2014 National Smoke Forum
The 2014 National Smoke Forum was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 10, 2014 in association with the Wildland Fire Canada conference.
The Forum was an opportunity to discuss the importance of wildfire smoke, review the current technology and tools that help inform decision making, discuss the policies and issues related to smoke impacts, and suggest plans for projects and organizations to address smoke issues in the future.
Presentations
Why We Care
Wildland/Vegetation Fire Smoke: A Growing Global Concern - B. Stocks
A History of Wildland Fire Smoke in Manitoba - B. Crumb & D. Oshanski
Wildfire Smoke Contribution to Surface PM2.5 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
during the BORTAS‐B Experiment - M. Gibson, et al
Wildfire Smoke and Health Evidence - S. Henderson
Smoke Information, Science & Tools
Initializing Fire & Smoke: Sources of Wildland Fire & Smoke Information - R. Schigas
Smoke Forecasts from Wildland Fires for Canada - K. Anderson
BlueSky Canada: Evaluation & Recent Research - R. Howard
Canadian Meteorological Centre Smoke Forecasting System: Firework 2014 - D. Davignon
Smoke Forecast Model Performance - S. Sakiyama
Ground-Truthing BlueSky Playground - D. Schroeder
Smoke and Emissions Model Intercomparison Project - S. Larkin
Where Do We Go From Here?
Monitoring Wildland Fire Smoke: Manitoba's Common Operating Picture - D. Carpenter & J. Joaquin
The Future of Smoke Management: Wildland Fire Air Quality Response Program - P. Lahm
Future of Smoke Science - S. Larkin
Future of Health Science: The Role of Smoke Forecasting - S. Henderson
National Smoke Science Forum Proposal: Possible Smoke/Fire Research Organization Models - B. Stocks
Posters
The Canadian Forest Fire Emissions Prediction System: CFFEPS - K. Anderson
Improvements to the 2012 Evaluation of the Western Canadian BlueSky Smoke Forecasting System
- A. Thi & D. Lyder
The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System - B. Simpson, et al
Data and Decision Support Tools in the Wildland Fire Information System - B. Simpson, et al