Review of the health effects of wildland fire smoke on wildland firefighters and the public

O Adetona, TE Reinhardt, J Domitrovich… - Inhalation …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Each year, the general public and wildland firefighters in the US are exposed to smoke from
wildland fires. As part of an effort to characterize health risks of breathing this smoke, a …

Real-time air quality forecasting, part II: State of the science, current research needs, and future prospects

Y Zhang, M Bocquet, V Mallet, C Seigneur… - Atmospheric …, 2012 - Elsevier
The review of major 3-D global and regional real-time air quality forecasting (RT-AQF)
models in Part I identifies several areas of improvement in meteorological forecasts …

Spatiotemporal prediction of fine particulate matter during the 2008 northern California wildfires using machine learning

CE Reid, M Jerrett, ML Petersen… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Estimating population exposure to particulate matter during wildfires can be difficult because
of insufficient monitoring data to capture the spatiotemporal variability of smoke plumes …

Tamm review: The effects of prescribed fire on wildfire regimes and impacts: A framework for comparison

ME Hunter, MD Robles - Forest Ecology and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Prescribed fire can result in significant benefits to ecosystems and society. Examples include
improved wildlife habitat, enhanced biodiversity, reduced threat of destructive wildfire, and …

Satellite monitoring for air quality and health

T Holloway, D Miller, S Anenberg… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Data from satellite instruments provide estimates of gas and particle levels relevant to
human health, even pollutants invisible to the human eye. However, the successful …

Biomass burning aerosol emissions from vegetation fires: particle number and mass emission factors and size distributions

S Janhäll, MO Andreae, U Pöschl - Atmospheric chemistry and …, 2010 - acp.copernicus.org
Aerosol emissions from vegetation fires have a large impact on air quality and climate. In this
study, we use published experimental data and different fitting procedures to derive dynamic …

Aerosol emissions from prescribed fires in the United States: A synthesis of laboratory and aircraft measurements

AA May, GR McMeeking, T Lee… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aerosol emissions from prescribed fires can affect air quality on regional scales. Accurate
representation of these emissions in models requires information regarding the amount and …

Climate change projected to reduce prescribed burning opportunities in the south-eastern United States

JA Kupfer, AJ Terando, P Gao, C Teske… - International Journal of …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Prescribed burning is a critical tool for managing wildfire risks and meeting ecological
objectives, but its safe and effective application requires that specific meteorological criteria …

Modelling smoke transport from wildland fires: a review

SL Goodrick, GL Achtemeier, NK Larkin… - … Journal of Wildland …, 2012 - CSIRO Publishing
Among the key issues in smoke management is predicting the magnitude and location of
smoke effects. These vary in severity from hazardous (acute health conditions and drastic …

Observations and impacts of transported Canadian wildfire smoke on ozone and aerosol air quality in the Maryland region on June 9–12, 2015

J Dreessen, J Sullivan, R Delgado - Journal of the Air & Waste …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Canadian wildfire smoke impacted air quality across the northern Mid-Atlantic (MA) of the
United States during June 9–12, 2015. A multiday exceedance of the new 2015 70-ppb …