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
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Historical ground monitoring information
Track COVID and air quality across the United States
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R-package for working with air quality monitoring data
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Short (6-18 min) training videos on the basics of satellite data for smoke and fire, and various web tools.
Climatology
Climatology of conditions allowing for transport to the Arctic
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Ventilation Climate Information System-Climatology of mixing height, transport winds, and ventilation index
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Climatology of Convective Instability-Seasonal and monthly maps of atmospheric instability
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FIRE PRODUCTS
Forecasts
Forecasts of the Hot-Dry-Windy Index, an indicator of potential adverse weather conditions
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
USER TOOLS
BlueSky Playground
PGv3.5 (try me!) What's new?
PGv3 (current) | PGv2 (previous)
Customized emissions and dispersion modeling. Two versions available.
Emission Factor (EF) data repository and analysis tool
