Landscape Fire, Smoke, and Health - (Geophysical Monograph) by Tatiana V Loboda & Nancy H F French & Robin C Puett (Hardcover)

About the Book

"There is an immense lack of general understanding of the scope and advantages offered across various components of the modeling chain, starting with fire detection through emissions modeling, atmospheric transport, and constructing epidemiological models. The great proliferation of methods for each of the components is creating a wild west environment where it becomes increasingly challenging to evaluate the validity of reported results and thus leading to opaque science. Thus, this volume provides a synthesis effort distributed across all components of the modeling chain, which is necessary to build a community with a common understanding of the modeling potential and to promoting further scientific inquiry. Wildland Fire, Smoke, and Health focuses on a synthesis of activities across several disparate disciplines aimed at understanding health outcomes of wildland fire emissions (smoke)"--

Book Synopsis

A transdisciplinary approach to investigating relationships between biomass burning and human health outcomes

Where and when wildfires occur, what pollutants they emit, how the chemistry of smoke changes in the atmosphere, and what impact this air pollution has on human health and well-being are questions explored across different scientific disciplines.

Landscape Fire, Smoke, and Health: Linking Biomass Burning Emissions to Human Well-Being is designed to create a foundational knowledge base allowing interdisciplinary teams to interact more effectively in addressing the impacts of air pollution from biomass burning on human health.

Volume highlights include:

• Core concepts, principles, and terminology related to smoke and air quality used in different disciplines
• Observational and modeling tools and approaches in fire science
• Methods to sense, model, and map smoke in the atmosphere
• Impacts of biomass burning smoke on the health and well-being of children and adults
• Perspectives from researchers, modelers, and practitioners
• Case studies from different countries
• Information to support decision-making and policy

The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.

From the Back Cover

Landscape Fire, Smoke, and Health
Linking Biomass Burning Emissions to Human Well-Being

Where and when wildfires occur, what pollutants they emit, how the chemistry of smoke changes in the atmosphere, and what impact this air pollution has on human health and well-being are questions explored across different scientific disciplines.

Landscape Fire, Smoke, and Health: Linking Biomass Burning Emissions to Human Well-Being is designed to create a foundational knowledge base allowing interdisciplinary teams to interact more effectively in addressing the impacts of air pollution from biomass burning on human health.

Volume highlights include:

• Core concepts, principles, and terminology related to smoke and air quality used in different disciplines
• Observational and modeling tools and approaches in fire science
• Methods to sense, model, and map smoke in the atmosphere
• Impacts of biomass burning smoke on the health and well-being of children and adults
• Perspectives from researchers, modelers, and practitioners
• Case studies from different countries
• Information to support decision-making and policy

The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals.

About the Author

Tatiana V. Loboda, University of Maryland, USA.

Nancy H. F. French, Michigan Technological University, USA.

Robin C. Puett, University of Maryland, USA.