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 -----

Visualize daily smoke forecasts 

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Forecast Meteorological Indices and Analyses for Smoke (8-km, WRF-GFS, western US)
Contact: Jay Charney 

----- Climatology -----

Climatology of conditions allowing for transport to the Arctic  

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Climatology of Convective Instability-Seasonal and monthly maps of atmospheric instability 

FIRE PRODUCTS

----- Forecasts -----

Forecasts of the Hot-Dry-Windy Index, an indicator of potential adverse weather conditions 

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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 -----

Climatology of Convective Instability-Seasonal and monthly maps of atmospheric instability 

Seasonal and monthly maps of downburst 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 

A mobile device focused app for determining smoke impacts in your area 

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