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Project ID: 08-1-6-01

Year: 2008

Date Started: 07/01/2008

Date Completed: 12/30/2011

Title: Validation of Fuel Consumption Models for Smoke Management Planning in the Eastern Regions of the United States

Project Proposal Abstract: Fuel consumption is one of the most critical variables in estimating smoke production for smoke management planning in the eastern United States. Although there are fuel consumption equations contained within the national fuel consumption and emissions production tools Consume 3.0 and FOFEM, they have not been thoroughly validated. Land managers have indicated the tools over predict fuel consumption by 50% in the eastern regions of the country. The objective of this study is to collect a field dataset that will allow the determination of uncertainties, biases, and application limits of the consumption equations within Consume 3.0 and the First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) to wildland fire in the eastern regions (northeast, northcentral, southeast) of the United States. We propose to collect pre-fire fuel loading and fuel consumption data on a minimum of 20 prescribed burns located on public and private lands and use fixed-wing aircraft remote sensing to estimate the variability in consumption across 10 of the burn units for comparison with averages from models. We will also assemble any previously collected quality fuel consumption data for the regions to improve our validation set, and provide the entire dataset to the Smoke and Emissions Model Intercomparison Project repository. If data prove that current consumption models are inappropriate for these regions, modifications and adjustments will be incorporated in Consume 3.0 and FOFEM with an update to each tools user manual, scientific documentation, and tutorial. A training workshop will be conducted within these regions for land managers. Opportunities to link this study with other efforts and acquire matching dollars will be pursued.

Principal Investigator: Roger D. Ottmar

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: PNW-Seattle-Managing Natural Disturbances

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Co-Principal Investigator	Matthew B. Dickinson	Forest Service	NRS-Forest Health-Sustaining Forests
Co-Principal Investigator	Elizabeth D. Reinhardt	Forest Service	RMRS-Fire Sciences Lab-Missoula
Co-Principal Investigator	Robert E. Vihnanek	Forest Service	PNW-Seattle-Managing Natural Disturbances
Federal Cooperator	Roger D. Ottmar	Forest Service	PNW-Seattle-Managing Natural Disturbances
Technical Contact	Laura L. Burris	Forest Service	PNW-Pacific Northwest Research Station

Project Locations

Consortium

Appalachian

Oak Woodlands

South

Level	State	Agency	Unit
REGIONAL	Northeast	MULTIPLE
REGIONAL	Southeast	MULTIPLE

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.")

	ID	Type	Title
	9585	Dataset (including spatial)	This ia a list of ground-calibration datasets, summarized to total ground-leaving energy from the fires measured during this study.
	9582	Dataset (including spatial)	Eastern fuel consumption study data summarized for the 29 units monitored.
	9584	Dataset (including spatial)	Microsoft Access database includes a data set of monitored fuel consumption collected.
	9583	Dataset (including spatial)	Eastern fuel consumption study Microsoft data spreadsheet for all data collected on the 29 units monitored.
	9594	Photo	Photo 7. WASP installed in the belly of the aircraft.
	9593	Photo	Photo 6. Post-fire fuel inventory.
	9592	Photo	Photo 5. Incident Command weather trailer at one prescribed burn site.
	9591	Photo	Photo 4. Igniting prescribed fire.
	9590	Photo	Photo 3. Collecting fuel moisture samples before prescribed fire ignition.
	9589	Photo	Photo 2. Radiometer tower.
	9588	Photo	Photo 1. Pre-fire fuel loading inventory.
	9587	Photo	Photo captions
	9595	Final Report Summary	Summary of final report.

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