North Central Research Station

The Eastern Area Modeling Consortium (EAMC) is a multi-agency coalition of researchers, fire managers, air-quality managers, and natural resource managers at the Federal, State, and local levels working to

• Increase understanding of fire behavior and smoke dispersion
• Expand knowledge of the physics of fire-atmosphere interactions on all scales
• Enhance ability to predict and respond to the dangers of prescribed fires and wildfires
• Develop products and transfer new technologies related to national and regional fire-weather and air-quality dynamics

The EAMC was founded in 2001 under the auspices of the interagency National Fire Plan to provide research products and associated technology to serve the needs of the fire management community, air resource managers, scientists, and policymakers.

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The Eastern Area Modeling Consortium was well-represented at the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress held in Orlando Florida on November 16 - 20, 2003. Researchers associated with the EAMC participated several presentations related to fire science research and index development: 1) fuel moisture impacts , 2) low-level jet impacts , 3) the Double Trouble State Park wildfire , 4) Haines Index and TKE contributions , 5) radiative and optical properties in sub-boreal forests , 6) fire weather index validation methodologies , 7) EAMC overview , 8) National Fire Danger Rating System enhancements , 9) Haines Index investigations using parcel theory , 10) near-surface stability and moisture effects , 11) upper level front impact on the Mack Lake Fire.