Modelling smoke transport from wildland fires: a review
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Among the key issues in smokemanagement is predicting themagnitude and location of smoke effects. These vary in severity from hazardous (acute health conditions and drastic visibility impairment to transportation) to nuisance (regional haze), and occur across a range of scales (local to continental). Over the years a variety of tools have been developed to aid in predicting smoke effects. This review follows the development of these tools, from various indices and simple screeningmodels to complex air qualitymodelling systems, with a focus on how each tool represents key processes involved in smoke transport. Received 12 August 2011, accepted 23 May 2012, published online 31 August 2012
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