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Wikimedia Commons Mirko D’Andrea Brandon Frederick INTERNATIONAL S Y M P O S I U M S PROCEEDINGS mokeThe Marriott Inn & Conference Center University of Maryland University College October 21-24, 2013 Presented by In conjunction with National Wildfire Coordinating Group Smoke Committee & Joint Fire Science Program INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SMOKE SYMPOSIUM The International Smoke Symposium was held in Hyattsville, Maryland at the University of Maryland University College, USA, October 21-24, 2013. The objective of this symposium was to bring together air quality, fire, and smoke specialists from the research community, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local/state/federal government agencies, tribes, and private practitioners and organizations to discuss the state-of-the-science and state-of-the-applied-science for smoke management and addressing the air quality impacts of wildland fire smoke. This objective was certainly met at this symposium. We had participants from several different organizations; organizations that don’t typically attend conferences about Wildland Fire such as the American Lung Association, NOAA and the EPA. It was our intention to bring these groups together and we were able to do that successfully. Another objective was to broaden our audience by providing the Symposium to a virtual audience. This turned out to be quite successful and we received great feedback from those who participated remotely. In addition, all of the presentations are still available online for those who were unable to attend. It is our intention to have another Smoke Symposium in the future and hope to continue this very important dialogue. The symposium included three workshops that preceded the conference on Monday, October 21st. The conference opened on the morning of October 22nd and included eight plenary speakers, one hundred and three oral presentations and thirty four poster presenters. Attendance was lower than anticipated due to the government shut down the weeks prior, however 125 were present in person and 50+ attended virtually; the evaluations of the conference were very positive. Session topics included: Fire emission inventories and remote sensing; Fire and smoke modeling; Social aspects of smoke and public perception and messaging; Smoke/fire under a changing climate; Experiences of managing smoke (what works, what doesn't); Addressing impacts of wildfires to both the public and fire personnel; and What is the future in smoke research? Special Sessions included: Reducing Smoke through Wood Energy: The Role of USDA; Fire's Impacts on Ozone and PM - Data Results and Tools for Analysis; Transportation Corridor Safety; Smoke and People: Bringing Clarity to Beliefs, Attitudes; Revising "Wildfire Smoke: A Guide for Public Health Officials"; and Influencing Factors; and State of Fire Behavior Models and their Application to Ecosystem and Smoke Management Issues. CONFERENCE PRESENTED BY: IN CONJUNCTION WITH: SPONSORS: THE CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EVENT: SPONSORS PARTNERS National Aeronautics and Space Administration Department of Defense (NASA) Montana Prescribed Fire Services, Inc. United States Forest Service National Institute of Aerospace National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) National Institute of Standards and Technology Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) National Park Service Coalition of Prescribed Fire Councils Nine Points South Technical Pty. Ltd. Air Sciences, Inc. Oregon State University, College of Forestry Scion, Rural Fire Research Team U.S. Environmental Protection Agency A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE WHO WORKED HARD TO PULL TOGETHER A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT: STEERING COMMITTEE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Pete Lahm (Conference Chair), USDA Forest Tom Zimmerman (Program Chair) Service, National Wildfire Coordinating Group, International Association of Wildland Fire Smoke Committee Nelson Bryner, US Department of Commerce, Chuck Bushey, IAWF National Institute of Standards and Mark Fitch, National Park Service Technology, Fire Research Division John A. Hall, Ph.D., Department of Defense, Gary M. Curcio, Retired NCFS Fire Resource Conservation and Climate Change, Environment Branch Head; Co-founder of IPA Strategic Environmental Research and Fire Environment Specialists, LLC Development Program / Environmental Rick Gillam, U.S. Environmental Protection Security Technology Certification Program Agency Region 4 SERDP/ESTCP Pete Lahm, USDA Forest Service, National Susan O'Neill, Ph.D., USDA Forest Service, Wildfire Coordinating Group, Smoke Pacific Northwest Research Station, AirFire Committee Team Allen R. Riebau, PhD., Nine Points South Narasimhan K. ('Sim') Larkin, Ph.D. Technical Pty. Ltd.; USDA Forest Service U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Research and Development (retired); National Station AirFire Team Program Leader for Atmospheric Science/Chief Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory Atmospheric Scientist Jessica L. McCarty, Ph.D., Michigan Tech Mikel Robinson, IAWF Research Institute (MTRI) Erika N. Sasser, Ph.D., Division Office of Air Christine S. Olsen, Ph.D., College of Forestry, Quality Planning & Standards, Office of Air and Oregon State University Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Ana G. Rappold, Ph.D., US Environmental Agency Protection Agency Amber Jeanine Soja, Ph.D., National Institute Mikel Robinson, IAWF of Aerospace (NIA), Resident at: NASA Langley Tara Strand, PhD, Rural Fire Research Team, Research Center, Climate Science and Chemistry Scion, NZ Crown Research Institute and Dynamics Branches The findings and conclusions of each article in this publication are those of the individual author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the International Association of Wildland Fire. All articles were received in digital format and were edited for uniform type and style; each author is responsible for the accuracy and content of his or her own paper. CITATION Wade DD (Ed), Robinson ML (Comp) (2015) ‘Proceedings of International Smoke Symposium’, 21-24 October 2013, Hyattsville, NC. (Electronic) (International Association of Wildland Fire: Missoula, MT) Edited by Dale Wade Compiled by Mikel Robinson Cover design by Shauna Murphy TABLE OF CONTENTS ORAL PRESENTATIONS Managing for fire and smoke in a changing climate: is it a moving or a fixed target? Gary L Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Center for Forest Disturbance Science and Ned Nikolov, BUSDA Forest Service, Wildland Fire RDNA, Rocky Mountain Research Station4 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Wildland firefighter smoke exposure George Broyles, US Forest Service and Joe Domitrovich, US Forest Service ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Mapping prescribed burns and wildfires from Twitter with natural language processing and information retrieval techniques K Arthur Endsley, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) and Jessica L McCarty, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Status of the Wildland Fire Emissions Information System: A NASA tool for fire-derived carbon and trace gas emissions estimation Nancy HF French, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, Donald McKenzie, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab, U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station , Michael Billmire, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, Roger D Ottmar, Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Lab, U.S. Forest Service PNW Research Station , Susan Prichard, University of Washington, Jessica L McCarty, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University, and K Arthur Endsle, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Michigan Technological University ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Lung Toxicity of Pocosin Wildfire-Derived Particulate Matter: Implications for Toxicity Screening in Lung Tissue Slices Yong Ho Kim, Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Mary Daniels, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Elizabeth Boykin, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Q. Todd Krantz, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Eugene A. Gibbs-Flournoy, Curriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina , John McGee, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , Michael Hays, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Janice A. Dye, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and M. Ian Gilmour, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Producing emission estimates from cropland burning in the contiguous United States for the 2011 National Emissions Inventory: Lessons learned from a remote sensing-based approach Jessica L. McCarty, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), George A. Pouliot, Atmospheric Modeling and Analysis Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory Environmental Protection Agency, Mary E. Miller, Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Amber J. Soja, Institute of Aerospace (NIA), NASA Langley Research Center and Tesh Rao, Emissions Inventory & Analysis Group, Office of Air Quality Planning