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Research article
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14 Oct 2016
Research article |
| 14 Oct 2016
Local and regional smoke impacts from prescribed fires
Owen F. Price
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of
Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Bronwyn Horsey
Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires, University of
Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Ningbo Jiang
Climate and Atmospheric Science Branch, Office of Environment and
Heritage, Sydney, NSW 2141, Australia
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- Wildfire and Weather Radar: A Review N. McCarthy et al. 10.1029/2018JD029285
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- Smoke health costs and the calculus for wildfires fuel management: a modelling study N. Borchers-Arriagada et al. 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00198-4
- Potential impacts of prescribed fire smoke on public health and socially vulnerable populations in a Southeastern U.S. state S. Afrin & F. Garcia-Menendez 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148712
- Optimisation of fuel reduction burning regimes for carbon, water and vegetation outcomes M. Gharun et al. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.07.056
- Smoke Patterns around Prescribed Fires in Australian Eucalypt Forests, as Measured by Low-Cost Particulate Monitors O. Price & H. Forehead 10.3390/atmos12111389
- Particulate Levels Underneath Landscape Fire Smoke Plumes in the Sydney Region of Australia O. Price et al. 10.3390/fire6030086
- Historical seasonal changes in prescribed burn windows in California J. Baijnath-Rodino et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155723
- Prescribed fires, smoke exposure, and hospital utilization among heart failure patients H. Raab et al. 10.1186/s12940-023-01032-4
- Prescribed fires X. Úbeda et al. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.04.272
- Comparing the height and area of wild and prescribed fire particle plumes in south-east Australia using weather radar O. Price et al. 10.1071/WF17166
- Occupational exposure of firefighters to hazardous pollutants during prescribed fires in Portugal J. Barbosa et al. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141355
- African American Exposure to Prescribed Fire Smoke in Georgia, USA C. Johnson Gaither et al. 10.3390/ijerph16173079
- Effect of the atmospheric stability condition on buoyant plume dynamics R. Dubey et al. 10.1063/5.0237192
- Wildfire and Weather Radar: A Review N. McCarthy et al. 10.1029/2018JD029285
- Residual canopy cover provides buffering of near-surface temperatures, but benefits are limited under extreme conditions A. Brackett et al. 10.1139/cjfr-2023-0268
- Preface: Natural hazard event analysis for risk reduction and adaptation K. Schröter et al. 10.5194/nhess-18-963-2018
- More smoke today for less smoke tomorrow? We need to better understand the public health benefits and costs of prescribed fire B. Jones et al. 10.1071/WF22025
- Quantifying wildfire growth rates using smoke plume observations derived from weather radar T. Duff et al. 10.1071/WF17180
- The Influence of Prescribed Fire on Fine Particulate Matter Pollution in the Southeastern United States S. Afrin & F. Garcia‐Menendez 10.1029/2020GL088988
- Impacts of a Prescribed Fire on Air Quality in Central New Mexico C. Carrico & J. Karacaoglu 10.3390/atmos14020316
- AQVx—An Interactive Visual Display System for Air Pollution and Public Health G. Williamson & C. Lucani 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00085
- Climate change effects on the frequency, seasonality and interannual variability of suitable prescribed burning weather conditions in south-eastern Australia H. Clarke et al. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.03.005
- Health benefits of reduced deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon Y. Damm et al. 10.1038/s43247-024-01840-7
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We measured particulate levels at distances ranging from 50 m to 20 km from two prescribed fires and compared the values to those predicted from an atmospheric dispersion model. The model performed well during the day but not for areas close to the fire (under 1 km), which experienced high pollution peaks and did not predict night-time pollution in one of the fires over an area of 120 000 ha caused by a temperature inversion.
We measured particulate levels at distances ranging from 50 m to 20 km from two prescribed fires...
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