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

Journal Article · · Atmosphere (Basel)
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  1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States). School of Environmental and Forest Sciences; OSTI
  2. US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA (United States). Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab.
  3. US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA (United States). Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab.
  4. Michigan Technological Univ., Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  5. US Environmental Protection Agency, Durham, NC (United States)
  6. Desert Research Inst. (DRI), Reno, NV (United States)
  7. San Jose State Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Meteorology and Climate Science
  8. US Forest Service Northern Research Station, Delaware, OH (United States)
  9. US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, ID (United States). Moscow Forestry Sciences Lab.
  10. Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
  11. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  12. US Forest Service Southern Research Station, Athens, GA (United States)
  13. US Forest Service, Missoula, MT (United States). Missoula Fire Sciences Lab.
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.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1815818
Journal Information:
Atmosphere (Basel), Journal Name: Atmosphere (Basel) Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 10; ISSN 2073-4433
Publisher:
MDPICopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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