Relevant Resources

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Global fire emission inventories:

• FINN: Fire INventory from NCAR, multiple gas and aerosol emitted species, 2002-2021, https://www2.acom.ucar.edu/modeling/finn-fire-inventory-ncar
• GFAS
• GFED
• IS4FIRES: Integrated Monitoring and Modelling System (IS) for wildland fires, emissions of PM_2.5 and total PM, 2000-current, http://is4fires.fmi.fi/
• QFED: Quick Fire Emissions Dataset 2000-2023 

Regional fire emission inventories:

• BlueSky: CONUS and North America fires and fire emissions modeling, 2018-current,  https://www.airfire.org/data/bluesky
• WFEIS: Wildland Fire Emissions Inventory System, USA emissions 2000-current, https://wfeis.mtri.org/

Online Tools:

• FIRECAM: Comparing fire emission inventory data around the world: https://globalfires.earthengine.app/view/firecam
• IS4FIRES + SILAM v.5.5: Global smoke forecasting: http://silam.fmi.fi/fires.html
• WACCM forecast: Global atmospheric chemistry forecast with QFED or FINN fires: https://www.acom.ucar.edu/waccm/forecast/

Fire initiatives/groups:

• WMO-GAW
• FireSense
• IAWF: International Association of Wildland Fire, a professional membership association dedicated to uniting the global wildland fire community: https://www.iawfonline.org/
• WildfireSat

Upcoming Related Conferences:

• September 18-21, 2023, FLARE: Fire science Learning AcRoss the Earth system, https://pastglobalchanges.org/calendar/137301
• November 7-9 and 14, 2023: BBURNED virtual fire emission workshop, https://www2.acom.ucar.edu/bburned/fire-emission-workshop-virtual-2023
• December 11-15, 2023: AGU sessions
  1. Session ID: 194871  
  Session Title: A038. Climate Change and the Chemistry of Landscape Fire Smoke: Present and Future Primary Gas and Particle Emissions and the In-plume Photochemical Processes Responsible for Toxic Impacts on Humans and Ecosystems 
  Section: Atmospheric Sciences 

Archived Related Conferences:

• September 13-15, 2023: Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires: Toward Improved Monitoring, Modeling, and Management--A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Workshop, https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-wildland-fires-toward-improved-monitoring-modeling-and-management-a-workshop