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
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Achtemeier, Gary L.; Larkin, Narasimhan K.; Liu, Yongqiang; Strand, Tara M. (. 2012. Modelling smoke transport from wildland fires: a review
- Waldrop, Thomas A.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2012. Introduction to prescribed fires in Southern ecosystems
- 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
- 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, 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
- 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
- Banerjee, Tirtha ; Heilman, Warren ; Goodrick, Scott ; Hiers, J. Kevin; Linn, Rod. 2020. Effects of canopy midstory management and fuel moisture on wildfire behavior
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Achtemeier, Gary. 2018. The weather conditions for desired smoke plumes at a FASMEE burn site
- Srock, Alan ; Charney, Joseph ; Potter, Brian ; Goodrick, Scott. 2018. The hot-dry-windy index: A new fire weather index
- O'Neill, Susan; Urbanski, Shawn; Goodrick, Scott; Larkin, Sim. 2017. Smoke plumes: Emissions and effects
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Brown, Timothy J.; Jolly, W. Matt. 2017. Weather, fuels, fire behavior, plumes, and smoke - the nexus of fire meteorology
- Williams, Marcus D.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Grundstein, Andrew; Shepherd, Marshall. 2015. Comparison of dew point temperature estimation methods in Southwestern Georgia
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Warren, Melvin L.; Charnley, Susan; Stegall, Christie M.. 2015. Social vulnerability and Ebola virus disease in rural Liberia
- 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
- 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
- Hanley, Deborah E.; Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott. 2013. Interaction between a wildfire and the sea-breeze front
- Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott. 2013. High-resolution numerical models for smoke transport in plumes from wildland fires
- 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
- 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
- Liu, Yongqiang; Goodrick, Scott; Heilman, Warren. 2014. Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Wildfire climate interactions
- Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2013. Fire
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Stanturf, John A.. 2012. Evaluating potential changes in fire risk from Eucalyptus plantings in the Southern United States
- Prestemon, Jeffrey P.; Chas-Amil, María L.; Touza, Julia M.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2012. Forecasting intentional wildfires using temporal and spatiotemporal autocorrelations
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Forthofer, Jason M.; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2011. Review of vortices in wildland fire
- Liu, L.; Achtemeier, G.L.; Goodrick, S.L.; Jackson, W.. 2010. Important parameters for smoke plume rise simulation with Daysmoke
- 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
- Liu, Y.; Stanturf, J.; Goodrick, S.. 2010. Wildfire potential evaluation during a drought event with a regional climate model and NDVI
- Goodrick, Scott L.; Stanturf, John A.. 2010. Conceptual framework for improved wind-related forest threat assessment in the Southeastern United States
- 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
- Goodrick, S.L.. 2009. Florida wildfire activity and atmospheric teleconnections
- 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
- Liu, Yongqiang; Achtemeier, Gary; Goodrick, Scott. 2008. Sensitivity of air quality simulation to smoke plume rise
- Mughal, Shahid M.; Hussaini, Yousuff M.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Cunningham, Philip. 2007. Role of buoyancy and heat release in fire modeling, propagation, and instability
- Jimenez, Edwin; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Goodrick, Scott L.. 2007. Uncertainty quantification in Rothermel's Model using an efficient sampling method
- 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
- Cunningham, Philip; Goodrick, Scott L.; Hussaini, M. Yousuff; Linn, Rodman R.. 2005. Coherent vertical structures in numerical simulations of buoyant plumes from wildland fires
- 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
- Goodrick, Scott L.. 2003. Relationship between atmospheric stability and area burned during the 1998 Florida wildfires
- 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
- 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
- Achtemeier, Gary L.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Liu, Yongqiang. 2003. The southern high-resolution modeling consortium - a source for research and operational collaboration
- 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
- Liu, Yongqiang; Achtemeier, Gary; Goodrick, Scott. 2005. Simulation and Experiment of Air Quality Effects of Prescribed Fires in the Southeast
- 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
- Stanturf, John A.; Goodrick, Scott L.; Outcalt, Kenneth W.. 2007. Disturbance and coastal forests: a strategic approach to forest management in hurricane impact zones
- 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.
Research Highlights

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...

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...

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.

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.

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