What is it about?
How sensitive are modeled smoke concentrations to the spatial and temporal distribution of fire emissions?
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Why is it important?
Accurate prediction of smoke concentrations downwind of fires is critical to public health.
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Uncertainties in emissions and meteorology are major factors limiting dispersion model accuracy. This publication focuses on the sensitivity of smoke predictions to the spatial and temporal distribution of fire emissions. Plume height with respect to the boundary layer height emerges as the dominant source of uncertainty.
Dr Mehmet Talat Odman
Georgia Institute of Technology
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This page is a summary of: Simulating smoke transport from wildland fires with a regional-scale air quality model: Sensitivity to spatiotemporal allocation of fire emissions, The Science of The Total Environment, September 2014, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.108.
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