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