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ClearSky Reruns for Accomplished Agricultural Burning by Automated FETS Access

ClearSky Reruns for Accomplished Agricultural Burning by Automated FETS Access. Presented by: Brian Lamb, WSU-LAR Contributors: Andrew Fink, Pennsylvania State University and WSU-LAR Summer REU Fellow; Joe Vaughan WSU-LAR Jen Hinds, WSU-LAR Ray Peterson, Pasayten Consulting

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ClearSky Reruns for Accomplished Agricultural Burning by Automated FETS Access

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  1. ClearSky Reruns for Accomplished Agricultural Burning by Automated FETS Access Presented by: Brian Lamb, WSU-LAR Contributors: Andrew Fink, Pennsylvania State University and WSU-LAR Summer REU Fellow; Joe Vaughan WSU-LAR Jen Hinds, WSU-LAR Ray Peterson, Pasayten Consulting 2009 FETS Project Meeting Boise, ID, August 31--Sept 1, 2009

  2. Standard Overnight Run of the ClearSky Ag-Burn Smoke Dispersion Modeling Decision Support System • Ag-burn scenarios: • defaults • web-submitted by users IC/BC (GFS) landuse terrain Hybrid emissions generation MCIP CALMET reformatter WRF CALPUFF MCIP Met files CALMET Met files Met Forecast Web-served PM2.5 plume animations

  3. ClearSky Use & Evaluation • ClearSky runs nightly with default emission scenarios and/or with user submitted scenarios • Emission scenarios are potential burns (may have little to do with the next day’s reality) • Previous evaluations have been post-burn season • Compilation of accomplished burns • Compilation of available PM2.5 ambient observations • Rerun of ClearSky for each burn day for the season • Analysis of model results and observations • A very labor intensive process, hampered by inconsistent methods for identifying accomplished burns • FETS offers a new way to approach ClearSky Evaluation • Rapid (Automated) access to accomplished burns • Automated access to AIRNOW PM2.5 observations • Automated processing each day to develop performance statistics

  4. Accomplished Burn Rerun of ClearSky using FETS Accomplished Burn Acquisition for previous day WRAP/ FETS Database EPA/STI AIRNow Gateway Hybrid emissions generation Access AIRNow PM2.5 for Sites CALMET Met files CALPUFF Web-served Predicted vs. Observed PM2.5 Plots Web-served PM2.5 plume animations New version of Web-served PM2.5 plume animations Scenario PM2.5 results

  5. Monitoring data for PM2.5 for comparison to ClearSky CALPUFF PM2.5 results is obtained via the AIRNow gateway

  6. Currently, access for FETS agricultural burns is interactive. Automated FETS access is eagerly anticipated! Emissions used to rerun CALPUFF

  7. Example Left: ClearSky image for a model re-run for July 19, 2009. The Kamiah, ID PM2.5 station is marked “x”. Below: line plot of modeled and observed PM2.5

  8. Summary In this project, we attempt to provide burn coordinators with a way to retrospectively compare ClearSky PM2.5 results for accomplished agricultural burns against PM2.5 observations retrieved from EPA's AIRNow database. This prototype system accesses accomplished burns, submitted by the Nez Perce Tribe, from the WRAP Fire Emissions Tracking System (FETS) and uses these to generate ClearSky scenarios to model. Our goal is to improve how well ClearSky can support agricultural-burning decisions. Automated re-simulation of accomplished ag burns will build a database of well-matched simulated and observed results for use in improving ClearSky and in improving user confidence.

  9. Thanks for your attention! Acknowledgments: • Matt Mavko at Air Sciences Inc., for help accessing WRAP-FETS. • SIMILE Widgets and Google, for software. • Project support by the National Science Foundation's REU program.

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