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Atmos Environ (1994)

Title:		"Wildland Fire Emission Sampling at Fishlake National Forest, Utah Using an Unmanned Aircraft System"
Author(s):		Aurell J; Gullett B; Holder A; Kiros F; Mitchell W; Watts A; Ottmar R;
Address:		"University of Dayton Research Institute, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469, USA. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA. Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512, USA. U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Wildland Forest Service Laboratory, 400 North 34 Street, Seattle, WA 98103, USA"
Journal Title:		Atmos Environ (1994)
Year:		2021
Volume:		247
Issue:
Page Number:		118193 -
DOI:		10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118193
ISSN/ISBN:		1352-2310 (Print) 1352-2310 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Emissions from a stand replacement prescribed burn were sampled using an unmanned aircraft system (UAS, or 'drone') in Fishlake National Forest, Utah, U.S.A. Sixteen flights over three days in June 2019 provided emission factors for a broad range of compounds including carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO(2)), nitric oxide (NO), nitrogen oxide (NO(2)), particulate matter < 2.5 microns in diameter (PM(2.5)), volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including carbonyls, black carbon, and elemental/organic carbon. To our knowledge, this is the first UAS-based emission sampling for a fire of this magnitude, including both slash pile and crown fires resulting in wildfire-like conditions. The burns consisted of drip torch ignitions as well as ground-mobile and aerial helicopter ignitions of large stands comprising over 1,000 ha, allowing for comparison of same-species emission factors burned under different conditions. The use of a UAS for emission sampling minimizes risk to personnel and equipment, allowing flexibility in sampling location and ensuring capture of representative, fresh smoke constituents. PM(2.5) emission factors varied 5-fold and, like most pollutants, varied inversely with combustion efficiency resulting in lower emission factors from the slash piles than the crown fires"
Keywords:		Prescribed fire Uas drone emissions measurements wildfire;
Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEAurell, J Gullett, B Holder, A Kiros, F Mitchell, W Watts, A Ottmar, R eng EPA999999/ImEPA/Intramural EPA/ England 2021/08/03 Atmos Environ (1994). 2021 Feb 15; 247:118193. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118193"