and Library for Wildland-Fire Spread
Journal article · Journal of Open Source Software
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2025
A simplified model to incorporate firebrand transport into coupled fire atmosphere models
Journal article · International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2025
EUBURN: un programme de recherche international visant à améliorer l'anticipation, la surveillance et l'atténuation des risques liés aux feux de forêt et de végétation dans le sud de l'Europe
Poster · Assises Nationales des Risques Natuels - Programme Scientifique
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2025
Long distance spotting potential of messmate stringybark
Journal article · International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2025
Meteorological impacts on long-range spotting of firebrands
Conference contribution · EGU General Assembly 2025
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2025
Modelling aerodynamics and combustion of firebrands in long-range spotting
Journal article · Fire Safety Journal
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2025
Modelling the transport of firebrands during large wildfires
Poster · Complex particle transport in complex flows with environmental applications
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2025
Silex : une campagne de mesures aéroportées pour l’étude des feux de forêt
Journal article · La Météorologie
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2025
Simulation Feu-Atmosphère à haute résolution et évaluation par Radar météorologique
Conference contribution · Atélier de la Modélisation de l'Atmosphère
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2024
Improving prediction of heavy rainfall in the Mediterranean region using Neural Networks
Poster · 3rd MedCyclones Workshop
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2024
Improving prediction of heavy rainfall with Neural Networks using both observation and Numerical Weather Prediction data
Conference contribution · European Meteorological Society annual meeting
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2024
Numerical investigation of the Pedrógão Grande pyrocumulonimbus using a fire to atmosphere coupled model
Journal article · Atmospheric Research
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2024
Simulations of firebrands in a coupled Fire-Atmosphere model
Conference contribution · 7th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference
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2024
Triggering Pyro-Convection in a High-Resolution Coupled Fire–Atmosphere Simulation
Journal article · Fire
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2024
Wildland fire fuels database for Corsican - Mediterranean Forest stand types
Journal article · Forest Ecology and Management
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2024
Wind behaviour in junction fires
Conference contribution · Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
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2023
Examining the potential of mobile applications to assist people to escape wildfires in real-time
Journal article · Fire Safety Journal
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2023
Modelling fire-generated thunderstorms: Pedrogao Grande case study
Conference contribution · 11th European Conference on Severe Storms
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2023
Modelling pyro-convection phenomenon during a mega-fire event in Portugal
Journal article · Atmospheric Research
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2023
On the Marginal Cost of the Duration of a Wildfire
Journal article · Journal of Forest Economics
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2022
High-resolution fire behavior monitoring and plume simulation in the context of experimental fire
Conference contribution · IX International Conference on Forest Fire Research
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2022
Local to continental scale coupled fire-atmosphere simulation of large industrial fire plume
Journal article · Fire Safety Journal
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2022
Simulation-based high resolution fire danger mapping using deep learning
Journal article · International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2021
Emulation of wildland fire spread simulation using deep learning
Journal article · Neural Networks
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2021
EscapeWildFire: Assisting People to Escape Wildfires in Real-Time
Conference contribution · 2021 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events
- 2021
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2021
Novel method for a posteriori uncertainty quantification in wildland fire spread simulation
Journal article · Applied Mathematical Modelling
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2021
Orthorectification of Helicopter-Borne High Resolution Experimental Burn Observation from Infra Red Handheld Imagers
Journal article · Remote Sensing
- 2021
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2020
Generation and evaluation of an ensemble of wildland fire simulations
Journal article · International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2019
Revealing the deposition of macrophytes transported offshore: Evidence of their long-distance dispersal and seasonal aggregation to the deep sea
Journal article · Scientific Reports
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2019
Revealing the deposition of macrophytes transported offshore: Evidence of their long-distance dispersal and seasonal aggregation to the deep sea
Journal article · Scientific Reports
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2019
The FireFlux II experiment: a model-guided field experiment to improve understanding of fire–atmosphere interactions and fire spread
Journal article · International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2018
FireCaster Decision Support System: on the need for a new fuel description approach
Proceedings · 10.14195/978-989-26-16-506_146
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2018
Overview of the Meso-NH model version 5.4 and its applications
Journal article · Geoscientific Model Development
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2018
Simulation of a Large Wildfire in a Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Model
Journal article · Atmosphere
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2014
Evaluation of forest fire models on a large observation database
Journal article · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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2014
Evaluation of wildland fire smoke plume dynamics and aerosol load using UV scanning lidar and fire-atmosphere modelling during the Mediterranean Letia 2010 experiment
Journal article · Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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2014
ForeFire: open-source code for wildland fire spread models
Conference contribution · VII International Conference on Forest Fire Research
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2014
Investigation of vegetation fire plumes using paragliders tracks and micro-scale meteorological model
Conference contribution · VII International Conference on Forest Fire Research
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2014
Representation and evaluation of wildfire propagation simulations
Journal article · International Journal of Wildland Fire
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2013
Assessment of FOREFIRE/MESONH for wildland fire/atmosphere coupled simulation of the FireFlux experiment
Journal article · Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
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2013
High resolution modeling of fires within the Euro-mediteranean region
Conference contribution · ECMWF Workshop on parameter estimation and inverse modelling for atmospheric composition.
