Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA)

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The Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team (FERA) informs management of natural resources through research and development in fuels and combustion science, fire and landscape ecology, and integration of the physical and ecological sciences.

FERA anchors the Pacific Wildland Fire Sciences Laboratory in the Fremont Neighborhood of Seattle. FERA has approximately 20 team members, roughly half employed by Forest Service Research and half by the University of Washington. Close collaboration between these two institutions provides multiple perspectives on research objectives, and the opportunity to work with diverse team members with up-to-date subject-matter and technical expertise.

FERA Team

Research Highlights

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Publications

Publications:

Kerns, Becky K.; Tortorelli, Claire ; Day, Michelle A.; Nietupski, Ty ; Barros, Ana M.G.; Kim, John B.; Kim, John B.; Krawchuk, Meg A., 2020. Invasive grasses: A new perfect storm for forested ecosystems?

Hudak, Andrew T.; Kato, Akira ; Bright, Benjamin C.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Hawley, Christie ; Restaino, Joseph C.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Prata, Gabriel A.; Cabo, Carlos ; Prichard, Susan J.; Rowell, Eric M.; Weise, David R., 2020. Towards spatially explicit quantification of pre- and postfire fuels and fuel consumption from traditional and point cloud measurements

Scharko, Nicole K.; Oeck, Ashley M.; Myers, Tanya L.; Tonkyn, Russell G.; Banach, Catherine A.; Baker, Stephen P.; Lincoln, Emily N.; Chong, Joey ; Corcoran, Bonni M.; Burke, Gloria M.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Restaino, Joseph C.; Weise, David R.; Johnson, Timothy J.; Scharko, N. K.; Oeck, A. M.; Myers, T. L.; Tonkyn, R. G.; Banach, C. A.; Baker, S. P.; Lincoln, Emily N.; Chong, Joey ; Corcoran, Bonni M.; Burke, Gloria M.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Restaino, Joseph C.; Weise, David R.; Johnson, T. J., 2019. Gas-phase pyrolysis products emitted by prescribed fires in pine forests with a shrub understory in the southeastern United States

Clements, Craig B.; Kochanski, Adam K.; Seto, Daisuke ; Davis, Braniff ; Camacho, Christopher ; Lareau, Neil P.; Contezac, Jonathan ; Restaino, Joseph ; Heilman, Warren E.; Krueger, Steven K.; Butler, Bret ; Ottmar, Roger D.; Vihnanek, Robert ; Flynn, James ; Filippi, Jean-Baptiste ; Barboni, Toussaint ; Hall, Dianne E.; Mandel, Jan ; Jenkins, Mary Ann; O'Brien, Joseph ; Hornsby, Ben ; Teske, Casey, 2019. The FireFlux II experiment: a model-guided field experiment to improve understanding of fire-atmosphere interactions and fire spread

Ziegler, Justin P.; Hoffman, Chad M.; Battaglia, Mike A.; Mell, William, 2019. Stem-maps of forest restoration cuttings in Pinus ponderosa-dominated forests in the interior West, USA

Prichard, Susan J.; Andreu, Anne G.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Eberhardt, Ellen, 2019. Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) field sampling and fuelbed development guide

Kennedy, Maureen C.; Johnson, Morris C.; Fallon, Kendra ; Mayer, Deborah, 2019. How big is enough? Vegetation structure impacts effective fuel treatment width and forest resiliency

Nemens, Deborah G.; Varner, J. Morgan; Johnson, Morris C., 2019. Environmental effects of postfire logging: an updated literature review and annotated bibliography

Prichard, Susan ; Larkin, Sim N.; Ottmar, Roger ; French, Nancy H.F.; Baker, Kirk ; Brown, Tim ; Clements, Craig ; Dickinson, Matt ; Hudak, Andrew ; Kochanski, Adam ; Linn, Rod ; Liu, Yongqiang ; Liu, Yongqiang ; Potter, Brian ; Mell, William ; Tanzer, Danielle ; Urbanski, Shawn ; Watts, Adam, 2019. The fire and smoke model evaluation experiment—a plan for integrated, large fire–atmosphere field campaigns

Hansen, Matt; Johnson, Morris; Bentz, Barbara; Vandygriff, Jim; Munson, A. Steven, 2019. Chapter 14: Impact of Bark Beetle Infestation on Fuel Loads and Fire Behavior in “Old-Stage” Southwestern Ponderosa Pine (Project INT-EM-F-12-02)

Mueller, Eric V; Skowronski, Nicholas ; Thomas, Jan C.; Clark, Kenneth ; Gallagher, Michael R.; Hadden, Rory ; Mell, William ; Simeoni, Albert, 2018. Local measurements of wildland fire dynamics in a field-scale experiment

Kerns, Becky K.; Day, Michelle A., 2018. Prescribed fire regimes subtly alter ponderosa pine forest plant community structure

White, Rachel ; Johnson, Morris ; Vaillant, Nicole ; Fried, Jeremy, 2018. Fuel treatments: Are we doing enough?

