Intercomparison of Fire Size, Fuel Loading, Fuel Consumption, and Smoke Emissions Estimates on the 2006 Tripod Fire, Washington, USA

Fire Ecology

Table 6 Summary of the maximum and minimum values and associated differences at each step in the smoke emissions modeling pathway.

Fire size	Fuel loading	Fuel consumption	PM_2.5 emissions
99 045 hectares (maximum)	12 322 606 Mg	8 503 708 Mg	106 574 Mg
99 045 hectares (maximum)	(124.4 Mg ha⁻¹)	(85.9 Mg ha⁻¹)	(1.07 Mg ha⁻¹)
70 837 hectares (minimum)	3 017 456 Mg	1 796 054 Mg	17 467 Mg
70 837 hectares (minimum)	(42.6 Mg ha⁻¹)	(25.4 Mg ha⁻¹)	(0.25 Mg ha⁻¹)
Difference of 28 208 hectares	Difference of 9 305 150 Mg	Difference of 6 707 654 Mg	Difference of 89 107 Mg
Difference of 28 208 hectares	(81.8 Mg ha⁻¹)	(60.5 Mg ha⁻¹)	(0.82 Mg ha⁻¹)
33 % difference	121 % difference	130 % difference	144 % difference
Best options for the Tripod Fire Complex
MTBS	FCCS2	FOFEM	FOFEM
71 307 hectares	8 792 153 Mg	4 506 602 Mg	71 307 Mg
71 307 hectares	(123.3 Mg ha⁻¹)	(63.2 Mg ha⁻¹)	(1.0 Mg ha⁻¹)