- Author
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Sestak, M. L.
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Riebau, A. R.
- Title
- SASEM: Simple Approach Smoke Estimation Model.
- Coporate
- Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO
- Sponsor
- Department of the Interior, Cheyenne, WY
- Report
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BLM/YA/PT-88/003+7000; TN-382,
August 1988,
31 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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smoke
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air pollution
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visibility
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dispersions
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computer programs
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plumes
- Identifiers
- prescribed burning; air quality; pollution monitoring; Simple Approach Smoke Estimation Model (SASEM); controlled burns; smoke estimation; fire prescription
- Abstract
- This Technical Note presents a simple, easy-to-use, computer model of smoke dispersion from controlled burns. This paper contains background on why such a computer program has been developed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the theoretical basis for the model, a guide on how to run the model and suggestions for its use in practical prescribed burning applications. The Simple Approach Smoke Estimation Model was designed to provide a tool for the analysis of smoke dispersion from prescribed burns. In particular, it was intended to serve as a screening level model which provides a conservative estimate of the possibility that a given burn will cause and exceedence of air quality standards or be a public nuiscance due to visibility impairment of public highways or residential areas. By comparison with currently available dispersion models which include line sources, SASEM appears to fulfill this prupose. Furthermore, because of the extremely simple data requirements, all of which are alreadya being collected for purposes or making fire accessible.