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Project ID: 12-1-07-2

Year: 2012

Date Started: 10/01/2012

Ending Date:  09/30/2015

Title: Assessment of Prescribed Fire Emissions and Inventories

Project Proposal Abstract: The demand for fire emissions information has increased over the last decade due to a number of factors  from increased needs for smoke impact assessments to more demand for carbon accounting. With the likelihood of more stringent air quality standards, state and federal agencies are working to address non-attainment issues, including creating implementation plans for National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) exceedences and the Regional Haze Rule. Additionally, demands for real-time access to smoke forecasts have increased as public tolerance of smoke decreases. Management agencies have a clear interest in understanding and utilizing the best and most cost effective fire emissions systems for reports and inventories. We propose a comprehensive assessment of systems for producing and accessing speciated (e.g., CO2, CO, CH4, VOC, PM, Carbon, Black Carbon, NOx, N2O) fire emissions information over a range of needs, from detailed inventories for smoke modeling to national annual totals for carbon reporting. We will examine the scientific accuracy of fire emissions models, as well as specific business needs, costs, and opportunities for the management community to obtain appropriate fire emissions information. To do so, we build off of existing work, particularly the results of the Smoke and Emissions Model Intercomparison Project (JFSP #08-1-6-10), expanding that project to cover all aspects of fire emissions reporting and inventory creation for both wildland (wildfire and prescribed burning) and agricultural fire. This work will include all commonly used fire emissions systems, as well as fire emissions calculation pathways available by combining fire information systems with existing fuels, consumption, and emissions models. Both existing and near-term developing systems, such as the Integrated Reporting of Wildland-Fire Information (IRWIN) system, will be examined. In order to make the results accessible to the management community, a Quick-Catalog describing each system, its use, capabilities, and limitations will be created. In addition, a comprehensive technical repository will be developed to coincide with the catalog where all aspects of each system will be thoroughly documented. Through intensive outreach, surveys and interviews of managers and regulators we will create a thorough analysis of business needs, costs, and potential opportunities. By combining scientific analysis, business analysis, and thorough documentation, the proposed work will place current fire emissions calculations and inventories in the context of what is scientifically and technically feasible and create cost-effective options for the federal, state, and local land management and fire communities.

Principal Investigator: Narasimhan K. Larkin

Agency/Organization: Forest Service

Branch or Dept: PNW-AirFire Research Team

Other Project Collaborators

Type	Name	Agency/Organization	Branch or Dept
Budget Contact	Jeannette M. Connolly	Forest Service	PNW-Pacific Northwest Research Station
Co-Principal Investigator	Nancy H.F. French	Michigan Technological University	Remote Sensing Institute
Co-Principal Investigator	Crystal A. Kolden	University of Idaho	Department of Geography
Co-Principal Investigator	Sean Raffuse	Sonoma Technology, Inc.
Co-Principal Investigator	Tara M. Strand	Forest Service	PNW-AirFire Research Team
Co-Principal Investigator	Dana C. Sullivan	Sonoma Technology Inc.	Emissions Assessment
Co-Principal Investigator	Kelly J. Wendland	University of Idaho	Department of Conservation Social Sciences
Collaborator/Contributor	Gary M. Curcio	North Carolina	DFR-Ralph Winkworth Forestry Center
Collaborator/Contributor	Susan M. O’Neill	Forest Service	PNW-AirFire Research Team
Collaborator/Contributor	Wib L. Owen	North Carolina	DFR-Division of Forest Resources
Collaborator/Contributor	Venkatesh X. Rao	EPA-Environmental Protection Agency	Air Quality Planning & Standards
Collaborator/Contributor	Trent Wickman	Forest Service	Superior National Forest
Funding Cooperator	Narasimhan K. Larkin	Forest Service	PNW-AirFire Research Team
Grants and Agreements Contact	Vi T. Ta	Forest Service	PNW-Pacific Northwest Research Station
Lead Reviewer	Bret A. Schichtel	NPS-National Park Service	CIRA-Colorado State University

Project Locations

Consortium

Alaska

Appalachian

California

Great Basin

Great Plains

Lake States

Oak Woodlands

Northern Rockies

Northwest

Pacific

South

Southern Rockies

Southwest

Tallgrass

Level	State	Agency	Unit
NATIONAL		MULTIPLE
STATE	AK	MULTIPLE
STATE	MN	MULTIPLE
STATE	NC	MULTIPLE

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