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A transdisciplinary approach to investigating relationships between biomass burning and human health outcomes
Where and when wildfires occur, what pollutants they emit, how the chemistry of smoke changes in the atmosphere, and what impact this air pollution has on human health and well-being are questions explored across different scientific disciplines.
Fire, Smoke, and Health: Tracking the Modeling Chain from Flames to Health and Well-Being is designed to create a foundational knowledge base allowing interdisciplinary teams to interact more effectively in addressing the impacts of air pollution from biomass burning on human health.
Volume highlights include:
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Tatiana V. Loboda, University of Maryland, USA
Nancy H. F. French, Michigan Technological University, USA
Robin C. Puett, University of Maryland, USA
I. IntroductionChapter 1: Introductionœ Discipline space: › Multidisciplinary topic› Terminology› Flow diagramœ Context for this bookœ Purpose & structure of this book (refer to diagram)
II. From Fire to Emissions[Fire & fuels ⇒ consumption/combustion ⇒ pollution] Chapter 2: Mapping and characterizing fire[Author: Loboda; Editor: French]œHistorical fire recordsœSatellite fire records ›Active Fire Detection and characterization›Burned Area and severityœFire regimesœAnthropogenic & management fires
Chapter 3: Mapping and describing fuels and fire conditions[Author: French; Editor: Loboda]œFuel types and mapsœEnvironmental conditions ›Weather & climate (fuel moisture)@
Chapter 4: Estimating fire emissions and pollutants[Author: TBD; Editor: French]œEstimating consumptionœEmission Factors for pollution quantificationœReview chemicals and particulate characteristics in the smoke ›EPA criteria air pollutants›trace gases, greenhouse gases
III. From Emissions to Concentrations[Emission strength⇒Concentrations] Chapter 5: Smoke chemistry and transport[Author: TBD; Editor: French]œParticle models (Hysplit) vs. chemical transport models (CTM)Chapter 6: Integrating in situ and satellite observations[Author:TBD; Editor: Loboda]œSatellite sensing capabilities & utilityœIntegration with transport models
Chapter 7: TBD (This could be a chapter on operational pollution modeling - CMAQ - Have EPA write it)
IV. From Concentrations to Health Outcomes[Concentrations⇒Exposure⇒Health outcomes]Chapter 8: Assessing exposure[Author: TBD; Editor: French]œAir pollution and health problems - physiological mechanisms (literature)œLand manage ]ment fire exposureœMapping exposure of vulnerable populationsœIdentifying vulnerable categoriesœExposure limits & metrics
Chapter 9: Modeling health outcomes[Author:TBD; Editor: Loboda]œHealth data sourcesœStudy designsœConfounding factors
Chapter 10: TBD
V. Synthesis and Future DirectionChapter 11: The future of smoke modeling, for health assessment to inform science and practiceœDiverse modeling approaches for fire situations or types (e.g. managed vs. unplanned)œDecision tools for translating knowledge - MIEnvironment-like systems
Chapter 12: Perspectives on wildland fire, smoke, and healthœHealth burden of fireœReiterate transdisciplinary nature & context of this topicœSummarize the state of knowledge and needs for the subject
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