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Facility Resources
| Resource | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| Advanced Computing Facilities | High-performance computing systems are used to model fire spread, fire danger, and air quality to support fire operations and advance scientific understanding of fire. |
| Emissions Chemistry Lab |
Smoke samples collected during fires are analyzed in the Gas Chromatography Laboratory. |
| Fire Atmosphere Sampling System |
Fire Atmospheric Sampling System packages are deployed during fires to sample smoke emissions. |
| Lidar | A lidar scanning system is used to monitor atmospheric properties of smoke plumes during fires. |
| Mobile Instrument Vehicle | Ground-based instruments are deployed from the mobile instrument vehicle to fires to acquire measurements for smoke plume dynamics, smoke aerosol distribution, and meteorological conditions. |
| Soils Laboratory |
Research linking fire and soils is multifaceted and the diversity of studies conducted in our lab reflects the interrelationships between many resources in the fire environment. |
| Sun Photometer | Sun photometers are used to study air quality by measuring atmospheric aerosols. |
| Thermal Imaging |
Thermal imaging cameras are used to study heat energy transfer as fires progress. |
| Wildland Fuel Lab |
The Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory has an extensive Wildland Fuel Laboratory (Fuels Lab) within the building. |
| Wind Tunnel and Combustion Lab |
The Wind Tunnel and Combustion Laboratory is used to conduct burning experiments in a controlled environment under varying temperature, humidity, and wind. |