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