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Type: Report
Author(s): Susan M. O'Neill
Publication Date: 2003

BlueSky, a National Fire Plan product, provides real-time predictions of surface smoke concentrations from prescribed fire, wildfire, and agricultural burn activities to aid land managers in burn/no-burn decisions. One critical component of BlueSky that remains to be addressed, and that directly supports JFSP AFP 2003-1-Task3, is the development of an automated verification system to evaluate predicted impacts from smoke on communities and ecosystems. A verification system is necessary because land managers need to evaluate their burn decisions against potential National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) exceedances, which requires a clear understanding of the accuracy of the predicted particulate matter (PM) concentration fields. We are proposing to develop this as a real-time tool to allow rapid verification and understanding of smoke dispersion models under all burn conditions.

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Citation: O'Neill, Susan M. 2003. An automated system for evaluating BlueSky predictions of smoke impacts on community health and ecosystems - Proposal to the Joint Fire Science Program. JFSP Project No. 03-1-3-09. Seattle, WA: USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 11 p.

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  • air quality
  • BlueSky Modeling Framework
  • fire management
  • JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program
  • NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards
  • smoke concentration
  • smoke impacts
  • smoke modeling
JFSP Project Number(s):
  • 03-1-3-09
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FRAMES Record Number: 7124