Local and regional smoke impacts from prescribed fires

Authors

Owen F. Price, University of WollongongFollow
Bronwyn L. Horsey, University of WollongongFollow
Ningbo Jiang, Office of Environment and Heritage

RIS ID

110006

Publication Details

Price, O. F., Horsey, B. & Jiang, N. (2016). Local and regional smoke impacts from prescribed fires. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 16 (10), 2247-2257.

Abstract

Smoke from wildfires poses a significant threat to affected communities. Prescribed burning is conducted to reduce the extent and potential damage of wildfires, but produces its own smoke threat. Planners of prescribed fires model the likely dispersion of smoke to help manage the impacts on local communities. Significant uncertainty remains about the actual smoke impact from prescribed fires, especially near the fire, and the accuracy of smoke dispersal models.

Grant Number

ARC/LP130100146

Additional Grant Number

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/LP130100146