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Emission Resources
Catalog
This page provides fully
described links to emissions data resources available over the World Wide
Web. These resources include measured and modeled and satellite imagery
relevant to VIEWS visibility goals. |
Measured Emission Data Resources
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National Emission Trends (from AIRData)
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Organization: Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of Air and Radiation |
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Metadata:
GCMD
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Description: AIRS ,established
in 1987, includes emission data. States are required to report
point-source emission data on an annual basis for all the criteria
pollutants. In addition, many states store a wide variety of data on
other pollutants and variables in AIRS. AIRS is a menu-driven system
which offers online browse, online and batch update, flexible and
fixed-format report retrievals, and search capabilities. Maps and
charts can also be generated. To access the raw data a user ID
is required. This can be obtained from the National Data
Processing Division please contact Virginia Ambrose @ (919)
541-5454. |
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Time Period: 11/11/55 - 13/12/88 |
Frequency: Varied |
Duration: Varied |
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Place:
North America > United States |
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Method: Field Measurement |
Stratum:
Boundary Layer |
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Parameter:
atmosphere>aerosols>aerosol>particulate
matter; atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide;
atmosphere>air quality>emission; atmosphere>air
quality>lead; atmosphere>air quality>nitrogen oxides;
atmosphere>air quality>particulates>PM10; atmosphere>air
quality>particulates>PM2.5; atmosphere>air
quality>tropospheric ozone; atmosphere>air quality>volatile
organic compounds |
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Causality:
air quality > concentrations;
emissions>anthropogenic
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Availability: Online
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Clearinghouse for Inventories and Emissions Factors (CHIEF)
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OAQPS,
EPA
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| Metadata:
GCMD |
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Description:
This site provides access to a wide variety of data on air pollution emissions,
inventory databases, national emissions trends, publications, and tools for
calculating emissions. |
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Time Period:
varied |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
varied |
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Place:
North America > United States
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Method: Measurements
and Modeling |
Stratum: surface
and plumes |
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Parameter:
atmosphere>aerosols>aerosol>particulate
matter; atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide;
atmosphere>air quality>emission; atmosphere>air
quality>lead; atmosphere>air quality>nitrogen oxides;
atmosphere>air quality>particulates>PM10; atmosphere>air
quality>particulates>PM2.5; atmosphere>air
quality>tropospheric ozone; atmosphere>air quality>volatile
organic compounds |
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Causality: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities >
transportation
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Availability: Some
data online |
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OAQPS Emissions
Data |
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Organization: OAQPS, EPA
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Metadata:
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Description:
General background information about emissions. Emissions
trends reports. Access to emission factors. Main location for
information about emissions. |
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Time Period:
varied |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
varied |
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Place:
North America > United States
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Method: Measurements
and Modeling |
Stratum: surface
and plumes |
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Parameter:
atmosphere>aerosols>aerosol>particulate
matter; atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide;
atmosphere>air quality>emission; atmosphere>air
quality>lead; atmosphere>air quality>nitrogen oxides;
atmosphere>air quality>particulates>PM10; atmosphere>air
quality>particulates>PM2.5; atmosphere>air
quality>tropospheric ozone; atmosphere>air quality>volatile
organic compounds |
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Causality: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities >
transportation
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Availability: Some
data online |
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California
Air Quality Emissions Inventory |
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Organization: Air Resources Board, California
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Metadata:
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Description:
Information on emissions from air pollution sources in California
since 1969. Includes a criteria pollutant emission inventory
including information on the emissions of reactive organic gases (ROG),
oxides of nitrogen (NOx), oxides of sulfur (SOx), carbon monoxide
(CO), and particulate matter (PM10). The following air
pollution sources are included Stationary sources - approximately
13,000 individual point sources, about 135 aggregated point source
categories, Area-wide sources - approximately 80 source categories,
and Mobile sources - all on-road vehicles such as automobiles and
trucks; off-road vehicles such as trains, ships, aircraft; and farm
equipment. |
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Time Period:
1969-present |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
continuing |
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Place:
North America > United State > California
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Method: Measured
and Modeling |
Stratum: surface
and plumes |
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Parameter: atmosphere>aerosols>aerosol>particulate
matter; atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide;
atmosphere>air quality>emission; atmosphere>air
quality>lead; atmosphere>air quality>nitrogen oxides;
atmosphere>air quality>particulates>PM10; atmosphere>air
quality>particulates>PM2.5; atmosphere>air
quality>tropospheric ozone; atmosphere>air quality>volatile
organic compounds |
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Causality: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities >
transportation
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Availability: Online
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Global Emissions
Inventory Activity |
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Organization: GEIA
Steering Committtee |
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Metadata:
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Description: The Global Emissions Inventory
Activity (GEIA) was created in 1990 to develop and distribute global
emissions inventories of gases and aerosols emitted into the
atmosphere from natural and anthropogenic (human-caused) sources.
