Scott Goodrick

Center Director / Research Meteorologist

Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants

320 Green Street
Athens, GA 30602-2044
United States

Phone

706-559-4237

Publications & Products
Research Highlights

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

Each of the treatments created different stand structure and fuel characteristics. The control left an understory thick with shrubs. The mechanical treatment removed shrubs but created large loadings of woody fuels that required 5 to 7 years to decompose. Mitchell Smith and Gregg Chapman, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

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...

Mean Keetch-Byram Drought Indices for May (left) and June (right), where (a) and (b) reflect recent historical values and (c) and (d) show future values. (e) and (f) display the difference maps for both months, where recent historical values are subtracted from future values. USDA Forest Service

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.

Orthogonal view of QUIC-Fire (left) and FIRETEC (right) simulation of Eglin Air Force Base prescribed burn at 120 and 300 seconds (top and bottom). Five staggered ignition lines were ignited (from right to left) at rates typical of all-terrain vehicle ignitions at Eglin AFB. Green iso-surfaces are vegetation density, oranges are mass loss rate, and white shades indicate locations of rising plumes.

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...

Dustin Smith takes field weather observations during a 2010 prescribed burn in Idaho.

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.

Climate is the most important enviromental factor affecting long-term variability and change of wildfire. R.C. Wilkinson, Univerisity of Florida

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

A new method to measuring forest fuels in three-dimensions using a top-down sliding frame approach. Vegetation (forest fuels) spatial location, size, and mass are measured down to the 0.001 m3 level. This image was taken in a longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) ecosystem in north Florida, which is burned every 1-3 years using low-intensity prescribed burning.

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...