Featured Publications & Products

• Waldrop, Thomas A.; Goodrick, Scott L. 2012. Introduction to prescribed fires in Southern ecosystems.
• Goodrick, Scott L.; Achtemeier, Gary L.; Larkin, Narasimhan K.; Liu, Yongqiang; Strand, Tara M. (. 2012. Modelling smoke transport from wildland fires: a review.
• Werth, Paul A.; Potter, Brian E.; Clements, Craig B.; Finney, Mark A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Alexander, Martin E.; Cruz, Miguel G.; Forthofer, Jason A.; McAllister, Sara S. 2011. Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers.

Patents

• Goodrick, Scott. 2018. Forest Fire Fuel Heat Transfer Sensor.

Publications

• Liu, Yongqiang ; Kochanski, Adam ; Baker, Kirk R.; Mell, William ; Linn, Rodman ; Paugam, Ronan ; Mandel, Jan ; Fournier, Aime ; Jenkins, Mary Ann; Goodrick, Scott ; Achtemeier, Gary ; Zhao, Fengjun ; Ottmar, Roger ; French, Nancy H. F.; Larkin, Narasimhan ; Brown, Timothy ; Hudak, Andrew ; Dickinson, Matthew ; Potter, Brian ; Clements, Craig ; Urbanski, Shawn ; Prichard, Susan ; Watts, Adam ; McNamara, Derek . 2019. Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems.
• Flanagan, Steven A.; Bhotika, Smriti; Hawley, Christie; Starr, Gregory; Wiesner, Susanne; Hiers, J. Kevin; O'Brien, Joseph; Goodrick, Scott; Callaham Jr., Mac A.; Scheller, Robert M.; Klepzig, Kier D.; Taylor, R. Scott; Loudermilk, E. Louise. 2019. Quantifying carbon and species dynamics under different fire regimes in a southeastern U.S. pineland.
• Loudermilk, E. Louise; Dyer, Lee ; Pokswinski, Scott ; Hudak, Andrew T.; Hornsby, Benjamin ; Richards, Lora ; Dell, Jane ; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hiers, J. Kevin; O'Brien, Joseph J. 2019. Simulating groundcover community assembly in a frequently burned ecosystem using a simple neutral model.
• Srock, Alan ; Charney, Joseph ; Potter, Brian ; Goodrick, Scott . 2018. The hot-dry-windy index: A new fire weather index.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Achtemeier, Gary. 2018. The weather conditions for desired smoke plumes at a FASMEE burn site.
• Kaulfus, Aaron S.; Nair, Udaysankar ; Jaffe, Daniel ; Christopher, Sundar A.; Goodrick, Scott . 2017. Biomass burning smoke climatology of the United States: Implications for particulate matter air quality.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Kochanski, Adam; Baker, Kirk; Mell, Ruddy; Linn, Rodman; Paugam, Ronan; Mandel, Jan; Fournier, Aime; Jenkins, Mary Ann; Goodrick, Scott; Achtemeier, Gary; Hudak, Andrew; Dickson, Matthew; Potter, Brian; Clements, Craig; Urbanski, Shawn; Ottmar, Roger; Larkin, Narasimhan; Brown, Timothy; French, Nancy; Prichard, Susan; Watts, Adam; McNamara, Derek. 2017. Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE): Modeling gaps and data needs.
• O'Neill, Susan; Urbanski, Shawn; Goodrick, Scott; Larkin, Sim. 2017. Smoke plumes: Emissions and effects.
• Goodrick, Scott L.; Brown, Timothy J.; Jolly, W. Matt. 2017. Weather, fuels, fire behavior, plumes, and smoke - the nexus of fire meteorology.
• Werth, Paul A.; Potter, Brian E.; Alexander, Martin E.; Clements, Craig B.; Cruz, Miguel G.; Finney, Mark A.; Forthofer, Jason M.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hoffman, Chad; Jolly, W. Matt; McAllister, Sara S.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Parsons, Russell A. 2016. Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume 2 for fire behavior specialists, researchers, and meteorologists.
• Johnson Gaither, Cassandra; Goodrick, Scott; Murphy, Bryn Elise; Poudyal, Neelam. 2015. An exploratory spatial analysis of social vulnerability and smoke plum dispersion in the U.S.
• Williams, Marcus D.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Grundstein, Andrew; Shepherd, Marshall. 2015. Comparison of dew point temperature estimation methods in Southwestern Georgia.
• Greenberg, C. H.; Goodrick, S.; Austin, J. D.; Parresol, B. R. 2015. Hydroregime prediction models for ephemeral groundwater-driven sinkhole wetlands: a planning tool for climate change and amphibian conservation.
• Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Warren, Melvin L.; Charnley, Susan; Stegall, Christie M. 2015. Social vulnerability and Ebola virus disease in rural Liberia.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Holmes, Thomas P.; Stanturf, John A.; Vose, James M.; Sun, Ge. 2014. Future wildfire trends, impacts, and mitigation options in the Southern United States.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Heilman, Warren. 2014. Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Wildfire climate interactions.
• Bedel, Anthony P.; Mote, Thomas L.; Goodrick, Scott L. 2013. Climate change and associated fire potential for the south-eastern United States in the 21st century.
• Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L. 2013. Fire.
• Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott. 2013. High-resolution numerical models for smoke transport in plumes from wildland fires.
• Hanley, Deborah E.; Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott. 2013. Interaction between a wildfire and the sea-breeze front.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Achtemeier, Gary L.; Forbus, Ken; Combs, David. 2013. Smoke plume height measurement of prescribed burns in the south-eastern United States.
• Goodrick, Scott L.; Stanturf, John A. 2012. Evaluating potential changes in fire risk from Eucalyptus plantings in the Southern United States.
• Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Chas-Amil, María L.; Touza, Julia M.; Goodrick, Scott L. 2012. Forecasting intentional wildfires using temporal and spatiotemporal autocorrelations.
• Poudyal, Neelam; Johnson Gaither, Cassandra; Goodrick, Scott; Bowker, J.M.; Gan, Jianbang. 2012. Locating spatial variation in the association between wildland fire risk and social vulnerability across six southern states.
• Achtemeier, G. L; Goodrick, S. L.; Liu, Y. 2012. Modeling Multiple-Core Updraft Plume Rise for an Aerial Ignition Prescribed Burn by Coupling Daysmoke with a Cellular Automata Fire Model.
• Achtemeier, G L; Goodrick, S L; Liu, Y; Garcia-Menendez, F; Hu, Y; Odman, M. 2011. Modeling Smoke Plume-Rise and Dispersion from Southern United States Prescribed Burns with Daysmoke.
• Forthofer, Jason M.; Goodrick, Scott L. 2011. Review of vortices in wildland fire.
• Gaither, Cassandra Johnson; Poudyal, Neelam C.; Goodrick, Scott; Bowker, J. M.; Malone, Sparkle L; Gan, Jianbang. 2011. Wildland fire risk and social vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An exploratory spatial data analysis approach.
• Johnson Gaither, Cassandra; Poudyal, N.C.; Goodrick, S.; Bowker, J.M.; Malone, S.; Gan, J. 2011. Wildland fire risk and social vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An exploratory spatial data analysis approach.
• Goodrick, Scott L.; Stanturf, John A. 2010. Conceptual framework for improved wind-related forest threat assessment in the Southeastern United States.
• Liu, L.; Achtemeier, G.L.; Goodrick, S.L.; Jackson, W. 2010. Important parameters for smoke plume rise simulation with Daysmoke.
• Liu, Y.; Stanturf, J.; Goodrick, S. 2010. Wildfire potential evaluation during a drought event with a regional climate model and NDVI.
• Goodrick, S.L. 2009. Florida wildfire activity and atmospheric teleconnections.
• Liu, Y.; Goodrick, S.; Achtemeier, G. 2009. Smoke incursions into urban areas: simulation of a Georgia prescribed burn.
• Goodrick, S. 2008. Quantifying parametric uncertainty in the Rothermel model.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Achtemeier, Gary; Goodrick, Scott. 2008. Sensitivity of air quality simulation to smoke plume rise.
• Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Outcalt, Kenneth W. 2007. Disturbance and coastal forests: a strategic approach to forest management in hurricane impact zones.
• Clements, Craig B.; Zhong, Shiyuan; Goodrick, Scott; Li, Ju, Potter.; Bian, Xindi; Heilman, Warren E.; Charney, Joseph J.; Perna, Ryan; Jang, Meongdo; Lee, Daegyun; Patel, Monica; Street, Susan; Aumann, Glenn. 2007. Observing The Dynamics Of Wildland Grass Fires: FireFlux -A Field Validation Experiment.
