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Roger OttmarResearch Forester
Fire and Environmental Research Applications TeamPacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory
USDA Forest Service Research—PNW Research Station
Seattle, WashingtonPhone: 206-732-7826
E-mail: [email protected]: www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera
RPO Meeting
Austin, Texas
February 9, 2005
Black Area Land Managers
Fuel Loading
Fuel Consumption
Emission Factor
Emission Production
Dispersion/Concentration
Photo series
FCCS
Consume 3.0
Air Chemistry project (Missoula Fire Lab)
FEPS
BlueSky
Natural Fuels Photo Series
Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Seattle, Washington
Website: www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera
NortheastMissouri Breaks
Borderlands
Natural Fuels Photo Series Completed
• Southeast VIa: sand hill, sand pine scrub, and hardwood with white pine types in the Southeast United States with supplemental sites for Volume VI. (PMS 838)
• Alaska IIA: hardwood with spruce (NFES 2668)• Midwest Va: jack pine (NFES 2669)• PNW I: mixed conifer; juniper; sage; grass (NFES 2580)• Alaska II: black/white spruce (NFES 2581)• Rockies III: lodgepole; aspen; gambel oak (NFES 2583) • Southwest IV: pinyon/juniper; sage; chaparral (NFES 2584)• Midwest V: red/white pine; tall grass; oak/hickory (NFES 2582)• Southeast VI: long leaf pine; pocosin; marsh grass (NFES 2585)• Hawaii: grass, shrub, woodland, and forest types (PNW-GTR-156) • Training package: How to Use Photo Series (Rx 410-Smoke
Management)
Average 2 volumes per year
Photo Series in Preparation• West: Deciduous-evergreen oak/savanna;
mixed conifer/brush (January, 2005) • Northeast: Mixed hardwoods; pitch pine
scrub; red spruce/balsam fir (Late 2005)• Southwest borderlands: juniper/mixed oak
(2006)• Missouri breaks: sage, grass, juniper (2006)
Missouri Breaks Borderlands CaliforniaNortheast
Black Area Land Managers
Fuel Loading
Fuel Consumption
Emission Factor
Emission Production
Dispersion/Concentration
Photo series
FCCS
Consume 3.0
Air Chemistry project (Missoula Fire Lab)
FEPS
BlueSky
Shortcut to fccs.jar.lnk
What is FCCS?
• Simple to use software tool
• Comprehensive set of fuelbeds with:–assigned and calculated characteristics– fire potentials
• Allows customization of fuelbeds
• Assignment at multi-scales across the United States
Fuelbed Strata and Categories
Crown Fire
Surface Fire
Smoldering, Residual Effects
SnagTree
LadderFuels
Canopy Stratum
Shrubs
Needle Drape
Shrub Stratum
Graminoids HerbsNonwoody Vegetation Stratum
StumpsPiles and Jackpots Sound Wood Rotten Wood Woody Fuel
Stratum
Moss
Lichen
LitterMoss, Lichen, Litter Stratum
DuffGround Fuel Stratum
The use of fuelbed strata facilitates the creation of spatial data layers and allows the user to include, combine or
exclude as much detail as needed to suit an application.
Basal Accumulation
Select National Fuelbed
Review assigned variables of selected fuelbed in FCCS editor
Customize fuelbed
Calculate fuelbed properties
Generate output reports
Characteristics by fuelbed strata and category
Characteristics by fuelbed strata and category
FCCS Fire potentials
FCCS Fire potentials
Information Flow in FCCSEcoregion
Veg. form
Structure
Cover type
Change agent
Fire regime
Condition class
Fuel model crosswalk
Fuel model crosswalk
Application
• Use FCCS to develop a set of fuelbeds to represent an area– Select default National Fuelbeds– Customize with inventory data/expert
knowledge• Assign fuelbeds to landscape• Assign fuelbed characteristics and fire
potentials at multiple scales
ApplicationApplication---- National Fire Plan Regional Haze Project, EPA National Fire Plan Regional Haze Project, EPA Emissions Inventory Fuels Map, and test Forests for Region Emissions Inventory Fuels Map, and test Forests for Region
6 (McKenzie, Sandberg, and 6 (McKenzie, Sandberg, and OttmarOttmar))
0 175 350 525Miles
Arizona white oak - Silverleaf oak - Emory oak woodlandBlack cottonwood - Alder - Ash forestBlack oak woodlandBluebunch wheatgrass - Bluegrass grasslandChamise - Redshank chaparral shrublandChihuahua pine - Apache pine - Arizona cypress forestCoastal sage shrublandCreosote bush shrublandDouglas-fir - Pacific ponderosa pine / Oceanspray forestDouglas-fir - Sugar pine - Tanoak forestDouglas-fir - Tanoak - Madrone forestGambel oak - Sagebrush shrublandGrand fir forestGray pine / Ceanothus forestIdaho fescue - Bluebunch wheatgrass grasslandInterior Douglas-fir - Ponderosa pine forestInterior ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir - Engelmann spruce forestInterior ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir - White fir forestInterior ponderosa pine forestLive oak woodlandLodgepole pine forestMesquite savannaMountain hemlock - Red fir - White pine - Lodgepole pine forestOregon white oak / Douglas-fir forestPacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir forestPacific ponderosa pine / Snowberry forestPacific ponderosa pine savannaPacific silver fir - Mountain hemlock forestPine - Black oak forestsPine - Oak forestPinyon - Juniper forestPonderosa pine - Jeffrey pine forestPonderosa pine - Pinyon pine - Juniper forestPonderosa pine savannaRed fescue - Oatgrass grasslandRed fir forestRedwood - Douglas-fir forestSagebrush / Bitterbrush shrublandSagebrush shrublandScrub oak - Chaparral shrublandShowy sedge - Alpine black sedge grasslandSubalpine fir - Engelmann spruce - Lodgepole pine forestSubalpine fir/ Engelmann spruce forestSugar pine - Douglas-fir - Ponderosa pine / Oak forestTanoak - California bay - Madrone forestTobosa - Grama grasslandTrembling aspen / Engelmann spruce forestTrembling aspen forestTurbinella oak - Ceanothus - Mountain mahogany shrublandVaccinium - Heather shrublandsWestern hemlock - Douglas-fir - Sitka spruce forestWestern hemlock - Douglas-fir - Western redcedar / Vine maple forestWestern hemlock - Western redcedar - Douglas-fir forestWestern juniper / Huckleberry oak forestWestern juniper / Sagebrush savannaWheatgrass - Cheatgrass grasslandWhite fir - Douglas-fir forestWhitebark pine / Subalpine fir forestWhitebark pine / Western juniper savanna
FCCS western fuelbeds
0 175 350 525Miles
0 175 350 525Miles
Arizona white oak - Silverleaf oak - Emory oak woodlandBlack cottonwood - Alder - Ash forestBlack oak woodlandBluebunch wheatgrass - Bluegrass grasslandChamise - Redshank chaparral shrublandChihuahua pine - Apache pine - Arizona cypress forestCoastal sage shrublandCreosote bush shrublandDouglas-fir - Pacific ponderosa pine / Oceanspray forestDouglas-fir - Sugar pine - Tanoak forestDouglas-fir - Tanoak - Madrone forestGambel oak - Sagebrush shrublandGrand fir forestGray pine / Ceanothus forestIdaho fescue - Bluebunch wheatgrass grasslandInterior Douglas-fir - Ponderosa pine forestInterior ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir - Engelmann spruce forestInterior ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir - White fir forestInterior ponderosa pine forestLive oak woodlandLodgepole pine forestMesquite savannaMountain hemlock - Red fir - White pine - Lodgepole pine forestOregon white oak / Douglas-fir forestPacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir forestPacific ponderosa pine / Snowberry forestPacific ponderosa pine savannaPacific silver fir - Mountain hemlock forestPine - Black oak forestsPine - Oak forestPinyon - Juniper forestPonderosa pine - Jeffrey pine forestPonderosa pine - Pinyon pine - Juniper forestPonderosa pine savannaRed fescue - Oatgrass grasslandRed fir forestRedwood - Douglas-fir forestSagebrush / Bitterbrush shrublandSagebrush shrublandScrub oak - Chaparral shrublandShowy sedge - Alpine black sedge grasslandSubalpine fir - Engelmann spruce - Lodgepole pine forestSubalpine fir/ Engelmann spruce forestSugar pine - Douglas-fir - Ponderosa pine / Oak forestTanoak - California bay - Madrone forestTobosa - Grama grasslandTrembling aspen / Engelmann spruce forestTrembling aspen forestTurbinella oak - Ceanothus - Mountain mahogany shrublandVaccinium - Heather shrublandsWestern hemlock - Douglas-fir - Sitka spruce forestWestern hemlock - Douglas-fir - Western redcedar / Vine maple forestWestern hemlock - Western redcedar - Douglas-fir forestWestern juniper / Huckleberry oak forestWestern juniper / Sagebrush savannaWheatgrass - Cheatgrass grasslandWhite fir - Douglas-fir forestWhitebark pine / Subalpine fir forestWhitebark pine / Western juniper savanna
Arizona white oak - Silverleaf oak - Emory oak woodlandBlack cottonwood - Alder - Ash forestBlack oak woodlandBluebunch wheatgrass - Bluegrass grasslandChamise - Redshank chaparral shrublandChihuahua pine - Apache pine - Arizona cypress forestCoastal sage shrublandCreosote bush shrublandDouglas-fir - Pacific ponderosa pine / Oceanspray forestDouglas-fir - Sugar pine - Tanoak forestDouglas-fir - Tanoak - Madrone forestGambel oak - Sagebrush shrublandGrand fir forestGray pine / Ceanothus forestIdaho fescue - Bluebunch wheatgrass grasslandInterior Douglas-fir - Ponderosa pine forestInterior ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir - Engelmann spruce forestInterior ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir - White fir forestInterior ponderosa pine forestLive oak woodlandLodgepole pine forestMesquite