Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team

Applications of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System

FCCS fuelbeds, their characteristics, and fuelbed potentials are being incorporated into research and managment applications in the United States and Mexico. Complete, ongoing, and anticipated projects are outlined here to provide examples of ways FCCS can be used by a variety of groups at many scales and for a myrid of purposes.

National Applications

Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests	City of Seattle
Smoke from Eastern Hardwoods	Lake Tahoe Basin
Central Oregon Fire Planning Unit	Savannah River Site
LANDFIRE	Summit Fire Remeasurement
	Northeastern Oregon National Forests

Global Applications

Mexico
North American Carbon Emissions

Independent Research Applications

Zhang, C.; Hanquin, T.; Wang, Y.; Zeng, T.; Liu, Y. 2010. Predicting response of fuel load to future changes in climate and atmospheric composition in the Southern United States. Forest Ecology and Management. 260: 556-564.

Zhang, X.; Kondragunta, S.; Schmidt, C.; Kogan, F.2008. Near real time monitoring of biomass burning particulate emissions (PM2.5) across contiguous United States using multiple satellite instruments. Atmospheric Environment. 42:6959-6972.

Campbell, J.; Donato, D.; Azuma, D.; Law, B. 2007. Pyrogenic carbon emission from a large wildfire in Oregon, United States. Journal of Geophysical Research. 112: G04014.