Modeling smoke movement at night

PB-Piedmont is a local smoke modeling tool designed for the prediction of smoke movement at night. This tool is especially helpful for determining whether a burn may cause smoke on the highway problems and accounts for the potential for localized fog as well.

For more information contact Gary Achtemeier

Case studies

2000 
07 Feb Analysis of smoke from a pile of Christmas trees and multiple vehicle accident on I:70.
2002 
25 Nov 345 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
2003 
12 Jan 1,018 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
15 Jan 1,085 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
25 Jan 20 acre burn in central Georgia by private land owner
24 Mar 569 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
25 Mar 1,085 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
02 Dec 1,314 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
2004 
21 Jan 886 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
22 Jan 908 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
23 Jan 585 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
2005 
12 Dec 37 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
2006 
26 Jan 374 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
27 Jan 1,018 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
08 Feb 367 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
09 Feb Two burns (996 and 572 acres) at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
09 Feb 100 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
10 Feb 1,314 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
14 Feb 810 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
15 Feb Two burns (426 and 623 acres) at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
15 Feb 2,479 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
15 Feb 130 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
16 Feb Two burns (517 and 513 acres) at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
16 Feb 60 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
16 Feb 170 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
16 Feb 230 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
02 Mar 669 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
03 Mar 750 acre burn at the FWS Piedmont National Wildlife Preserve in central Georgia
03 Mar 205 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
07 Mar Two burns (713 and 400 acres) conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
07 Mar 400 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
07 Mar 100 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission
08 Mar 60 acre burn conducted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission