Scott Goodrick
Center Director / Research Meteorologist
Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants
320 Green Street
Athens, GA 30602-2044
United States
Athens, GA 30602-2044
United States
Phone
706-559-4237
Featured Publications
- Waldrop, Thomas A.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2012. Introduction to prescribed fires in Southern ecosystems
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Achtemeier, Gary L.; Larkin, Narasimhan K.; Liu, Yongqiang; Strand, Tara M. (. 2012. Modelling smoke transport from wildland fires: a review
- Werth, Paul A.; Potter, Brian E.; Clements, Craig B.; Finney, Mark A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Alexander, Martin E.; Cruz, Miguel G.; Forthofer, Jason A.; McAllister, Sara S.. 2011. Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers
Patents
- Goodrick, Scott - 2018 - Forest Fire Fuel Heat Transfer Sensor
Other Publications
- Zhang, Aoxing ; Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Williams, Marcus. 2022. Duff burning from wildfires in a moist region: different impacts on PM2.5 and ozone
- Linn, Rodman R.; Winterkamp, Judith L.; Furman, James H.; Williams, Brett ; Hiers, J. Kevin; Jonko, Alexandra ; O’Brien, Joseph J.; Yedinak, Kara M.; Goodrick, Scott. 2021. Modeling Low Intensity Fires: Lessons Learned from 2012 RxCADRE
- Greenberg, Cathryn H.; Collins, Beverly S.; Goodrick, Scott ; Stambaugh, Michael C.; Wein, Gary R.. 2021. Introduction to fire ecology across USA forested ecosystems: Past, present, and future
- Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Stanturf, John. 2021. Climate Downscaling for Fire Managemen
- Linn, R.R. ; Goodrick, S.L. ; Brambilla, S. ; Brown, M.J. ; Middleton, R.S. ; O'Brien, J.J. ; Hiers, J.K.. 2020. QUIC-fire: A fast-running simulation tool for prescribed fire planning
- Hiers, J. Kevin; O’Brien, Joseph J.; Varner, J. Morgan; Butler, Bret W.; Dickinson, Matthew ; Furman, James ; Gallagher, Michael ; Godwin, David ; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hood, Sharon M.; Hudak, Andrew ; Kobziar, Leda N.; Linn, Rodman ; Loudermilk, E. Louise; McCaffrey, Sarah ; Robertson, Kevin ; Rowell, Eric M.; Skowronski, Nicholas ; Watts, Adam C.; Yedinak, Kara M.. 2020. Prescribed fire science: the case for a refined research agenda
- Rowell, Eric ; Loudermilk, E. Louise; Hawley, Christie ; Pokswinski, Scott ; Seielstad, Carl ; Queen, LLoyd ; O'Brien, Joseph J.; Hudak, Andrew T.; Goodrick, Scott ; Hiers, J. Kevin.. 2020. Coupling terrestrial laser scanning with 3D fuel biomass sampling for advancing wildland fuels characterization
- Banerjee, Tirtha ; Heilman, Warren ; Goodrick, Scott ; Hiers, J. Kevin; Linn, Rod. 2020. Effects of canopy midstory management and fuel moisture on wildfire behavior
- Flanagan, Steven A.; Bhotika, Smriti; Hawley, Christie; Starr, Gregory; Wiesner, Susanne; Hiers, J. Kevin; O'Brien, Joseph; Goodrick, Scott; Callaham Jr., Mac A.; Scheller, Robert M.; Klepzig, Kier D.; Taylor, R. Scott; Loudermilk, E. Louise. 2019. Quantifying carbon and species dynamics under different fire regimes in a southeastern U.S. pineland
- Liu, Yongqiang ; Kochanski, Adam ; Baker, Kirk R.; Mell, William ; Linn, Rodman ; Paugam, Ronan ; Mandel, Jan ; Fournier, Aime ; Jenkins, Mary Ann; Goodrick, Scott ; Achtemeier, Gary ; Zhao, Fengjun ; Ottmar, Roger ; French, Nancy H. F.; Larkin, Narasimhan ; Brown, Timothy ; Hudak, Andrew ; Dickinson, Matthew ; Potter, Brian ; Clements, Craig ; Urbanski, Shawn ; Prichard, Susan ; Watts, Adam ; McNamara, Derek. 2019. Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems
- Loudermilk, E. Louise; Dyer, Lee ; Pokswinski, Scott ; Hudak, Andrew T.; Hornsby, Benjamin ; Richards, Lora ; Dell, Jane ; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hiers, J. Kevin; O'Brien, Joseph J.. 2019. Simulating groundcover community assembly in a frequently burned ecosystem using a simple neutral model
