April 12, 2003
Kansas Smoke Emission Estimation
April 11: 87 T/day
April 10: 1240 T/d
Assuming Mass Extinction Efficiency:
5 m2/g
April 11, 2003
Emission Estimate
Fire PixelsSurface
Observations
Monte CarloDiagnostic Local Model
Satellite-Surface-Model Data IntegrationSmoke Emission Estimation
Emission Model
Land Vegetation
Fire Model
e..g. MM5 winds, plume model
Local Smoke Simulation Model
AOT Aer. Retrieval
Satellite Smoke
Visibility, AIRNOW
Surface Smoke
Assimilated Smoke Pattern
Continuous Smoke Emissions
Assimilated Smoke Emission for Available Data
Fire Pixel, Field Obs
Fire Location
Assimilated Fire Location
Satellite Aerosol Optical Thickness ClimatologySeaWiFS Satellite, Summer 2000 - 2003
20 Percentile
98 Percentile90 Percentile
60 Percentile
Smoke Sources 98 Percentile
Summer AOT 60 Percentile2000-2004 SeaWiFS AOT, 1 km Resolution
Kansas Agricultural Smoke, April 12, 2003
Fire Pixels PM25 Mass, FRM65 ug/m3 max
Organics35 ug/m3 max
Ag Fires
SeaWiFS, Refl SeaWiFS, AOT Col AOT Blue