Expanding the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework with Satellite-derived Data

摘要

The BlueSky smoke modeling framework is a tool for modeling the cumulative impacts from multiple fires. Developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service (USFS), it combines existing models in a unified structure to predict ground-level concentrations of particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM_(2.5)). BlueSky was originally designed to assist prescribed burn and smoke managers in making burn decisions based on expected smoke impacts, but it has been expanded to predict and track smoke from wildfires and wildland fire use (WFU) fires.