Field Observations (Past and Present)

Ongoing Field Programs

North Carolina Fuel Moisture Observations (2009-2011)

There are two fuel moisture stations located in North Carolina on the coastal plain.  These stations are recording fuel moisture and meteorological data in real-time.  Read more...

Tahoe Deployment (2010)

Currently we have 8 meteorological stations (2 include PM2.5 measurements) deployed in the Tahoe basin. The instruments are deployed to better understand the inversion events that occur in the basin and to collect data that can be used to evaluate the meteorological models.  Read more...

Sub-Canopy Smoke Dispersion Study (2010 and 2011)

We are working with The Nature Conservancy in the Calloway Forest Preserve, North Carolina to accomplish several research prescribe burns.  The goal of this study is to collect data during these burns from all smoke modeling levels: fuels, consumption, emissions, plume rise and transport.  These data will be used to improve the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework's (Larkin et al., 2009) ability to predict smoke emissions and transport from prescribe burning.  Read more...

Previous Field Programs

Alaska Duff Moisture Stations (2003-2007)

From 2003-2007, AirFire maintained 4 duff moisture stations in the Wrangell-St Elias National park, on the Kenai Peninsula and near Anchorage, Alaska. These stations provided an abundance of year round information on the response of the forest floor to seasonal, weekly and diurnal variations in the weather.  Read http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/....

Rapid Response Field Observations: PM 2.5 in wildfire smoke (2005-2008)

PM2.5 and other air quality data done on a rapid response basis to measure smoke from fires.  Read more....