Landscape Fire, Smoke, and Health: Linking Biomass Burning Emissions to Human Well-Being (Hardcover)

I. Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction
?œ Discipline space: ?› Multidisciplinary topic
?› Terminology
?› Flow diagram
?œ Context for this book
?œ Purpose & structure of this book (refer to diagram)

II. From Fire to Emissions
[Fire & fuels ⇒ consumption/combustion ⇒ pollution]

Chapter 2: Mapping and characterizing fire
[Author: Loboda; Editor: French]
?œHistorical fire records
?œSatellite fire records
?›Active Fire Detection and characterization
?›Burned Area and severity
?œFire regimes
?œAnthropogenic & management fires

Chapter 3: Mapping and describing fuels and fire conditions
[Author: French; Editor: Loboda]
?œFuel types and maps
?œEnvironmental conditions ?›Weather & climate (fuel moisture)?@

Chapter 4: Estimating fire emissions and pollutants
[Author: TBD; Editor: French]
?œEstimating consumption
?œEmission Factors for pollution quantification
?œReview chemicals and particulate characteristics in the smoke
?›EPA criteria air pollutants
?›trace gases, greenhouse gases? 

III. From Emissions to Concentrations
[Emission strength⇒Concentrations] 
Chapter 5: Smoke chemistry and transport
[Author: TBD; Editor: French]
?œParticle models (Hysplit) vs. chemical transport models (CTM)

Chapter 6: Integrating in situ and satellite observations
[Author:TBD; Editor: Loboda]
?œSatellite sensing capabilities & utility
?œIntegration with transport models 

Chapter 7: TBD (This could be a chapter on operational pollution modeling - CMAQ - Have EPA write it) 

IV. From Concentrations to Health Outcomes
[Concentrations⇒Exposure⇒Health outcomes]
Chapter 8: Assessing exposure
[Author: TBD; Editor: French]
?œAir pollution and health problems - physiological mechanisms (literature)
?œLand manage ]ment fire exposure
?œMapping exposure of vulnerable populations
?œIdentifying vulnerable categories
?œExposure limits & metrics 

Chapter 9: Modeling health outcomes
[Author:TBD; Editor: Loboda]
?œHealth data sources
?œStudy designs
?œConfounding factors 

Chapter 10: TBD

V. Synthesis and Future Direction
Chapter 11: The future of smoke modeling, for health assessment to inform science and practice
?œDiverse modeling approaches for fire situations or types (e.g. managed vs. unplanned)
?œDecision tools for translating knowledge - MIEnvironment-like systems

Chapter 12: Perspectives on wildland fire, smoke, and health
?œHealth burden of fire
?œReiterate transdisciplinary nature & context of this topic
?œSummarize the state of knowledge and needs for the subject