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2013
High-resolution numerical coupling of wildfire and lava flow simulation with a micro scale atmospheric model
Conference contribution · 10th EGU General Assembly
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2013
Modeling the lava heat flux during severe effusive volcanic eruption: an important impact on surface air quality
Conference contribution · 10th EGU General Assembly
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2013
Multi-scale Simulation of a Very Large Fire Incident. Computation From the Combustion to the Atmospheric Meso-scale
Conference contribution · 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference
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2013
Simulation de propagation d'incendies de forêts, de la combustion à l'atmosphère par couplage de codes
Conference contribution · 7th Meso-NH User's Meeting
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2013
Simulation de propagation d'incendies de forêts, de la combustion à l'atmosphère par couplage de codes
Conference contribution · Journée des experts GENCI
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2013
Volatile organic compounds quantification and exposure limit of smoke during prescribed burnings
Conference contribution · 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Saint-Petersbourg, Rusie, 1-4 Juillet 2013.
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2012
The importance of fire front width in the anticipation of eruptive fires
Conference contribution · MCS7
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2012
Wildfire and the atmosphere: modelling the chemical and dynamic interactions at the regional scale
Journal article · Atmospheric Environment
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2011
AN EXPERIMENTAL FRAME FOR THE SIMULATION OF FOREST FIRE SPREAD
Conference contribution · Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference
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2011
Application of two modelling systems to estimate the impact of forest fires on air quality in an urban area
Conference contribution · Proceedings of the 9th symposium on forest fire meteorology
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2011
Evaluation of the performances of the fire simulators FOREFIRE and FARSITE in Mediterranean areas
Conference contribution · Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Fire Behaviour and Risk Modelling
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2011
Projet IDEA et plateforme de développement, simulation, validation et utilisation de modèles d'incendie de forêts
Conference contribution · GDR Incendie, décembre 2011
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2011
Simulation of coupled fire/atmosphere interaction with the MesoNH-ForeFire models
Journal article · Journal of Combustion
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2011
Wildland Fire Behaviour Case Studies and Fuel Models for Landscape-Scale Fire Modeling
Journal article · Journal of Combustion
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2010
A DEVS fire jumps model and associated simulations using ForeFire
Conference contribution · Proceedings of the 10th Summer Computer Simulation Conference (ACM/IEEE/SCSC 10)
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2010
A reduced model of non-stationary wildland fire spread
Conference contribution · Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research
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2010
Back-tracking drifting seaweeds in East China Sea with OFES currents forcing
Conference contribution · Proceedings of the OFES International Workshop
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2010
Environmental models in DEVS
Book chapter
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2010
Forest fire impact on air quality: the Lançon-De-Provence 2005 case
Conference contribution · VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research
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2010
Plateforme de simulation et de vérification par grand volume de données
Conference contribution · GRD Incendie Juin 2010
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2010
Simulation of coupled fire/atmosphere interaction with the MesoNH-ForeFire models
Conference contribution · VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research
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2010
Simulation of drifting seaweeds in East China Sea
Journal article · Ecological Informatics
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2010
Using Haines Index coupled with fire weather model predicted from high resolution LAM forecasts to asses wildfire extreme behaviour in Southern Europe.
Conference contribution · Proceedings of the VI International Conference on Forest Fire Research
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2009
A coupled atmosphere-wildland fire meso-scale model
Other publication
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2009
A Physical Model for Wildland Fires
Journal article · Combustion and Flame
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2009
Coupled atmosphere-wildland fire modelling
Journal article · Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
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2009
Discrete event front tracking simulator of a physical fire spread model
Journal article · SIMULATION: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International
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2009
FOREFIRE, logiciel de simulation d'incendies de forêts
Other publication
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2009
Numerical experiments using mesonh/forefire coupled Atmospheric-fire model
Conference contribution · Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
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2007
A DEVS Front tracking method applied to forest fire simulation
Conference contribution · In Proceedings of AIS/SCS/IEEE IMSM07 Multiconference
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2006
A FUZZY APPROACH OF MODELING EVOLUTIONARY INTERFACES SYSTEMS
Conference contribution · First International Symposium on Environment Identities and Mediterranean Area
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2006
DEVS-Flou: a discrete events and fuzzy logic-based new method of modelling
Conference contribution · Summer Computer Simulation Conference - SCS
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2006
Distribution of drifting seaweeds in eastern East China Sea
Journal article · Journal of Marine Systems
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2003
A generic framework for environmental modeling and simulation
Conference contribution · IEEE International Conference on the Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003
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2003
JDEVS: an implementation of a DEVS based formal framework for environmental modelling
Journal article · Environmental Modelling and Software
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2001
XML Object-Oriented Models Libraries with Web-Based Access Capacities
Conference contribution · ICSSEA 2001
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2000
Prediction of the hydrologic behavior of a watershed using artificial neural networks and geographic information systems
Conference contribution · IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 2000
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2000
Prédiction du comportement hydrologique d'un bassin versant à l'aide de réseau de neurones.
Conference contribution · Actes de la conférence ESRI France SIG 2000. CD-ROM
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05 / ABOUT FIRECASTER
A scientific perspective
on extreme wildfires.
FireCaster brings together observations, physical models and scientific software to investigate large wildfires—from their first signatures to their interactions with the atmosphere.
SCIENTIFIC LEAD & SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Jean-Baptiste Filippi
CNRS · Università di Corsica
Laboratoire Sciences pour l’Environnement · UMR 6134 SPE
Jean-Baptiste develops computational methods and software for wildfire and atmosphere simulation, fire-data analysis and scientific data access. This platform connects that work with research carried out alongside scientific collaborators.
Research software and experimental systems. Individual tools provide their own methods, citations and conditions of use.