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Communicating emissions impacts to the public can sometimes be difficult because quantitatively conveying smoke concentrations is complicated. Regulators and land managers often refer to particulate-matter concentrations in micrograms per cubic meter, but this may not be…
Person: Hyde
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smoke management, smoke impacts, WinHaze, visibility, photographs, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, particulate matter (PM) concentrations, relative humidity, air quality, AQI - Air Quality Index, public health
Shawn Urbanski, Research Scientist with the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station presented the latest research in emission factors. Emission factors are a key component to estimating emissions of trace gases and particulates from fire. Shawn discussed how emission…
Person: Urbanski
Year: 2016
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildland fire, air quality, EI - Emission Inventory, emission factors, field measurements