The long-term goal is to develop inventories of all trace species
that are involved in global atmospheric chemistry. GEIA's mission is
to provide high quality data for timely, relevant assessments. The
requirements for a data set to be accepted as a GEIA data base
include substantial peer review as reflected by acceptance for
journal publication and agreement among the individual GEIA project
teams. Current, data sets include: Nitrogen
Oxides in Soils, NOX
Lightning data, Volcanic
Sulfur Emissions, Ammonia,
Black Carbon (Black
Carbon from Fossil Fuel Combustion, Fossil
Fuel & Biomass Burning Black Carbon); Carbon
Dioxide (fossil fuels); Carbon
Monoxide; Chlorofluorocarbons;
Methane (Anthropogenic
(preliminary), Natural);
Nitrous
Oxide;Nitrogen
Oxides, Annual;Nitrogen
Oxides, Seasonal;Reactive
Chlorine Emissions; Sulfur
Dioxide, Annual; Sulfur
Dioxide, Seasonal and Volatile Organic Compounds (Anthropogenic:
Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds, Natural)
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Time Period:
varied |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
varied |
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Place:
global |
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Method: Field
Measurement |
Stratum: surface
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Parameter: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities > transportation;
atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide; atmosphere>air
quality>emission; atmosphere>air quality>carbon dioxide;
atmosphere>air quality>nitrogen oxides; atmosphere>air
quality>methane; atmosphere>air quality>volatile
organic compounds |
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Causality: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities >
transportation
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Availability: Online
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Carbon
Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) |
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Organization: Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
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Metadata:
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Description: CDIAC,
which includes the World Data Center
for Atmospheric Trace Gases, is the primary global-change data
and information analysis center of the (DOE).
CDIAC's data holdings include
records of the concentrations of carbon dioxide and other
radiatively active gases in the atmosphere; the role of the
terrestrial biosphere and the oceans in the biogeochemical cycles of
greenhouse gases; emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere;
long-term climate trends; the effects of elevated carbon dioxide on
vegetation; and the vulnerability of coastal areas to rising sea
level. This
site also includes access to the US
Historical Climatology Network that
includes historical monthly statistics of temperature and
precipitation for the United States, available for download by state
& site. |
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Time Period:
1800 --present |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
varied |
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Place:
global |
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Method: Field
Measurement |
Stratum: surface
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Parameter: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities > transportation;
atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide; atmosphere>air
quality>emission; atmosphere>air quality>carbon dioxide;
atmosphere>air quality>nitrogen oxides; atmosphere>air
quality>methane; atmosphere > air
quality>tropospheric ozone; atmosphere>air quality>volatile
organic compounds |
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Causality: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities >
transportation
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Availability: Online
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Modeled Emission Data Resources
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MCNC Emissions Data
archive |
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Organization: North Carolina
Super Computer Center, environmental program
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Metadata:
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Description:
A new site with the intent of providing emissions data in
support of regional air quality modeling efforts. Current data are
limited to only a unified grid and gridding surrogates and
gridded land use for lat/lon and Lambert map projections.
