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Project ID: 04-1-1-04

Year: 2004

Date Started: 07/23/2004

Date Completed: 05/16/2008

Title: Real Time Monitoring of the Three Dimensional Distribution of Smoke Aerosol Levels from Prescribed Fires and Wildfires

Project Proposal Abstract: The proposal addresses AFP 2004-1, Task 1. The goal of this project is to demonstrate and implement the most advanced technologies for measurements of smoke particulates in real-time. It will focus on obtaining and documenting critical, time-sensitive information on the three-dimensional distribution of smoke particulate concentration over extended areas around and close to prescribed fires and wildfires. Plume rise and smoke dispersion also will be directly measured with remote sensing optical instrumentation. The project objectives will be achieved by using the most advanced remotely-sensed, fast-response Light Detection And Ranging (lidar) and a set of in-situ optical instrumentation. The information on particulate levels will allow fire and air quality managers to assess smoke effects on visibility and public and firefighter health in near real-time. Such measurements will also provide critical information on plume heights and aerosol levels to validate smoke dispersion models operated by the Forest Service Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (FCAMMS).

Principal Investigator: Wei Min M. Hao

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: RMRS-Fire Sciences Lab-Missoula

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Vladimir Kovalev	Forest Service	RMRS-Forestry Sciences Lab-Missoula
Co-Principal Investigator	Ronald A. Susott	Forest Service	RMRS-Fire Sciences Lab-Missoula
Federal Cooperator	Wei Min M. Hao	Forest Service	RMRS-Fire Sciences Lab-Missoula

Project Locations

Consortium

Alaska

Appalachian

California

Great Basin

Great Plains

Lake States

Oak Woodlands

Northern Rockies

Northwest

Pacific

South

Southern Rockies

Southwest

Tallgrass

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Project Deliverables

Final Report ("Results presented in JFSP Final Reports may not have been peer-reviewed and should be interpreted as tentative until published in a peer-reviewed source.")

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