The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment—A Plan for Integrated, Large Fire–Atmosphere Field Campaigns

Authors

Susan Prichard, University of Washington
N. Sim Larkin, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
Roger Ottmar, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
Nancy H.F. French, Michigan Technological University
Kirk Baker, US Environmental Protection Agency
Tim Brown, Desert Research Institute
Craig B. Clements, San Jose State UniversityFollow
Matt Dickinson, US Forest Service Northern Research Station
Andrew Hudak, US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station Moscow Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Adam Kochanski, University of Utah
Rod Linn, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Yongqiang Liu, US Forest Service Southern Research Station
Brian Potter, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
William Mell, US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
Danielle Tanzer, Michigan Technological University
Shawn Urbanski, US Forest Service Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory
Adam Watts, Desert Research Institute

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-3-2019

Publication Title

Atmosphere

Volume

10

Issue Number

2

DOI

10.3390/atmos10020066

Keywords

mixed conifer forest, southern pine forest, wildland smoke, fire behavior, plume dynamics, dispersion, smoke chemistry

Disciplines

Atmospheric Sciences | Meteorology

Abstract

The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) is designed to collect integrated observations from large wildland fires and provide evaluation datasets for new models and operational systems. Wildland fire, smoke dispersion, and atmospheric chemistry models have become more sophisticated, and next-generation operational models will require evaluation datasets that are coordinated and comprehensive for their evaluation and advancement. Integrated measurements are required, including ground-based observations of fuels and fire behavior, estimates of fire-emitted heat and emissions fluxes, and observations of near-source micrometeorology, plume properties, smoke dispersion, and atmospheric chemistry. To address these requirements the FASMEE campaign design includes a study plan to guide the suite of required measurements in forested sites representative of many prescribed burning programs in the southeastern United States and increasingly common high-intensity fires in the western United States. Here we provide an overview of the proposed experiment and recommendations for key measurements. The FASMEE study provides a template for additional large-scale experimental campaigns to advance fire science and operational fire and smoke models.

Comments

This article was published in Atmosphere, volume 10, issue 2, 2019. It is also available on the journal's site at this link.

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).

Recommended Citation

Susan Prichard, N. Sim Larkin, Roger Ottmar, Nancy H.F. French, Kirk Baker, Tim Brown, Craig B. Clements, Matt Dickinson, Andrew Hudak, Adam Kochanski, Rod Linn, Yongqiang Liu, Brian Potter, William Mell, Danielle Tanzer, Shawn Urbanski, and Adam Watts. "The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment—A Plan for Integrated, Large Fire–Atmosphere Field Campaigns" Atmosphere (2019). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10020066

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