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Time Period:
varied |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
varied |
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Place:
North America > United States
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Method: Modeling
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Stratum: surface
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Parameter: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities > transportation;
atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide; atmosphere>air
quality>emission; atmosphere>air quality>carbon dioxide;
atmosphere>air quality>nitrogen oxides; atmosphere>air
quality>methane; atmosphere > air
quality>tropospheric ozone; atmosphere>air quality>volatile
organic compounds |
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Causality: Emissions
> anthropogenic; activities > fossil fuel combustion;
activities > industrial activity; activities >
transportation
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Availability: Online
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Satellite Emission Data Resources
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Sea-viewing Wide
Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) |
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Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Metadata: GCMD2
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Description:
SeaWiFS consists of an optical scanner and an electronics module to
measure backscattered Earth radiance from orbit in eight spectral
bands, 6 visible and 2 near infrared bands. The instruments covers most
of the globe sampling once a day approximately noon local time. True color images of the
globe can be produced from these data. These images are useful for
visualizing smoke, dust and haze as well as detecting sources of
fire |
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Time Period:
9/97 -- current |
Frequency:
daily |
Duration:
continuing |
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Place:
global |
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Method: Satellite
Imagery |
Stratum: vertically
and horizontally integrated |
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Parameter: atmosphere
> visibility |
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Causality: air
quality > concentrations
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Availability: selected
images online |
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 Measurements of Pollution in the
Troposphere (MOPITT) |
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Organization: Canadian
Space Agency and National
Center for Atmospheric Research
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Metadata:
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Description:
MOPITT will measure carbon monoxide and methane in the
troposphere over the entire globe for a period of five years
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Time Period:
2001-2006 |
Frequency:
daily |
Duration:
2006 |
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Place:
global |
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Method: Satellite
Imagery |
Stratum: vertically
and horizontally integrated |
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Parameter: atmosphere
> air pollution > carbon monoxide ; atmosphere > air
pollution > methane |
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Causality: air
quality > concentrations
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Availability: soon
to be online |
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TOMS Ozone
Index - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
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Organization: NASA - TOMS Home Page
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Metadata: GCMD1,
GCMD2
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Description:
TOMS provides global measurements of global total column ozone
on a daily basis from November 1978 - December 1994, from
September 1996 - June 1997. and July 1996 -present.. TOMS also
measures UV-absorbing tropospheric aerosols.
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Time Period:
1978 - present |
Frequency:
daily |
Duration:
continuing |
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Place:
global |
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Method: Satellite
Imagery |
Stratum: vertically
and horizontally integrated |
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Parameter: atmosphere
> total column ozone; visibility
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Causality: air
quality > concentrations
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Availability: selected
images online |
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TOMS
Aerosol Index - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS)
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Organization: NASA - TOMS Home Page
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Metadata: GCMD1,
GCMD2
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Description:
TOMS provides global measurements of global total column ozone
on a daily basis from November 1978 - December 1994, from
September 1996 - June 1997. and July 1996 -present.. TOMS also
measures UV-absorbing tropospheric aerosols.
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Time Period:
1978 - present |
Frequency:
daily |
Duration:
continuing |
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Place:
global |
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Method: Satellite
Imagery |
Stratum: vertically
and horizontally integrated |
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Parameter: atmosphere
> total column ozone; visibility
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Causality: air
quality > concentrations
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Availability: selected
images online |
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Measured Fire Data Resources
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GCVTC Fire Emissions Data
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Organization: CIRA
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Metadata:
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Description:
As part of the Grad
Canyon visibility Transport Commission process, a special effort was
undertaken by the USDA - Forest Service to develop emission
estimates for prescribed fire and wildfires (i.e., wildland burning)
in the western United States. Data include Prescribed Burning
Emission Estimates including acres burned, fuel loading, and
fuel consumption. This extensive data set was developed through
surveys and represents 1989 conditions. The emission estimates cover
prescribed fires on private, state, and federal lands; and Wildfire
Emission Estimates acres burned, fuel loading, and fuel
consumption for the emission calculations were obtained from the
private, state, and federal land managers in the western United
States. Since there is natural variability in wildfire emissions the
wildland burning database contains emission estimates by fire event
for 1986 through 1992 for the western United States. The monthly
and daily wildfire emissions are displayed graphically on the
CIRA/NPS web site. These emissions are fully described described in Emission
Estimates for Assessing Visual Air Quality on the Colorado Plateau
by Ronald J. Dickson,
William R. Oliver, and Howard W. Balentine in J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. 47: 185-193.
