Bridging Earth Observations: Remote Sensing Measurements, Fire Modeling and Air Quality Decision Support System in the Eastern United States

Authors

John J. Qu, George Mason University
Xianjun Hao, George Mason University
Ruixin Yang, George Mason UniversityFollow
William Somers, Pfizer Inc
Swarvanu Dasgupta, CSIR, Indian Institute of Petroleum
Sanjeeb Bhoi, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Science
Menas Kafatos, Chapman UniversityFollow
Yongqiang Liu, University of Southampton
Gary Achtemeier, US Forest Service
Allen R. Riebau, US Forest Service
Patrick Coronado, NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2005

Abstract

Prescribed burning is a major tool used by land managers to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfires and for maintaining forest ecosystem productivity, health, and diversity. However, smoke from fire emissions frequently impacts the air quality of populated areas and is governed by state air quality regulations in most areas. High-resolution models are very useful tools for understanding fire emissions, smoke dispersion, and the air quality effects. The state-of-the-art fire and air quality decision support systems (DSS) such as CAMQ / SMOKE / Bluesky (CSB) provide fire managers and air quality managers with information needed for planning fuels treatments and supporting state air quality smoke regulatory actions, especially as related to prescribed fires.

Comments

This article was originally published in Earth Observation Magazine, volume 14, issue 6, in 2005.

Recommended Citation

Qu, J., Hao, X., Yang, R., Sommers, W., Dasgupta, S., Bhoi, S., Kafatos, M., Liu, Y., Achtemeier, G., Riebau, A.R., Coronado, P. (2005) Bridging earth Observations: Remote Sensing Measurements, Fire Modeling and Air Quality Decision Support System in the Eastern United States, Earth Observation Magazine, 14(6).

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