savannaMountain hemlock - Red fir - White pine - Lodgepole pine forestOregon white oak / Douglas-fir forestPacific ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir forestPacific ponderosa pine / Snowberry forestPacific ponderosa pine savannaPacific silver fir - Mountain hemlock forestPine - Black oak forestsPine - Oak forestPinyon - Juniper forestPonderosa pine - Jeffrey pine forestPonderosa pine - Pinyon pine - Juniper forestPonderosa pine savannaRed fescue - Oatgrass grasslandRed fir forestRedwood - Douglas-fir forestSagebrush / Bitterbrush shrublandSagebrush shrublandScrub oak - Chaparral shrublandShowy sedge - Alpine black sedge grasslandSubalpine fir - Engelmann spruce - Lodgepole pine forestSubalpine fir/ Engelmann spruce forestSugar pine - Douglas-fir - Ponderosa pine / Oak forestTanoak - California bay - Madrone forestTobosa - Grama grasslandTrembling aspen / Engelmann spruce forestTrembling aspen forestTurbinella oak - Ceanothus - Mountain mahogany shrublandVaccinium - Heather shrublandsWestern hemlock - Douglas-fir - Sitka spruce forestWestern hemlock - Douglas-fir - Western redcedar / Vine maple forestWestern hemlock - Western redcedar - Douglas-fir forestWestern juniper / Huckleberry oak forestWestern juniper / Sagebrush savannaWheatgrass - Cheatgrass grasslandWhite fir - Douglas-fir forestWhitebark pine / Subalpine fir forestWhitebark pine / Western juniper savanna
FCCS western fuelbeds
0 175 350 525Miles
High : 158
Low : 0
Available fuel (tons/acre)
FCCS western fuelbeds
Class 1 areas
0 175 350 525Miles
High : 158
Low : 0
High : 158High : 158
Low : 0
Available fuel (tons/acre)
FCCS western fuelbeds
Class 1 areasClass 1 areas
FCCS TimelineFCCS Timeline•• FCCS Release Candidate versionFCCS Release Candidate version——November 16, November 16,
20042004–– 175 National 175 National FuelbedsFuelbeds–– Draft user manual and help Draft user manual and help –– Fine tuning fire potentialsFine tuning fire potentials–– Building Building fuelbedsfuelbeds–– Demonstrations in 2005Demonstrations in 2005
•• FCCS final releaseFCCS final release——May, 2005May, 2005
•• Linkage to Consume 3.0, FOFEM, FETM, FEPS, Linkage to Consume 3.0, FOFEM, FETM, FEPS, FASTRACS, FVS, Behave plus, etcFASTRACS, FVS, Behave plus, etc
Fuel Loading
Fuel Consumption
Emission Factor
Emission Production
Dispersion/Concentration
Black Area Land Managers
Photo series
FCCS
Consume 3.0
Air Chemistry project (Missoula Fire Lab)
FEPS
BlueSky
Modification and Validation of Fuel Consumption Modeling
Roger Ottmar, David Sandberg, Clint Wright, and Robert Vihnanek
Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team
Pacific Northwest Research Station
Seattle, Washington
Website: www.fs.fed.us/pnw/fera
Fuel Consumption Project
• Develop new; modify and improve existing fuel consumption models for fuel types where there is:
Limited knowledgeIncreased wildland fire expectedEmphasis on shrubs and boreal forestEmphasis on combustion by fuel stratum/categories Emphasis on smoldering phase
• Consume 3.0/user manual/training package
Objective
Alaska Rapid Response: Forest Floor and Emissions Characterization
Ponderosa Pine/Mixed Conifer
• Over 40 sites inventoried and burned
• New forest floor and woody fuel consumption models developed
• Implementing equations into Consume 3.0
Southern Pine/Hardwoods
• Over 40 sites inventoried and burned
• New forest floor and woody fuel consumption models developed
• Implementing equations into Consume 3.0
Shrublands and Grasslands
• Over 42 sites inventoried and burned
• New shrub consumption model being developed.
• Implementing equations into Consume 3.0
Fuel Consumption Project Sites
What is Consume 3.0?• Consume is a software package that
models the amount of fuel consumption and emissions of a fire, either wildland or prescribed
• Builds on an earlier software package, Consume 2.1 but is more user-friendly, more flexible, more accurate, linked to FCCS
• Not specific to PNW; can be used in all fuel/forest types
Consume 3.0 Release Consume 3.0 Release Candidate June 2005Candidate June 2005
Fuel Loading
Fuel Consumption
Emission Factor
Emission Production
Dispersion/Concentration
Black Area
Consume 3.0
FEPS
Photo series
FCCS
BlueSky
Air Chemistry project (Missoula Fire Lab)
Land Managers
Sam SandbergRoger OttmarRobert Norheim
What is FEPS?• FEPS is a software package that
models the amount and rate of consumption and emissions of a fire, either wildland or prescribed
• Builds on an earlier software package, EPM (Emissions Production Model) but is more user-friendly, more flexible, more accurate
• Not specific to PNW; can be used in all fuel/forest types