Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team

Ellen Eberhardt

Ellen Eberhardt is a Technical Information Specialist with FERA. She is responsible for providing technical information and communications, both internal and external, with the scientific, management, and administrative communities.

Ellen has a B.A. in Biology-Geology and an M.S. in Geology, and has worked in the oil patch and as an interpretive park ranger for the National Park Service in 5 western national parks. She joined the FERA team in 1994.

Curriculum vitae [.html][.pdf]

Publications to which significant personal contributions were made:

• A Consumer Guide: Tools to Manage Vegetation and Fuels (2007)
• Reformulation of Rothermel's Wildland Fire Behaviour Model for Heterogeneous Fuelbeds (2007)
• Fire Potential Rating for Wildland Fuelbeds Using the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (2007)
• Wildland Fire in Ecosystems: Effects of Fire on Air (2002)
• National Strategic Plan: Modeling and Data Systems for Wildland Fire and Air Quality (1999)

Software to which significant personal contributions were made:

• Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS)
• Ventilation Climate Information System (VCIS)

2008 Pacific Northwest Research Station Excellence in Science Support Award

"For exceptional contributions to the scientific quality and productivity of the Fire and Environmental Research Applications team"

Left to right: Bov Eav, PNW Station Director; Ann Bartuska, Forest Service Deputy Chief for Research and Development; Ellen Eberhardt; Ed DePuit, Managing Disturbance Regimes Program Manager.