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Overview
Basics
Basics
The project was developed in response to identified needs of improved meteorological information for burn day decisions after consultation with the USDA Forest Service (USFS)-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, California Air Resources Board, and USFS Predictive Services personnel. The products and deliverables from this project for the Lake Tahoe Basin include:
1. A 300-m gridded climatology of surface wind
2. A 4-km mixing height climatology with associated transport wind
3. 400-m resolution gridded operational forecasts of surface wind
4. New weather station observations during the project period for an elevation transect within the Tahoe Basin
5. A customized smoke prediction web tool
Completed
2009
2010
2011
$131,160
Alan Heyvaert (alan.heyvaert@dri.edu)
09/20/2017
09/20/2017
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04.01.01.0053 - P065: Improving Meteorological Data and Forecasts for Prescribed Fire Burn Day Decisions in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
Expected Performance Measures
No expected performance measures set for this project.
Reported Performance Measures
Reported Performance Measures
No annual performance measure accomplishments entered for this project.
Funding
Expected Funding
Expected Funding
$131,160
$131,160
$0
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| Unknown or Unassigned | $131,160 | $131,160 | $0 |
| Grand Total | $131,160 | $131,160 | $0 |
Reported Expenditures
Reported Expenditures
| Total | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
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| Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (Pacifi... | $131,160 | $43,720 | $43,720 | $43,720 |
| Grand Total | $131,160 | $43,720 | $43,720 | $43,720 |
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Watersheds
No watersheds set for this project.
Threshold Categories
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While air quality is a concern nearly everywhere prescribed fire is utilized, smoke impacts associated with prescribed fire are of particular concern in the Lake Tahoe Basin, where topography produces regular inversions that can exacerbate smoke impacts in the basin.
Local and Regional Plans
No Local and Regional Plans set for this project.
Related Projects
Related Projects
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Notes
Notes
| 07/11/2017 8:09 PM | System | Match Funding: USFS - Pacific North West: $10,117.80 / DRI: $19,455 / Missoula Fire Science Lab $2,700 Total: $32,272.80 |
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| 07/11/2017 8:02 PM | System | Objectives: The overall goal of the project was to provide decision-makers (LTBMU Fire Management Officer and staff, CARB and Predictive Services) with improved meteorological forecasts and data for use in prescribed fire operational planning. Specific objectives were: • Create a hi-resolution (100-m) gridded climatology of surface and upper level winds in the Basin • Produce a 4-km gridded climatology of mixing height • Develop operational forecasts of 100-m surface winds • Implement a transect of weather stations for wind forecast and inversion verification • Implement a customized smoke prediction website tool |
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| 07/11/2017 7:49 PM | System | Management Implications: The tools provided are intended for management operations. |
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| 07/11/2017 7:48 PM | System | Publications: www.fs.fed.us/PSW/partnerships/tahoescience Mixing height and wind climatologies are available at: http://cefa.dri.edu/Cefa_Products/LakeTahoe/. The WindNinja forecasts can be found in the air quality section at: http://www.cefa.dri.edu/COFF/cansac_output.php?model=wrf. BlueSky Playground v2 is available at: http://playground.airfire.org. |