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Time Period:
1986-1992 |
Frequency:
daily |
Duration:
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Place:
United States |
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Method: Field
Measurement |
Stratum: Surface
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Parameter: atmosphere>aerosols>particulate
matter; atmosphere>air quality>carbon monoxide;
atmosphere>air quality>emission; atmosphere>air
quality>particulates>PM10; atmosphere>air
quality>particulates>PM2.5; atmosphere>air
quality>volatile organic compounds
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Causality: Emissions>Fire
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Availability:
Online Ftp site
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Coarse-Scale Spatial Data
for Fire and Fuel Management |
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Organization: USDA
Forest Service, Joint Fire
Sciences Program (JFSP) |
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Metadata:
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Description: This project involved mapping and characterization of historic
natural fire regimes and current vegetation conditions, and
development of an index of departure for use in national-level
fire management planning. The concept of risk was defined as the 'risk
of losing key components that define a system' or
specifically, losses attributed to the occurrence or introduction
of fire,either wildland or prescribed fire. Within that framework,
we classify current conditions as a function of departure from
historical natural conditions. These data integrate biophysical
information and pre-existing remotely sensed products. We have
incorporated disturbance and successional processes, including
development of stylized successional pathways for unique
combinations of historical fire regime and potential natural
vegetation. These data are intended for national, programmatic and
strategic planning, and will be used by federal land managers,
states, and other non-governmental organizations in fire and fuel
management planning, assessments of ecosystem health, and risk
assessments. |
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Time Period:
1986-1996 |
Frequency:
daily |
Duration:
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Place:
United States |
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Method: Field
Measurement |
Stratum: Surface
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Parameter:
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Causality: Emissions>Fire
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Availability:
Online
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Modeled Fire Data Resources
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Fire
home |
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Organization: USDA Forest Service, Missoula Fire
Laboratory |
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Metadata:
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Description:
This site is designed for wildland fire professionals and
students who require access to the latest software, documentation,
and technical papers developed by Systems for Environmental
Management and the USDA Forest Service, USDI National Park Service,
USDI Bureau of Land Management for use by federal, state, and local
fire management agencies. These tools allow calculation of fire
danger, fire behavior, fire effects and fire emissions..
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Time Period:
varied |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
continuing |
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Place:
North America > United States |
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Method: modeling
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Stratum: surface
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Parameter: atmosphere
> air quality > carbon dioxide; land cover > forest
>
fire
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Causality: emissions
> natural; emissions > anthropogenic
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Availability: Some
resources on line |
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Satellite Fire Data Resources
| GEOMAC
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Organization: USGS
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Metadata:
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Description:
GeoMAC presents online map access to current forest fire locations
and perimeters. Fire perimeter data is updated daily based upon
input from incident intelligence sources, GPS data, IR imagery from
fixed wing and satellite platforms. The GeoMAC web site allows users
to manipulate map information displays, zoom in and out to display
fire information at various scales and detail, including downloading
desired information and printing hard copy. The fire maps also have
relational databases in which the user can display information on
individual fires such as name of the fire, current acreage and other
fire status information. Additional data layers including fuel
types, aircraft hazard maps, links to remote weather station data
and other critical fire analysis information are currently being
added to the GeoMAC application. |
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Time Period:
fire season, 2000 |
Frequency:
daily |
Duration:
continuing |
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Place:
North America > United States
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Method: Satellite
Imagery |
Stratum: vertically
and horizontally integrated |
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Parameter:
biosphere>ecological dynamics>fire characteristics;
biosphere>ecological dynamics>fire occurrence; human
dimensions>environmental impacts>fossil fuel burning;
radiance/imagery> infrared wavelengths> infrared imagery;
radiance/imagery> microwave>microwave imagery;
radiance/imagery> visible wavelengths> visible imagery.
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Causality: emissions
> fire
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Availability: online
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Global
Fire Monitoring Imagery |
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Organization: Earth
Observatory, Goddard Space
Flight Center, NASA |
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Metadata:
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Description:
The global fire monitoring web site provides recent satellite
imagery and analysis of data about terrestrial fires and
demonstration of future global fire monitoring capabilities. Imagery
from several satellite systems including NOAA, DMSP, SeaWiFS, ERS,
JERS, Landsat, SPOT and TRMM demonstrate the capability of satellite
systems to monitor global fires and determine the total area of
forests and grasslands burned each year and to estimate the amount
of resulting emission products. The data will be used to develop
better computer models and enhance scientists' abilities to predict
how biomass burning will impact climate, the environment, and air
quality. Data at the Earth Observatory Global Fire Monitoring site
include 1 km AVHRR and 4 km TRMM observations.
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Time Period:
1/6/98 |
Frequency:
varied |
Duration:
continuing |
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Place:
global |
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Method:
Satellite Imagery |
Stratum: vertically
and horizontally integrated |
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Parameter: biosphere>ecological
dynamics>fire characteristics; biosphere>ecological
dynamics>fire occurrence; human dimensions>environmental
impacts>fossil fuel burning; radiance/imagery> infrared
wavelengths> infrared imagery; radiance/imagery>
microwave>microwave imagery; radiance/imagery> visible
wavelengths> visible imagery. |
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Causality: emissions
> fire
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Availability: Online,
free |
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