Parsons, Russell A.; Pimont, Francois ; Wells, Lucas ; Cohn, Greg ; Jolly, W. Matt; de Coligny, Francois ; Rigolot, Eric ; Dupuy, Jean-Luc ; Mell, William ; Linn, Rodman R., 2018. Modeling thinning effects on fire behavior with STANDFIRE

Hoffman, Chad M.; Sieg, Carolyn H.; Linn, Rodman R.; Mell, William ; Parsons, Russell A.; Ziegler, Justin P.; Hiers, J. Kevin., 2018. Advancing the science of wildland fire dynamics using process-based models

Kim, John B.; Kim, John B.; Kerns, Becky K.; Drapek, Raymond J.; Pitts, G. Stephen; Halofsky, Jessica E., 2018. Simulating vegetation response to climate change in the Blue Mountains with MC2 dynamic global vegetation model

Moinuddin, K. A. M.; Sutherland, D. ; Mell, William, 2018. Simulation study of grass fire using a physics-based model: striving towards numerical rigour and the effect of grass height on the rate of spread

Weise, David R.; Fletcher, Thomas H.; Johnson, Timothy J.; Hao, WeiMin ; Dietenberger, Mark ; Princevac, Marko ; Butler, Bret ; McAllister, Sara ; O’Brien, Joseph ; Loudermilk, Louise ; Ottmar, Roger ; Hudak, Andrew ; Kato, Akira ; Shotorban, Babak ; Mahalingam, Shankar ; Mell, William E., 2018. A project to measure and model pyrolysis to improve prediction of prescribed fire behavior

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

Perez-Ramirez, Y. ; Mell, William E.; Santoni, P. A.; Tramoni, J. B.; Bosseur, F., 2017. Examination of WFDS in modeling spreading fires in a furniture calorimeter

Mueller, Eric V.; Skowronski, Nicholas; Clark, Kenneth; Gallagher, Michael; Kremens, Robert; Thomas, Jan C.; El Houssami, Mohamad; Filkov, Alexander; Hadden, Rory M.; Mell, William; Simeoni, Albert, 2017. Utilization of remote sensing techniques for the quantification of fire behavior in two pine stands

O’Brien, Joseph J.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Hornsby, Benjamin; Hudak, Andrew T.; Bright, Benjamin C.; Dickinson, Matthew B.; Hiers, J. Kevin; Teske, Casey; Ottmar, Roger D., 2016. High-resolution infrared thermography for capturing wildland fire behaviour - RxCADRE 2012

Ottmar, Roger D.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Prichard, Susan J.; Wright, Clinton S.; Restaino, Joseph C.; Kennedy, Maureen C.; Vihnanek, Robert E., 2016. Pre-fire and post-fire surface fuel and cover measurements collected in the southeastern United States for model evaluation and development - RxCADRE 2008, 2011 and 2012

Ottmar, Roger D.; Hiers, J. Kevin; Butler, Bret W.; Clements, Craig B.; Dickinson, Matthew B.; Hudak, Andrew T.; O'Brien, Joseph; Potter, Brian E.; Rowell, Eric M.; Strand, Tara M.; Zajkowski, Thomas J., 2016. Measurements, datasets and preliminary results from the RxCADRE project-2008, 2011 and 2012

Rowell, Eric M.; Seielstad, Carl A.; Ottmar, Roger D., 2016. Development and validation of fuel height models for terrestrial lidar - RxCADRE 2012

Hyde, Joshua C.; Blades, Jarod; Hall, Troy; Ottmar, Roger D.; Smith, Alistair., 2016. Smoke management photographic guide: a visual aid for communicating impacts

Adetona, Olorunfemi; Reinhardt, Timothy E.; Domitrovich, Joe; Broyles, George; Adetona, Anna M.; Kleinman, Michael T.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Naeher, Luke P., 2016. Review of the health effects of wildland fire smoke on wildland firefighters and the public

Hudak, Andrew T.; Dickinson, Matthew B.; Bright, Benjamin C.; Kremens, Robert L.; Loudermilk, E. Louise; O'Brien, Joseph J.; Hornsby, Benjamin S.; Ottmar, Roger D., 2016. Measurements relating fire radiative energy density and surface fuel consumption - RxCADRE 2011 and 2012

Hoffman, C. M.; Ziegler, J.; Canfield, J.; Linn, R. R.; Mell, W.; Sieg, C. H.; Pimont, F., 2015. Evaluating crown fire rate of spread predictions from physics-based models

French, Nancy H.F.; McKenzie, Donald; Erickson, Tyler; Koziol, Benjamin; Billmire, Michael; Endsley, K.; Scheinerman, Naomi K.Y.; Jenkins, Liza; Miller, Mary E.; Ottmar, Roger; Prichard, Susan, 2014. Modeling regional-scale wildland fire emissions with the wildland fire emissions information system

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Members

Members:

Name	Title	Phone
Cronan, James	Research Associate	206-732-7873
Eberhardt, Ellen	Technical Information Specialist	541-750-7481
Johnson, Morris C.	Research Fire Ecologist	206-732-7852
Kerns, Becky K.	Research Biological Scientist	541-750-7497
Mell, William E.	Research Combustion Engineer	206-732-7868
Ottmar, Roger D.	Research Forester	206-732-7826

External Members:

Person	Organization	Role
Ernesto Alvarado	University of Washington	Forest Fire Scientist
Anne Andreu	University of Washington	Research Scientist
Paige Eagle	University of Washington	Research Scientist
Sarah Harrison	University of Washington	Research Assistant
Tom Milac	University of Washington	Applied Mathematician
Claudia Munoz	University of Washington	Research Technologist
Deborah Nemens	University of Washington	Graduate Student
Susan Prichard	University of Washington	Fire Ecologist
Nick Tripodi	University of Washington	Wildland Fire Research Assistant
Jessie Thoreson	University of Washington
Brian Drye	University of Washington
Paige Eagle	University of Washington
Anne Andreu	University of Washington
Lyndsey Lasdcheck	University of Washington
Jessie Thoreson	University of Washington
Nicholas Tripodi	University of Washington

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