Wildland Fire / Air Quality Tools
This page provides links to the most recent versions of tools produced by the U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station's Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory in support of the Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program and wildland fire operations.
SMOKE PRODUCTS
----- Monitoring -----
Real-time ground monitoring information. ARA version restricted to ARAs
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Historical ground monitoring information
Shows fine particulate (PM2.5) pollution data obtained from air quality monitors and sensors.
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Track air quality across the United States
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Short (6-18 min) training videos on the basics of satellite data for smoke and fire, and various web tools. .
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R-package for working with air quality monitoring data
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----- Modeling -----
Forecast Meteorological Indices and Analyses for Smoke (8-km, WRF-GFS, western US)
Contact: Jay Charney
----- Climatology -----
Climatology of Convective Instability-Seasonal and monthly maps of atmospheric instability
FIRE PRODUCTS
----- Forecasts -----
Experimental fire weather forecasts for the Pacific Northwest at 4 km
Experimental fire weather forecasts for CONUS at 12 km
---- Observations -----
GOES-16 fire detection viewer and data analysis tool. Restricted Access.
Marine layer diagnostic website
----- Climatology -----
USER TOOLS
BlueSky Playground
PGv3.5
What's new? | v3.5 Extensive Help
Customized emissions and dispersion modeling.
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Tool for creating a published smoke outlook. Use is restricted to ARA use only. Authentication required.
[ more info | Training Version v6 | v7 beta *new*]
Emission Factor (EF) data repository and analysis tool