Fire behavior and heat release as source conditions for smoke modeling

Scott L. Goodrick; Leland W. Tarnay; Bret A. Anderson; Janice L. Coen; James H. Furman; Rodman R. Linn; Philip J. Riggan; Christopher C. Schmidt

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-87045-4_3

Fire behavior and heat release as source conditions for smoke modeling

Scott L. Goodrick, Leland W. Tarnay, Bret A. Anderson, Janice L. Coen, James H. Furman, Rodman R. Linn, Philip J. Riggan, Christopher C. Schmidt

Dynamical and Physical Meteorology

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Modeling smoke dispersion from wildland fires is a complex problem. Heatandemissionsarereleasedfromafirefrontaswellasfrompost-frontalcombustion, and both are continuously evolving in space and time, providing an emission source that is unlike the industrial sources for which most dispersion models were originally designed. Convective motions driven by the fire's heat release strongly couple the fire to the atmosphere, influencing the development and dynamics of the smoke plume. This chapter examines how fire events are described in the smoke modeling process and explores new research tools that may offer potential improvements to these descriptions and can reduce uncertainty in smoke model inputs. Remote sensing will help transition these research tools to operations by providinga safe and reliable means of measuring the fire environment at the space and time scales relevant to fire behavior.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States
Subtitle of host publication	A Scientific Assessment
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	51-81
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030870454
ISBN (Print)	9783030870447
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87045-4_3
State	Published - Aug 11 2022

Keywords

Atmosphere models
Coupled fire
Energy release
Fire behavior
Fire progression
Remote sensing

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