- Johnson Gaither, Cassandra ; Afrin, Sadia ; Garcia-Menendez, Fernando ; Odman, M. Talat; Huang, Ran ; Goodrick, Scott ; Ricardo da Silva, Alan. 2019. African American exposure to prescribed fire smoke in Georgia, USA
- Zhao, Fengjun ; Liu, Yongqiang ; Goodrick, Scott ; Hornsby, Benjamin ; Schardt, Jeffrey. 2019. The contribution of duff consumption to fire emissions and air pollution of the Rough Ridge Fire
- Aragon, Amanda ; Johnson Gaither, Cassandra ; Madden, Marguerite ; Goodrick, Scott. 2019. The “efficiency concern”: Exploring wildfire risk on heirs’ property in Macon‑Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
- Aragón, Amanda ; Gaither, Cassandra Johnson; Madden, Marguerite ; Goodrick, Scott. 2019. The “Efficiency Concern”: Exploring wildfire risk on heirs’ property in Macon‑Bibb County, Georgia, United States of America
- Srock, Alan ; Charney, Joseph ; Potter, Brian ; Goodrick, Scott. 2018. The hot-dry-windy index: A new fire weather index
- Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Achtemeier, Gary. 2018. The weather conditions for desired smoke plumes at a FASMEE burn site
- 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
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Brown, Timothy J.; Jolly, W. Matt. 2017. Weather, fuels, fire behavior, plumes, and smoke - the nexus of fire meteorology
- O'Neill, Susan; Urbanski, Shawn; Goodrick, Scott; Larkin, Sim. 2017. Smoke plumes: Emissions and effects
- Kaulfus, Aaron S.; Nair, Udaysankar ; Jaffe, Daniel ; Christopher, Sundar A.; Goodrick, Scott. 2017. Biomass burning smoke climatology of the United States: Implications for particulate matter air quality
- Werth, Paul A.; Potter, Brian E.; Alexander, Martin E.; Clements, Craig B.; Cruz, Miguel G.; Finney, Mark A.; Forthofer, Jason M.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hoffman, Chad; Jolly, W. Matt; McAllister, Sara S.; Ottmar, Roger D.; Parsons, Russell A.. 2016. Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume 2 for fire behavior specialists, researchers, and meteorologists
- Greenberg, C. H.; Goodrick, S.; Austin, J. D.; Parresol, B. R.. 2015. Hydroregime prediction models for ephemeral groundwater-driven sinkhole wetlands: a planning tool for climate change and amphibian conservation
- Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Warren, Melvin L.; Charnley, Susan; Stegall, Christie M.. 2015. Social vulnerability and Ebola virus disease in rural Liberia
- Johnson Gaither, Cassandra; Goodrick, Scott; Murphy, Bryn Elise; Poudyal, Neelam. 2015. An exploratory spatial analysis of social vulnerability and smoke plum dispersion in the U.S
- Williams, Marcus D.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Grundstein, Andrew; Shepherd, Marshall. 2015. Comparison of dew point temperature estimation methods in Southwestern Georgia
- Davis, Aika Y.; Ottmar, Roger ; Liu, Yongqiang ; Goodrick, Scott ; Achtemeier, Gary ; Gullett, Brian ; Aurell, Johanna ; Stevens, William ; Greenwald, Roby ; Hu, Yongtao ; Russell, Armistead ; Hiers, J. Kevin; Odman, M. Talat.. 2015. Fire emission uncertainties and their effect on smoke dispersion predictions: a case study at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA
- Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Heilman, Warren. 2014. Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Wildfire–climate interactions
- Liu, Yongqiang; Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Holmes, Thomas P.; Stanturf, John A.; Vose, James M.; Sun, Ge. 2014. Future wildfire trends, impacts, and mitigation options in the Southern United States
- Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott. 2013. High-resolution numerical models for smoke transport in plumes from wildland fires
- Hanley, Deborah E.; Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott. 2013. Interaction between a wildfire and the sea-breeze front
- Bedel, Anthony P.; Mote, Thomas L.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2013. Climate change and associated fire potential for the south-eastern United States in the 21st century
- Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Achtemeier, Gary L.; Forbus, Ken; Combs, David. 2013. Smoke plume height measurement of prescribed burns in the south-eastern United States
- Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2013. Fire
- Poudyal, Neelam; Johnson Gaither, Cassandra; Goodrick, Scott; Bowker, J.M.; Gan, Jianbang. 2012. Locating spatial variation in the association between wildland fire risk and social vulnerability across six southern states
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Chas-Amil, María L.; Touza, Julia M.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2012. Forecasting intentional wildfires using temporal and spatiotemporal autocorrelations
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Stanturf, John A.. 2012. Evaluating potential changes in fire risk from <i>Eucalyptus</i> plantings in the Southern United States
- Achtemeier, G. L; Goodrick, S. L.; Liu, Y.. 2012. Modeling Multiple-Core Updraft Plume Rise for an Aerial Ignition Prescribed Burn by Coupling Daysmoke with a Cellular Automata Fire Model
- Johnson Gaither, Cassandra; Poudyal, N.C.; Goodrick, S.; Bowker, J.M.; Malone, Sparkle L.; Gan, J.. 2011. Wildland fire risk and social vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An exploratory spatial data analysis approach
- Forthofer, Jason M.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2011. Review of vortices in wildland fire
- Achtemeier, G L; Goodrick, S L; Liu, Y; Garcia-Menendez, F; Hu, Y; Odman, M.. 2011. Modeling Smoke Plume-Rise and Dispersion from Southern United States Prescribed Burns with Daysmoke
- Gaither, Cassandra Johnson; Poudyal, Neelam C.; Goodrick, Scott; Bowker, J. M.; Malone, Sparkle L; Gan, Jianbang. 2011. Wildland fire risk and social vulnerability in the Southeastern United States: An exploratory spatial data analysis approach
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Stanturf, John A.. 2010. Conceptual framework for improved wind-related forest threat assessment in the Southeastern United States
- Liu, Y.; Stanturf, J.; Goodrick, S.. 2010. Wildfire potential evaluation during a drought event with a regional climate model and NDVI
- Liu, L.; Achtemeier, G.L.; Goodrick, S.L.; Jackson, W.. 2010. Important parameters for smoke plume rise simulation with Daysmoke
- Goodrick, S.L.. 2009. Florida wildfire activity and atmospheric teleconnections
- Liu, Y.; Goodrick, S.; Achtemeier, G.. 2009. Smoke incursions into urban areas: simulation of a Georgia prescribed burn
- Goodrick, S.. 2008. Quantifying parametric uncertainty in the Rothermel model
- Liu, Yongqiang; Achtemeier, Gary; Goodrick, Scott. 2008. Sensitivity of air quality simulation to smoke plume rise
- Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Outcalt, Kenneth W.. 2007. Disturbance and coastal forests: a strategic approach to forest management in hurricane impact zones
- Jimenez, Edwin; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2007. Uncertainty quantification in Rothermel's Model using an efficient sampling method
- Mughal, Shahid M.; Hussaini, Yousuff M.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Cunningham, Philip. 2007. Role of buoyancy and heat release in fire modeling, propagation, and instability
- Clements, Craig B.; Zhong, Shiyuan; Goodrick, Scott; Li, Ju, Potter.; Bian, Xindi; Heilman, Warren E.; Charney, Joseph J.; Perna, Ryan; Jang, Meongdo; Lee, Daegyun; Patel, Monica; Street, Susan; Aumann, Glenn. 2007. Observing The Dynamics Of Wildland Grass Fires: FireFlux -A Field Validation Experiment
- Hoadley, Jeanne L.; Rorig, Miriam L.; Bradshaw, Larry; Ferguson, Sue A.; Westrick, Kenneth J.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Werth, Paul. 2006. Evaluation of MM5 model resolution when applied to prediction of national fire danger rating indexes
