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Impacts of mega-fires on large U.S. urban area air quality under changing climate and fuels
Mega-fires can adversely impact air quality in the United States and the impacts are likely to become more serious in the future due to the possibility of more frequent and intense mega-fires in response to the projected climate change. This study…
Author(s): Yongqiang Liu, Scott L. Goodrick, John A. Stanturf, Hanqin Tian
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Six basic smoke management practices for prescribed burning
Smoke management has become one of the leading challenges facing prescribed fire practitioners in the Southeast and the continued use of prescribed fire in the region may depend on effective smoke and emission mitigation practices. While not a…
Author(s): David R. Godwin, Alan J. Long, Peter Lahm
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Perverse incentives: the case of wildfire smoke regulation
Wildfire is on the rise. The United States is witnessing a spectacular increase in acres lost to catastrophic wildfires, a phenomenon fed by the generally hotter and dryer conditions associated with climate change. In addition to losses in lives,…
Author(s): Kirsten H. Engel
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The climate-wildfire-air quality system: interactions and feedbacks across spatial and temporal scales
Future climate change and its effects on social and ecological systems present challenges for preserving valued ecosystem services, including local and regional air quality. Wildfire is a major source of air-quality impact in some locations, and a…
Author(s): E. Natasha Stavros, Donald McKenzie, Narasimhan K. Larkin
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Smoke management of wildland and prescribed fire: understanding public preferences and trade-offs
Smoke from forest fires is a serious and increasing land management concern. However, a paucity of information exists that is specific to public perceptions of smoke. This study used conjoint analysis, a multivariate technique, to evaluate how four…
Author(s): Jarod Blades, Steven R. Shook, Troy E. Hall
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Mapping day-of-burning with coarse-resolution satellite fire-detection data
Evaluating the influence of observed daily weather on observed fire-related effects (e.g. smoke production, carbon emissions and burn severity) often involves knowing exactly what day any given area has burned. As such, several studies have used…
Author(s): Sean A. Parks
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Treatment of data influenced by exceptional events; final rule
This action finalizes a rule to govern the review and handling of air quality monitoring data influenced by exceptional events. Exceptional events are events for which the normal planning and regulatory process established by the Clean Air Act (CAA…
Author(s): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Emissions of levoglucosan, methoxy pehnols, and organic acids from prescribed burns, laboratory combustion of wildland fuels, and residential wood combustion
Biomass combustion emissions make a significant contribution to the overall particulate pollution in the troposphere. Wildland or prescribed burns and residential wood combustion emissions can vary due to differences in fuel, season, time of day,…
Author(s): Lynn R. Mazzoleni, Barbara Zielinska, Hans Moosmuller
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Photographic handbook for comparing burned and unburned sites within a dry forested and grassland mosiac: a tool for communication, calibration, and monitoring post-fire effects
This photograph handbook describes characteristics and burn severity of a dry forested and grassland mosaic that burned within the last decade. We show photographs of different burned and unburned sites to help compare fire occurrence in similar…
Author(s): Theresa B. Jain, Molly Juillerat, Jonathan Sandquist, Mike Ford, Brad Sauer, Robert J. Mitchell, Scott McAvoy, Justin Hanley, Jon David
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