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Eastern Area Modeling Consortium

Publications

Fiscal Year 2007

  • Clements, C. B., B. E. Potter, and S. Zhong.  2006.  In situ measurements of water vapor, heat, and CO2 fluxes within a prescribed grass fire.  International Journal of Wildland Fire 15:299-306.
  • Clements, C. B., S. Zhong, S. Goodrick, J. Li, B. E. Potter, X. Bian, W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, R. Perna, M. Jang, D. Lee, M. Patel, S. Street, and G. Aumann.  2007.  Observing the dynamics of wildland grass fires: FireFlux – A field validation experiment.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 88:1369-1382.
  • Potter, B. E., N. K. Larkin, and N. Nikolov.  2006.  Smoke, fire, and weather: What Forest Service research is doing to help.  Fire Management Today 66(3):12-16.
  • Winkler, J. A., B. E. Potter, D. F. Wilhelm, R. P. Shadbolt, K. Piromsopa, and X. Bian.  2007.  Climatological and statistical characteristics of the Haines Index for North America.  International Journal of Wildland Fire 16:139-152.
  • Potter, B. E., J. A. Winkler, D. F. Wilhelm, and R. P. Shadbolt.  2007.  Computing the low elevation Haines Index.  Fire Management Today 67(1):40-43.
  • Potter, B. E., J. A. Winkler, D. F. Wilhelm, R. P. Shadbolt, and X. Bian.  2007.  Computing the low elevation variant of the Haines Index for fire weather forecasts.  Weather and Forecasting. (Accepted)
  • Zimet T., J. E. Martin, and B. E. Potter.  2007.  The influence of an upper level frontal zone on the Mack Lake wildfire environment.  Meteorological Applications 14:131-147.
  • Heilman, W. E., and X. Bian.  2007.  Combining turbulent kinetic energy and Haines Index predictions for fire-weather assessments.  2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 26-30 March 2007, Destin, FL.  Rocky Mountain Research Station, RMRS-P-46CD.
  • Charney, J., X. Bian, W. E. Heilman, and L. Fusina.  2007.  The potential impact of smoke from prescribed burns in southern Missouri.  2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 26-30 March 2007, Destin, FL, International Association of Wildland Fire.  p. 19.  (Abstract)
  • Clements, C. B., and S. Zhong.  2007.  Plume energetics and dynamics of grass fires.  2nd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 26-30 March 2007, Destin, FL, International Association of Wildland Fire.  p. 20.  (Abstract)
  • In, H.-J., D. W. Byun, R. J. Park, N.-K. Moon, S. Kim, and S. Zhong.  2007.  Impact of transboundary transport of carbonaceous aerosols on the regional air quality in the United States: A case study of the South American wildland fire of May 1998.  Journal of Geophysical Research 112:D07201, doi:10.1029/2006JD007544.
  • Kim, H.-C., D. W. Byun, S.-T. Kim, W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, and X. Bian.  2007.   Implementation of satellite-detected wildland and prescribed fire emissions in daily air quality forecast systems. EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Heilman, W. E.  2007.  Overview of the national Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (FCAMMS).  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Heilman, W. E., and X. Bian.  2007.  Combined Haines Index and turbulent kinetic energy patterns and trends over the northeastern U.S.  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Hom, J., W. Heilman, K. Clark, X. Bian, N. Skowronski, S. Van Tuyl, J. Cole, J. Charney, and D. Robinson.  2007.  Implementing a graphical and predictive national fire danger rating system for New Jersey.  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Goodrick, S., P. Cunningham, C. Clements, S. Zhong, X. Bian, and W. Heilman.  2007.  Numerical simulations of the FireFlux field experiment.  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Clements, C., S. Zhong, X. Bian, and W. Heilman.  2007.  Fire-induced winds and turbulence observed during the FireFlux experiment.  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Charney, J.  2007.  The impact of atmospheric conditions aloft on fire weather and fire behavior prediction in the eastern United States.   EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Charney, J., M. Kiefer, and Y. Lin.  2007.  Simulations of two-dimensional dry convective plume modes.  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Charney, J., and D. Keyser.  2007.  Objective boundary detection in the eastern United States – sea breeze and coastal fronts, and back-door and side-door cold fronts.  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Bian. X., W. Heilman, J. Charney, S. Zhong, and W.-Q. Yao.  2007.  Using a Lagrangian particle dispersion model to predict microscale smoke transport and dispersion from wildland and prescribed fires.  EastFIRE 2007 Conference, 5-8 June, 2007, Fairfax, VA.  [On CD-ROM]
  • Byun, D. W, H.-C. Kim, H.-J. In, S.-T. Kim, C.-K. Song, R. Park, and W. Heilman.  2006.   Process analysis and mass budget analysis of the effects of long-range transported forest fire plumes on regional air quality.  3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, 16-19 November 2006, San Diego, CA.
  • Kim, H.-C., D. W. Byun, S.-T. Kim, W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, and X. Bian.  2006.  Coupling CMAQ with BlueSky and satellite-derived emissions to assess fire impacts on air quality.  3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, 16-19 November 2006, San Diego, CA.
  • Clements, C. B., S. Zhong, S. Goodrick, X. Bian, B. E. Potter, W. Heilman, J. Charney, R. Perna, M. Jang, D. Lee, M. Patel, S. Street, S. Krueger, J. Li, and G. Aumann.  2006.  Observing the dynamics of wildland grass fires: FireFlux – A field validation experiment.  3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, 16-19 November 2006, San Diego, CA.
  • Bian, X.  2006.  Flux profile relationships derived using observations of a grass fire.  3rd International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, 16-19 November 2006, San Diego, CA.
  • Heilman, W., B. Potter, F. M. Fujioka, K. Zeller, G. L. Achtemeier, and A. R. Riebau.  2007.  Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke – Enhancing firefighting capability and preparedness.  In V. C. Baldwin (ed.), Accomplishing and applying National Fire Plan research and development from 2001-2005.  General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-187, Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO.  p. 7-9.

