windninja
A diagnostic wind model developed for use in wildland fire modeling.
Science Score: 64.0%
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Low similarity (8.4%) to scientific vocabulary
Repository
A diagnostic wind model developed for use in wildland fire modeling.
Basic Info
- Host: GitHub
- Owner: firelab
- License: other
- Language: C++
- Default Branch: master
- Homepage: https://ninjastorm.firelab.org/windninja/
- Size: 300 MB
Statistics
- Stars: 146
- Watchers: 24
- Forks: 47
- Open Issues: 109
- Releases: 33
Metadata Files
README.md
WindNinja
WindNinja is a diagnostic wind model developed for use in wildland fire modeling.
Web: https://ninjastorm.firelab.org/windninja/
Source & wiki: https://github.com/firelab/windninja
FAQ: https://ninjastorm.firelab.org/windninja/faq.html
Linux build – Ubuntu 22.04 (no GUI)
Directories: * autotest -> testing suite * cmake -> cmake support scripts * data -> testing data * doc -> documentation * images -> splash image and icons for gui * src -> source files
Dependencies (versions are versions we build against for the Windows installer): * Boost 1.46: * boostdatetime * boostprogramoptions * boost_test * NetCDF 4.1.1 * GDAL 2.2.2 * NetCDF support * PROJ.4 support * GEOS support * CURL support * Qt 4.8.5 * QtGui * QtCore * QtNetwork/Phonon * QtWebKit * OpenFOAM 2.2.x
See INSTALL for more information (coming soon)
See CREDITS for authors
See NEWS for release information
Example Output

Owner
- Name: RMRS Missoula Fire Sciences Lab
- Login: firelab
- Kind: organization
- Email: firelabmissoula@gmail.com
- Location: Missoula, MT
- Website: firelab.org
- Repositories: 47
- Profile: https://github.com/firelab
Citation (CITATION)
To cite WindNinja is a publication use:
Forthofer, J.M., Butler, B.W., Wagenbrenner, N.S., 2014. A comparison of three approaches for simulating fine-scale surface winds in
support of wildland fire management. Part I. Model formulation and comparison against measurements. International Journal of Wildland
Fire, 23:969-931. doi: 10.1071/WF12089.
WindNinja contributors (2025). A diagnostic wind model developed for wildland fire modeling. URL htts://github.com/firelab/windninja
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14157304
GitHub Events
Total
- Fork event: 10
- Create event: 55
- Commit comment event: 6
- Release event: 1
- Issues event: 101
- Watch event: 23
- Delete event: 43
- Issue comment event: 241
- Push event: 380
- Pull request review comment event: 4
- Pull request review event: 26
- Gollum event: 39
- Pull request event: 88
Last Year
- Fork event: 10
- Create event: 55
- Commit comment event: 6
- Release event: 1
- Issues event: 102
- Watch event: 23
- Delete event: 43
- Issue comment event: 242
- Push event: 380
- Pull request review comment event: 4
- Pull request review event: 26
- Gollum event: 43
- Pull request event: 88
Committers
Last synced: 6 months ago
Top Committers
| Name | Commits | |
|---|---|---|
| nwagenbrenner | n****r@g****m | 1,003 |
| Kyle Shannon | k****e@p****m | 703 |
| latwood | p****r@g****m | 289 |
| tfinney9 | t****y@f****s | 127 |
| masonwillman | m****0@g****m | 113 |
| jforthofer | j****r@g****m | 34 |
| nicknc410 | k****j@w****u | 29 |
| RuiZhang | k****q@v****u | 25 |
| Hannah G | h****n@g****m | 20 |
| john | l****3@m****u | 12 |
| Peter Mehlitz | p****z@g****m | 10 |
| stubrittain | s****n@g****m | 9 |
| Bryce Nordgren | b****n@u****v | 8 |
| Bryce Nordgren | b****n@f****s | 6 |
| Nathan Grey | n****6@m****u | 5 |
| SandiaDeDia | s****o@g****m | 4 |
| Chris Marsh | c****2@g****m | 4 |
| sathwikreddy56 | s****6@g****m | 3 |
| Wagenbrenner | 1****9@F****V | 3 |
| OfirGan | o****n@g****m | 2 |
| Johanna Strebl | j****l@g****m | 2 |
| nA | na@2****g | 2 |
| Humberto Diaz Fidalgo | h****z@t****m | 1 |
| hged13 | h****3@H****e | 1 |
| Bryce Nordgren | b****n@g****g | 1 |
| Jack Hayward | f****0@g****m | 1 |
| Nicholas Kim | n****0@g****m | 1 |
| gunjan dayani | 4****6 | 1 |
| jeffreycunn | j****n@g****m | 1 |
| santiagoMonedero | s****o@t****m | 1 |
Committer Domains (Top 20 + Academic)
Issues and Pull Requests
Last synced: 6 months ago
All Time
- Total issues: 195
- Total pull requests: 113
- Average time to close issues: almost 2 years
- Average time to close pull requests: 16 days
- Total issue authors: 28
- Total pull request authors: 17
- Average comments per issue: 2.68
- Average comments per pull request: 1.1
- Merged pull requests: 96
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
Past Year
- Issues: 63
- Pull requests: 94
- Average time to close issues: about 1 month
- Average time to close pull requests: 6 days
- Issue authors: 11
- Pull request authors: 9
- Average comments per issue: 1.02
- Average comments per pull request: 0.94
- Merged pull requests: 79
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
Top Authors
Issue Authors
- nwagenbrenner (108)
- ksshannon (16)
- santiagoMonedero (12)
- latwood (10)
- masonwillman (9)
- jforthofer (7)
- aaharrell (4)
- Chrismarsh (4)
- bnordgren (3)
- DanielSWx (2)
- zli867 (2)
- alcliberal (2)
- TedTschopp (1)
- zhuhouwang (1)
- RafaelAbel (1)
Pull Request Authors
- masonwillman (36)
- aaharrell (19)
- latwood (19)
- Codymm03 (10)
- Chrismarsh (5)
- bnordgren (4)
- pcmehlitz (4)
- nwagenbrenner (3)
- joserprieto (2)
- nicknc410 (2)
- stubrittain (2)
- OfirGan (2)
- santiagoMonedero (1)
- YokoHono (1)
- hdiaz-tsyl (1)
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