Special Issue "Atmospheric Turbulence Processes and Wildland Fires"
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 November 2020) | Viewed by 8415
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fire–fuel–atmosphere interactions; atmospheric turbulence; smoke dispersion; fire behavior; fire weather
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Accurately predicting wildland fire behavior and the dispersion of smoke from wildland fires are two important issues that confront fire- and air-quality managers in their efforts to minimize the potential adverse impacts of wildland fires. Previous studies have shown that ambient and fire-induced atmospheric turbulent circulations can influence how fires spread across the landscape and how smoke from these fires is dispersed locally and regionally. However, much is still unknown about the properties of turbulence regimes in wildland fire environments, and this lack of understanding has limited our ability to develop new and improved fire behavior and smoke dispersion prediction systems that more accurately account for atmospheric turbulence processes.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight recent research on atmospheric turbulence regimes and processes in wildland fire environments through theoretical investigations, field measurements, and/or numerical modeling. Manuscripts addressing any aspect of atmospheric turbulence as it relates to wildland fires are welcome, including but not limited to the following:
- The effects of complex terrain and forest vegetation on fire-induced turbulence;
- Turbulence effects on smoke-plume dynamics;
- Correlations of fire behavior with the spatial and temporal variability of turbulence in the fire environment;
- Recent advances in turbulence parameterizations for operational fire behavior and smoke dispersion systems;
- Turbulent heat and momentum flux variability in the fire environment;
- Case studies of past wildland fire events using coupled atmosphere/fire-behavior modeling systems;
- Turbulence impacts on ember transport and deposition.
Dr. Warren E. Heilman
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Atmospheric turbulence
- Wildland fires
- Field measurements
- Numerical modeling
- Fire behavior
- Smoke dispersion.