WindNinja
Computes spatially-varying wind fields for wildland fire and other applications requiring high-resolution wind predictions in complex terrain.
https://github.com/firelab/windninja
Category: Biosphere
Sub Category: Wildfire
Keywords from Contributors
earth-system-model
Last synced: about 10 hours ago
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Repository metadata
A diagnostic wind model developed for use in wildland fire modeling.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/firelab/windninja
- Owner: firelab
- License: other
- Created: 2014-08-21T20:36:33.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-08-14T00:32:50.000Z (2 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-14T15:57:50.322Z (1 day ago)
- Language: C++
- Homepage: https://ninjastorm.firelab.org/windninja/
- Size: 314 MB
- Stars: 175
- Watchers: 23
- Forks: 57
- Open Issues: 107
- Releases: 34
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: NEWS.md
- License: LICENSE
- Citation: CITATION
- Authors: AUTHORS
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
Install: https://github.com/firelab/windninja/wiki
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:
- boost_date_time
- boost_program_options
- 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
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
Owner metadata
- Name: RMRS Missoula Fire Sciences Lab
- Login: firelab
- Email: firelabmissoula@gmail.com
- Kind: organization
- Description:
- Website: firelab.org
- Location: Missoula, MT
- Twitter:
- Company:
- Icon url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3028309?v=4
- Repositories: 47
- Last ynced at: 2024-03-27T00:53:09.462Z
- Profile URL: https://github.com/firelab
GitHub Events
Total
- Create event: 81
- Commit comment event: 6
- Release event: 1
- Delete event: 71
- Pull request event: 156
- Fork event: 11
- Issues event: 191
- Watch event: 26
- Issue comment event: 289
- Push event: 576
- Pull request review comment event: 19
- Pull request review event: 38
- Gollum event: 54
Last Year
- Delete event: 30
- Pull request event: 75
- Fork event: 1
- Issues event: 91
- Watch event: 3
- Issue comment event: 59
- Push event: 224
- Pull request review event: 12
- Pull request review comment event: 15
- Gollum event: 15
- Create event: 28
Committers metadata
Last synced: 1 day ago
Total Commits: 3,317
Total Committers: 37
Avg Commits per committer: 89.649
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.692
Commits in past year: 725
Committers in past year: 6
Avg Commits per committer in past year: 120.833
Development Distribution Score (DDS) in past year: 0.499
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| nwagenbrenner | n****r@g****m | 1020 |
| Kyle Shannon | k****e@p****m | 713 |
| latwood | p****r@g****m | 680 |
| masonwillman | m****0@g****m | 540 |
| tfinney9 | t****y@f****s | 127 |
| 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 |
| aaharrell | h****t@g****m | 19 |
| john | l****3@m****u | 12 |
| Codymm03 | C****3@g****m | 12 |
| Chris Marsh | c****2@g****m | 12 |
| Peter Mehlitz | p****z@g****m | 10 |
| stubrittain | s****n@g****m | 9 |
| Bryce Nordgren | b****n@u****v | 8 |
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| Bryce Nordgren | b****n@f****s | 6 |
| Nathan Grey | n****6@m****u | 5 |
| SandiaDeDia | s****o@g****m | 4 |
| sathwikreddy56 | s****6@g****m | 3 |
| Wagenbrenner | 1****9@F****V | 3 |
| OfirGan | o****n@g****m | 2 |
| Jack Hayward | f****0@g****m | 2 |
| Johanna Strebl | 3****o | 2 |
| nA | na@2****g | 2 |
| vboxuser | v****r@t****g | 2 |
| santiagoMonedero | s****o@t****m | 1 |
