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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Shows fine particulate (PM2.5) pollution data obtained from air quality monitors and sensors.
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.
Modeling
Visualize daily smoke forecasts
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Forecast Meteorological Indices and Analyses for Smoke (8-km, WRF-GFS, western US) Contact: Bret Anderson
Daily forecast analysis of site location potential to reach Arctic
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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
What's new? | v3.5 Extensive Help
Customized emissions and dispersion modeling.
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Emission Factor (EF) data repository and analysis tool
Tool for creating a published smoke outlook. Use is restricted to ARA use only. Authentication required.
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