Forest Fire Smoke


  • Employ USFS tools to determine the emission rate:
    • Blue Sky modeling framework
    • Fire Emission Product Simulator
    • VSMOKE-HYSPLIT interface
  • Example uses NOAA's implementation of Blue Sky
  • Assumes the maximum rate from a prescribed burn as
    the rate from a continuous wildfire

smoke_control.txt

   load control file

smoke_setup.txt

   load setup file


07 04 16 00

   run start time

96

   run duration

31.15 -82.40 100.0

   source

~\Tutorial\smoke

   data directory

WRF200704.bin

   data file

PM25

   pollutant name

1.0

   emission rate

72.0

   emission duration

00 00 00 18 00

   emission start time

0.0 0.0

   concentration grid

0.1 0.1

   grid resolution

20.0 20.0

   grid span



numpar=10000

   particle number

initd=3

   gaussian horizontal

khmax=24

   maximum age

\Tutorial\smoke\EMITIMES.txt

   emission file (/ or \)


Create EMITIMES from READY website:

2007 04 16 00 0024 0153
...
2007 04 16 01 09 0003 31.150 -82.700 0. 0.24E+09 0.20E+07 0.86E+11
...

2007 04 16 00 0096 0001
2007 04 16 18 00 7200 31.150 -82.700 0. 0.24E+15 0.20E+07 0.86E+11

Run Model and Display

ug

   display units

500+200+100+50+20+10

   forced contours

Extract Time Series

Mayo 30.2556 -81.4533

   Mayo Clinic

~\Tutorial\smoke\mayo_pm25.txt

   AirNow data

1.0

   units convert