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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910830447303321
• Autore: Loboda Tatiana V
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newark : , : American Geophysical Union, , 2023; ©2024
• ISBN: 1-119-75703-7; 1-119-75702-9; 1-119-75701-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (544 pages)
• Collana: Geophysical Monograph Series ; ; v.280
• Altri autori (Persone): FrenchNancy H. F; PuettRobin C
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Bridging Geophysical and Health Sciences to Study the Impacts of Biomass Burning on Human Well‐Being -- 1.1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.2. CONNECTING THE MODELING CHAIN -- 1.3. BUILDING A SHARED LANGUAGE -- 1.4. STRUCTURE, SCOPE, AND AIMS -- 1.5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Part I: From Fires to Emissions -- 2 Biomass Burning as an Integral Force -- 2.1. BIOMASS BURNING AS AN INTEGRAL FORCE AND PROCESS ON OUR LANDSCAPES -- 2.2. BIOMASS BURNING, WEATHER, BIOSPHERE, AND CLIMATE INTERACTIONS -- 2.3. STATE OF GLOBAL FIRE REGIMES -- 2.4. SMOKE TRANSPORT, CLOUDS, CLIMATE, AIR QUALITY (AQ), AND HEALTH -- 2.5. ACTIONS FOR MITIGATION: TOOLS IN THE FIRE COMMUNITY SANDBOX -- 2.6. CHALLENGES, CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT, AND MOVING FORWARD -- 2.7. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- 2.8. PERTINENT AND REFERENCED WEBSITES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Mapping and Characterizing Fire -- 3.1. OVERVIEW OF MAPPING APPROACHES -- 3.2. SATELLITE‐BASED FIRE MAPPING AND CHARACTERIZATION PRINCIPLES -- 3.3. SATELLITE‐BASED MAPPING AND CHARACTERIZATION RESEARCH ; AND PRODUCTS -- 3.4. CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS OF REMOTE SENSING DATA -- REFERENCES -- 4 Wildland Fuel Characterization Across Space and Time -- 4.1. INTRODUCTION -- 4.2. WHAT ARE WILDLAND FUELS AND HOW DO THEY CONTRIBUTE TO SMOKE? -- 4.3. TRADITIONAL APPROACHES TO MAPPING WILDLAND FUELS FOR SMOKE MODELING AND EMISSIONS INVENTORIES -- 4.4. NEXT‐GENERATION WILDLAND FUEL MAPPING -- 4.5. RESEARCH NEEDS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- 4.6. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Biomass Burning Fuel Consumption and Emissions for Air Quality -- 5.1. INTRODUCTION -- 5.2. MODELING BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS -- 5.3. BIOMASS BURNING EMISSIONS INVENTORIES AND MAPPING SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS.; 5.4. APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING FUEL CONSUMPTION ESTIMATES FOR EMISSIONS INVENTORIES -- 5.5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Part II: From Emissions to Concentrations -- 6 Surface Monitoring of Fire Pollution -- 6.1. INTRODUCTION -- 6.2. MONITORING NETWORKS -- 6.3. METHODS TO ESTIMATE AIR POLLUTION CONCENTRATIONS -- 6.4. GAPS AND CHALLENGES IN MONITORING WILDFIRE POLLUTION -- 6.5. OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN MONITORING WILDFIRE POLLUTION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 7 Data Assimilation for Numerical Smoke Prediction -- 7.1. INTRODUCTION -- 7.2. MATCHING OBSERVATIONS TO FORECAST PROBLEMS -- 7.3. CONSIDERATIONS FOR ASSIMILATION OF SMOKE OBSERVATIONS -- 7.4. FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- AVAILABILITY STATEMENT -- REFERENCES -- 8 A Review of Modeling Approaches Used to Simulate Smoke Transport and Dispersion -- 8.1. INTRODUCTION -- 8.2. SMOKE‐RELATED PROCESSES -- 8.3. SMOKE TRANSPORT MODELS -- 8.4. PLUME‐RISE MODELS -- 8.5. SUMMARY -- 8.6. FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 9 Profiles of Operational and Research Forecasting of Smoke and Air Quality Around the World -- 9.1. INTRODUCTION -- 9.2. GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIVE FOR AEROSOL PREDICTION (ICAP) -- 9.3. THE COPERNICUS ATMOSPHERE MONITORING SERVICE (CAMS): GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SYSTEMS OF EUROPE -- 9.4. NORTH AMERICAN SYSTEMS -- 9.5. SMOKE FORECASTING IN AUSTRALIA -- 9.6. WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO) VEGETATION FIRE AND SMOKE POLLUTION WARNING ADVISORY AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (VFSP‐WAS) -- 9.7. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- DISCLAIMER -- REFERENCES -- Part III: From Concentrations to Health Outcomes -- 10 Assessing Smoke Exposure in Space and Time -- 10.1. FUNDAMENTALS OF SMOKE EXPOSURE ESTIMATION -- 10.2. CONSIDERATIONS FOR CHARACTERIZING BIOMASS BURNING SMOKE EXPOSURE.; 10.3. RESEARCH GAPS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- 11 Wildfire Smoke Toxicology and Health -- 11.1. INTRODUCTION TO THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF TOXICOLOGY -- 11.2. ROUTES OF EXPOSURE -- 11.3. TARGET ORGANS AND EFFECTS -- 11.4. MODEL SYSTEMS OF WILDFIRE SMOKE TOXICOLOGY -- 11.5. FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 12 Wildfire Smoke Exposures and Adult Health Outcomes -- 12.1. GLOBAL BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE PROBLEM -- 12.2. OVERVIEW OF EPIDEMIOLOGIC EVIDENCE ON ADULT HEALTH OUTCOMES -- 12.3. CONSIDERATIONS FOR FUTURE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES -- 12.4. INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE THE WILDFIRE'S IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH -- 12.5. CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 13 Health Effects of Wildfire Smoke During Pregnancy and Childhood -- 13.1. INTRODUCTION -- 13.2. PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE ; AND PERINATAL OUTCOMES -- 13.3. EXPOSURE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES -- 13.4. RESEARCH GAPS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 14 State of the Science and Future Directions -- 14.1. OVERVIEW -- 14.2. FROM FIRE TO EMISSIONS -- 14.3. FROM EMISSIONS TO CONCENTRATIONS -- 14.4. FROM CONCENTRATIONS TO HEALTH OUTCOMES -- 14.5. SUMMARY -- Index -- End User License Agreement.