| Bryce Nordgren | b****n@g****g | 1 |
| Codymm03 | c****y@N****A | 1 |
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Committer domains:
- tecnosylva.com: 2
- fs.fed.us: 2
- galacticemperor.usfsresearch.org: 1
- test.myguest.virtualbox.org: 1
- 2004new.myguest.virtualbox.org: 1
- fedidcard.gov: 1
- mix.wvu.edu: 1
- guiredesign2204.myguest.virtualbox.org: 1
- usda.gov: 1
- mst.edu: 1
- virginia.edu: 1
- wustl.edu: 1
- pobox.com: 1
Issue and Pull Request metadata
Last synced: 2 days ago
Total issues: 221
Total pull requests: 143
Average time to close issues: over 1 year
Average time to close pull requests: 13 days
Total issue authors: 30
Total pull request authors: 17
Average comments per issue: 2.95
Average comments per pull request: 1.08
Merged pull request: 121
Bot issues: 0
Bot pull requests: 0
Past year issues: 32
Past year pull requests: 40
Past year average time to close issues: 20 days
Past year average time to close pull requests: 2 days
Past year issue authors: 7
Past year pull request authors: 4
Past year average comments per issue: 2.5
Past year average comments per pull request: 1.0
Past year merged pull request: 33
Past year bot issues: 0
Past year bot pull requests: 0
Top Issue Authors
- nwagenbrenner (118)
- masonwillman (18)
- ksshannon (17)
- latwood (12)
- santiagoMonedero (12)
- jforthofer (7)
- Chrismarsh (6)
- aaharrell (4)
- bnordgren (3)
- DanielSWx (2)
- zli867 (2)
- alcliberal (2)
- zhuhouwang (1)
- RafaelAbel (1)
- tfinney9 (1)
Top Pull Request Authors
- masonwillman (46)
- latwood (31)
- aaharrell (18)
- Codymm03 (10)
- Chrismarsh (9)
- ksshannon (6)
- bnordgren (4)
- pcmehlitz (4)
- nwagenbrenner (3)
- joserprieto (2)
- OfirGan (2)
- stubrittain (2)
- nicknc410 (2)
- YokoHono (1)
- hdiaz-tsyl (1)
Top Issue Labels
- enhancement (83)
- priority:high (48)
- bug (47)
- priority:med (36)
- component:gui (33)
- component:core (32)
- severity:high (25)
- component:output (23)
- priority:low (23)
- component:wx (21)
- component:docs (20)
- component:point (17)
- component:ninjafoam (16)
- severity:med (13)
- severity:low (12)
- component:build (11)
- os:windows (8)
- invalid (7)
- question (7)
- severity:segfault (6)
- os:linux (4)
- msu gui redesign (4)
- c api (4)
- ci (3)
- component:autotest (3)
- component:server (2)
- confirmed (2)
- wishlist (2)
- proposal (1)
- proposal:rejected (1)
Top Pull Request Labels
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- enhancement (17)
- msu gui redesign (15)
- bug (8)
- priority:high (7)
- component:build (5)
- severity:high (4)
- os:linux (4)
- c api (4)
- component:point (3)
- os:windows (2)
- priority:med (2)
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- component:wx (2)
- ci (1)
- component:docs (1)
- severity:med (1)
- proposal (1)
- component:core (1)
- component:ninjafoam (1)
Package metadata
- Total packages: 1
- Total downloads: unknown
- Total dependent packages: 0
- Total dependent repositories: 0
- Total versions: 0
proxy.golang.org: github.com/firelab/windninja
- Homepage: https://github.com/firelab/windninja
- Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/firelab/windninja#section-documentation
- Licenses: UNKNOWN
- Latest release: (published 1 day ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-08-14T14:50:46.910Z (1 day ago)
- Versions: 0
- Dependent Packages: 0
- Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
- Dependent packages count: 5.055%
- Average: 5.225%
- Dependent repos count: 5.394%
Dependencies
- actions/cache v2 composite
- actions/checkout v3 composite
- ubuntu 20.04 build
- actions/checkout v3 composite
- webfactory/ssh-agent v0.7.0 composite
Score: -Infinity