• Mughal, Shahid M.; Hussaini, Yousuff M.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Cunningham, Philip. 2007. Role of buoyancy and heat release in fire modeling, propagation, and instability.
• Jimenez, Edwin; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Goodrick, Scott L. 2007. Uncertainty quantification in Rothermel's Model using an efficient sampling method.
• Hoadley, Jeanne L.; Rorig, Miriam L.; Bradshaw, Larry; Ferguson, Sue A.; Westrick, Kenneth J.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Werth, Paul. 2006. Evaluation of MM5 model resolution when applied to prediction of national fire danger rating indexes.
• Achtemeier, Gary L.; Goodrick, Scott; Liu, Yongqiang. 2005. A coupled modeling system for connecting prescribed fire activity data through CMAQ for simulating regional scale air quality.
• Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Linn, Rodman R. 2005. Coherent vertical structures in numerical simulations of buoyant plumes from wildland fires.
• Liu, Yongqiang; Achtemeier, Gary; Goodrick, Scott. 2005. Simulation and Experiment of Air Quality Effects of Prescribed Fires in the Southeast.
• Hoadley, Jeanne L.; Westrick, Ken; Ferguson, Sue a.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Bradshaw, Larry; Wreth, Paul. 2004. The effect of model resolution in predicting meteorological parameters used in fire danger rating.
• Hoadley, Jeanne L.; Westrick, Ken; Ferguson, Sue A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Bradshaw, Larry; Werth, Paul. 2004. The effect of model resolution in predicting meteorological parameters used in fire danger rating..
• Hoadley, Jeanne; Rorig, Miriam; Westrick, Ken; Bradshaw, Larry; Ferguson, Sue; Goodrick, Scott; Werth, Paul. 2003. Assessing the value of increased model resolution in forecasting fire danger.
• Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hussaini M. Yousuff, ; Linn, Rodman R.; Xia, Chunmei. 2003. Dynamics of fire plumes in verticle shear.
• Xia, Chunmei; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Cunningham, Philip; Linn, Rodman R.; Goodrick, Scott L. 2003. Numerical study of effects of atmosphere temperature profile on wildfire behavior.
• Goodrick, Scott L. 2003. Relationship between atmospheric stability and area burned during the 1998 Florida wildfires.
• Achtemeier, Gary L.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Liu, Yongqiang. 2003. The southern high-resolution modeling consortium - a source for research and operational collaboration.
• Goodrick, Scott L. 2002. Modification of the Fosberg fire weather index to include drought.

Research Highlights

Highlight	Title	Year
SRS-2014-133	Climate Change and Associated Fire Potential for the Southeastern United States in the 21st century This study examines how fire potential may change in the Southeast during the 21st century. While previous studies have focused on changes in ju ...	2014
SRS-2016-201	Repeated Application of Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: Implications for Achieving Management Goals Fire managers in the southern Appalachian Mountains have many questions about the long-term use of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments. Co ...	2016
SRS-2018-65	Rethinking how we measure forest fuels for advancing wildland fire science and management Land managers depend on quality fire research to advance their understanding of wildland fire behavior. Cutting-edge fire behavior models output ...	2018
PNW-2018-122	The Hot-Dry-Windy Index improves fire weather forecasting A new tool helps fire managers anticipate when wildfires could become erratic or dangerous.	2018
SRS-2012-17	Wildfire in the United States: Future Trends and Potential Climate models project warming and increased droughts this century in the continental United States, so wildfire is likely to increase according ...	2012