Forest Resources
College of Natural Resources
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID 83844
Phone: 208 885-1202
Fax: 208 885-6564
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Associated projects
Colin Hardy, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountian Research Station, Missoula Fire Laboratory, PO Box 8089, Missoula , MT 59807; Phone: 406-329-4978; E-mail: chardy01@fs.fed.us
Other Cooperators:
Philip Riggan, USFS, PSW
Francis Fujioka, USFS, PSW
Wei Min Hao, USFS, RMRS
Robert Kremens, Rochester Institute of Technology
Rodman Linn, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kevin Ryan, USFS, RMRS
Bret Butler, USFS, RMRS
Mark Finney, USFS, RMRS
James Hoffman, Space Instruments
Penelope Morgan, University of Idaho
Lloyd Queen, University of Montana
This project will conduct a proof-of-concept research to compare state-of-science space-borne, airborne, and ground-based fire measurement systems; begin evaluation of two fire-behavior simulation models; test the utility of the airborne remote sensing for incident management; and investigate the development of a common database architecture. Significant and complementary linkages exist between this proposal and those previously submitted under JFSP RFP-2003-2 Task 1, by Finney and others (Modeling surface winds in complex terrain for wildland fire incident support) and Morgan and others (Assessing the causes, consequences and spatial variability of burn severity: a rapid response proposal).
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03-1-3-08: Forest Floor Consumption and Smoke Characterization in Boreal Forested Fuelbed Types of Alaska
Roger D. Ottmar, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 400 North 34th Street, Suite 201, Seattle, Washington, 98103; Phone (206) 732-7800; E-mail: rottmar@fs.fed.us
Other Cooperators:
Ron Babbitt, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Sue Ferguson, Pacific Northwest Search
Robert Vihnanek, Pacific Northwest Search
Kent Slaughter, BLM Alaska Fire Service
Randi Jandt, BLM Alaska Fire Service
Jennifer Allen National Park Service
Karen Murphy , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Brad Cella, National Park Service
Larry Vanderlinden , U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Scott Billings , Alaska Fire Service
Dave Dash, Alaska Fire Service
The purpose of this study is to collect fuel consumption data and characterize smoke emissions on active wildfires and prescribed fires. The data will be used to develop new and modify existing forest floor fuel consumption models and develop emission rate equations for the boreal forest fuelbed type. The fuel consumption and emission factors and rate equations will be implemented into the software program Consume 3.0 to better predict moss/peat/duff fuel consumption and smoke production during wildland fires in Alaska . This research will make Consume 3.0 and other fuel consumption, fire effects, and smoke production models more robust and aid managers, planners, and researchers in developing environmentally, socially, and legally responsible land management plans. This research will also allow for a more effective and informed use of emission production and wildfire/prescribed fire trade-off models providing improved wildland fire emissions accounting and planning at the local, regional, and global scales. The fuel consumption and smoke characterization module will be a scientifically based support tool that can be used to improve fire management decision processes (AFP-2003-2, task #1 and linkages with AFP-2003-1, task 3).
Ann Camp, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Sage Hall, 205 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511; ann.camp@yale.edu
Philip N. Omi, Professor Forest Fire Science, Dept. of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1472; Phone: (970) 491-5819; phil@cnr.colostate.edu
Other Cooperators:
Randi Jandt, Alaska Fire Service, P.O. Box 35005, Ft. Wainwright, AK 99703; (907) 356-5864; Randi_Jandt@ak.blm.gov
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