Fiscal Year 2006

Fiscal Year 2005

  • Heilman, W. E., B. E. Potter, J. J. Charney, and X. Bian.  2005.  Fire-weather and air quality research and product development in the Eastern Area Modeling Consortium.  EastFIRE Conference 2005, 11-13 May 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. [On CD-ROM]
  • Charney, J. J., B. E. Potter, W. E. Heilman, and X. Bian.  2005.  Assessing the potential for atmospheric conditions aloft to contribute to extreme fire behavior.  EastFIRE Conference 2005, 11-13 May 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. [On CD-ROM]
  • Charney, J. J., K. L. Clark, X. Bian, W. E. Heilman, B. E. Potter.  2005.  Evaluation of EAMC high-resolution fire-weather predictions (using surface meteorology, forest energy balance, and sodar measurements) in the New Jersey pinelands.  EastFIRE Conference 2005, 11-13 May 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. [On CD-ROM]
  • In, H. J., S. Zhong, D. W. Byun, X. Bian, J. Charney, W. Heilman, and B. Potter.  2005.  On the accuracy of Haines Index predicted by realtime MM5 forecasts over the eastern half of the U.S.  EastFIRE Conference 2005, 11-13 May 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. [On CD-ROM]
  • In, H. J., D. W. Byun, S. Kim, S. Zhong, X. Bian, J. J. Charney, W. E. Heilman, and B. E. Potter.  2005.  Application of BlueSky and CMAQ to investigate the impact of wildland fire on regional air quality.  EastFIRE Conference 2005, 11-13 May 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. [On CD-ROM]
  • Hom, J., K. Clark, Y. Pan, S. V. Tuyl, N. Skowronski, and W. Heilman.  2005.  Fire research in the New Jersey Pine Barrens.  EastFIRE Conference 2005, 11-13 May 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. [On CD-ROM]
  • Zhong, S., H. J. In, X. Bian, J. Charney, W. Heilman, and B. Potter.  2005.  Evaluation of real-time high resolution MM5 predictions over the Great Lakes region.  Weather and Forecasting 20:63-81.
  • Mell, W., J. J. Charney, M. A. Jenkins, P. Cheney, and J. Gould.  2005.  Numerical simulations of grassland fire behavior from the LANL – FIRETEC and NIST – WFDS models.  EastFIRE Conference 2005, 11-13 May 2005, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. [On CD-ROM]
  • Woodall, C. W., J. J. Charney, G. C. Liknes, and B. E. Potter.  2005.  What’s the fire danger now? Linking fuel inventories with atmospheric data.  Journal of Forestry 103:293-298.
  • Potter, B. E.  2005.  The role of released moisture in the atmospheric dynamics associated with wildland fires.  International Journal of Wildland Fire 14:77-84.