- Liu, Yongqiang; Achtemeier, Gary; Goodrick, Scott. 2005. Simulation and Experiment of Air Quality Effects of Prescribed Fires in the Southeast
- Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Linn, Rodman R.. 2005. Coherent vertical structures in numerical simulations of buoyant plumes from wildland fires
- Achtemeier, Gary L.; Goodrick, Scott; Liu, Yongqiang. 2005. A coupled modeling system for connecting prescribed fire activity data through CMAQ for simulating regional scale air quality
- Hoadley, Jeanne L.; Westrick, Ken; Ferguson, Sue a.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Bradshaw, Larry; Wreth, Paul. 2004. The effect of model resolution in predicting meteorological parameters used in fire danger rating
- Hoadley, Jeanne L.; Westrick, Ken; Ferguson, Sue A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Bradshaw, Larry; Werth, Paul. 2004. The effect of model resolution in predicting meteorological parameters used in fire danger rating.
- Xia, Chunmei; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Cunningham, Philip; Linn, Rodman R.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2003. Numerical study of effects of atmosphere temperature profile on wildfire behavior
- Hoadley, Jeanne; Rorig, Miriam; Westrick, Ken; Bradshaw, Larry; Ferguson, Sue; Goodrick, Scott; Werth, Paul. 2003. Assessing the value of increased model resolution in forecasting fire danger
- Achtemeier, Gary L.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Liu, Yongqiang. 2003. The southern high-resolution modeling consortium - a source for research and operational collaboration
- Goodrick, Scott L.. 2003. Relationship between atmospheric stability and area burned during the 1998 Florida wildfires
- Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hussaini M. Yousuff, ; Linn, Rodman R.; Xia, Chunmei. 2003. Dynamics of fire plumes in verticle shear
- Goodrick, Scott L.. 2002. Modification of the Fosberg fire weather index to include drought
Research Highlights

Repeated Application of Fuel Reduction Treatments in the Southern Appalachian Mountains: Implications for Achieving Management Goals
Year: 2016
Fire managers in the southern Appalachian Mountains have many questions about the long-term use of prescribed fire and mechanical treatments. Common objectives include restoration that creates open woodlands, oak regeneration, and fuel reduction. The southern Appalachian site of the National Fire an...

Climate Change and Associated Fire Potential for the Southeastern United States in the 21st century
Year: 2014
This study examines how fire potential may change in the Southeast during the 21st century. While previous studies have focused on changes in just temperature and precipitation, this study takes a broader approach and examines changes in relative humidity, atmospheric stability, and drought.

QUIC-Fire: A Fast, 3-D Simulation Tool for Prescribed Fire Planning
Year: 2020
QUIC-Fire is the first fast-running 3D-coupled fire-atmosphere model that incorporates high-resolution 3D vegetation structure, interactions between multiple firelines, and fire-atmosphere feedbacks, which are critical for predicting the behavior of complex ignition patterns common on prescribed fir...

The Hot-Dry-Windy Index improves fire weather forecasting
Year: 2018
A new tool helps fire managers anticipate when wildfires could become erratic or dangerous.

Wildfire in the United States: Future Trends and Potential
Year: 2012
Climate models project warming and increased droughts this century in the continental United States, so wildfire is likely to increase accordingly

Rethinking how we measure forest fuels for advancing wildland fire science and management
Year: 2018
Land managers depend on quality fire research to advance their understanding of wildland fire behavior. Cutting-edge fire behavior models output fire spread, fire intensity, and smoke plumes in three-dimensions, but forest fuels, which are used as model inputs, are not measured in similar dimensions...