Fiscal Year 2004

  • Charney, J. J.; Bian, X.; Potter, B. E.; Heilman, W. E. 2003. Modeling wildfire weather. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 84:1010-1011.
  • Charney, J. J.; Keyser, D. 2004. Using mesoscale model simulations to better understand the role of surface mixed layer dynamics in fire-atmosphere interactions. 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 12-15 January 2004, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Charney, J. J.; Bian, X.; Potter, B. E.; Heilman, W. E. 2003. Low level jet impacts on fire evolution in the Mack Lake and other severe wildfires. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Charney, J. J.; Bian, X.; Potter, B. E.; Heilman, W. E. 2003. The role of a stratospheric intrusion in the evolution of the Double Trouble State Park wildfire. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Chubarova, N. Y.; Prilepsky, N. G.; Uliumdzhieva, N. N.; Yurova, A. Y.; Zhmylev, P. Y.; Karpuhina, E. A.; Riebau, A. R.; Shoettle, A. W.; Musselman, R.; Potter, B. E.; Rublev, A. N. 2003. A natural fire experiment in central Russia: Meteorology, radiative and optical properties of atmosphere and resulting effects on sub-boreal forest plants. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Heilman, W. E.; Potter, B. E.; Charney, J. J.; Bian, X. 2003. National Fire Plan - Eastern Area Modeling Consortium: Research, product development, and partnerships. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Heilman, W. E.; Bian, X.; Charney, J. J.; Potter, B. E. 2003. Combining the Haines Index and turbulent kinetic energy for fire-weather predictions. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Jenkins, M. A.; Krueger, S. K.; Sun, R. 2003. Using a simple parcel model to investigate the Haines Index. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Potter, B. E. 2003. Impact of released fuel moisture on atmospheric dynamics. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Potter, B. E.; Goodrick, S. L.; Brown, T. J. 2003. Development of a statistical validation methodology for fire weather indices. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Riebau, A. R.; Fox, D. G. 2003. Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke - FCAMMS: A national paradigm for wildland fire and smoke management. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
    Sun, R.; Jenkins, M. A. 2003. Effects of near-surface atmospheric stability and moisture on wildfire behavior and consequences for Haines Index. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Zimet, T. K.; Martin, J. E. 2003. A model based analysis of the role of an upper-level front and stratospheric intrusion in the Mack Lake fire. 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 16-20 November 2003, Orlando, FL, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]

Fiscal Year 2003

  • Jenkins, M. A.  2002.  An examination of the sensitivity of numerically simulated wildfires to low-level atmospheric stability and moisture, and the consequences for the Haines Index.  International Journal of Wildland Fire 11:213-232.
  • Charney J. J., S. Bian, B. E. Potter, and W. E. Heilman.  2003.  Mesoscale simulations during the Double Trouble State Park wildfire in east-central New Jersey on June 2, 2002.  10th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 23-27 June 2003, Portland, OR, American Meteorological Society. [On CD-ROM]
  • Potter, B. E., D. Borsum, and D. Haines.  2002.  Keeping Haines real – or really changing Haines?  Fire Management Today 62:41-46.
  • Potter, B. E., and J. E. Martin.  2001.  Accuracy of 24- and 48-hour forecasts of Haines’ index.  National Weather Digest 25:38-46.
  • Potter, B. E.  2002.  A dynamics based view of atmosphere-fire interactions.  International Journal of Wildland Fire 11:247-255.
  • Potter, B. E.  2002.  Dew it! Which weather measurements are related to the occurrence of wildland fires?  Natural Inquirer 4:47-51.
  • Potter, B. E., and S. Goodrick. 2003.  Performance of the Haines Index during August 2000 for Montana.  4th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 13-15 November 2001, Reno, NV, American Meteorological Society.  p. 233-236.

Fiscal Year 2002

  • Croft, P. J., B. Potter, and A. Reed.  2002.  The analysis of the Haines Index climatology for the eastern Unites States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.  4th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 13-15 November 2001, Reno, NV, American Meteorological Society.  p. 242-246.
  • Jenkins, M. A.  2002.  Coupled atmosphere-fire modeling and fire behavior sensitivity to atmospheric instability.  4th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 13-15 November 2001, Reno, NV, American Meteorological Society.  p. 43-50.
  • Potter, B. E.  2002.  How and why does the Haines Index work? Energy and dynamics considerations.  4th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology, 13-15 November 2001, Reno, NV, American Meteorological Society.  p. 247-253.
  • Croft, P. J, M. Watts, B. E. Potter, and A. Reed.  2002.  Creating a Haines Index climatology for the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico.  25th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 20-24 May 2002, Norfolk, VA, American Meteorological Society.  p. 83.

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