EPA Wildland Fire Research Publications
2010 - Present

This is a list of journal articles published from 2010 to the present that provides results of
wildland fire-related studies conducted by scientists in the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.

To learn more about the research, visit:

www.epa.gov/air-research/wildland-fire-research-protect-health-and-environment.

Modeling and Emissions Research

Landis, M.S.; Kamal, A.S.; Edgerton, E.S.; Wentworth, G.; Sullivan, A.P.; Dillner, A.M. (2018). The

impact of the 2016 Fort McMurrav Horse River Wildfire on Ambient Air Pollution Levels in the
Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada. Sci Total Environ. (In Press).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717326955

Zhou, L., Baker, K.R., Napelenok, S.L., Pouliot, G., Elleman, R., O'Neill, S.M., Urbanski, S.P., Wong,
D.C., 2018. Modeling crop residue burning experiments to evaluate smoke emissions and plume
transport. Science of The Total Environment 627, 523-533.

Xie, M, Holder, A.L. and Hays, M.D. (2017). Light absorbing organic carbon from prescribed and
laboratory biomass burning and gasoline vehicle emissions. Scientific Reports I 7:7318 I
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06981-8. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06981-8

De Simone, F.; Artaxo, P.; Bencardino, M.; Cinnirella, S.; Carbone, F.; D'Amore. F.; Dommergue, A.;
Feng, X.B.; Gencarelli, C.N.; Hedgecock, I.M.; Landis, M.S.; Sprovieri, F.; Suzuki, N.; Wangberg, I.;
Pirrone, N. (2017). Particidate-phase mercury emissions from biomass burning and impact on resulting
deposition: a modelling assessment. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 17, 1881-1899. https://www.atmos-chem-
phvs .net/17/1881/2017/acp-17-1881-2017 .pdf

Zhou, X.; Aurell, J.; Mitchell, W.; Tabor, D.; Gullett, B. (2017). A small, lightweight multipollutant
sensor system for ground-mobile and aerial emission sampling from open area sources. Atmos. Environ.,
154, 31-41. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135223101730Q298

Aurell, J.; Mitchell, W.; Chirayath, V.; Jonsson, J.; Tabor, D.; Gullett, B. (2017). Field determination of
multipollutant, open area combustion source emission factors with a hexacopter unmanned aerial vehicle.
Atmos. Environ., 166, 433-440. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231017304958

Aurell, J.; Gullett, B.; Tabor, D.; Yonker, N. (2017). Emissions from prescribed burning of timber slash
piles in Oregon, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 150, February 2017, 395-406.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231016309074


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Strand, T.; Gullett, B.K; Urbanski, S.; Potter, B.; O'Neill, S.; Aurell, J.; Holder, A.; Larkin, N.; Moore,
M.; Rorig, M. (2016). Grassland and forest understory biomass emissions from prescribed fires in
southeastern United States - RxCADRE 2012, Intl. J. Wildland Fire, 25, 102-113.
http://www.publish.csiro.au/wfAVF14166

Kimbrough, S., Hays, M.D., Preston, B. et al. (2016) Episodic impacts from California Wildfires
Identified during Las Vegas Urban Air Quality Monitoring, Environ. Sci. & Technol. 50 (1), pp 18-24.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.5b05Q38

George, I. J., Black, R., Walker, J., Hays, M.D., Preston, B., Tabor, D., and Gullett, B., (2016) Emissions
of volatile compounds and particulate matter from small-scale peat fires. Atmos. Environ. 132, 163-170.
Wong D.C.; Cai C.; Pleim, J.E.; Mathur, R.; Murphy, M.S. (2016). Validation of the WRF-CMAQ twoway
model with aircraft data and high resolution MODIS data in the CA 2008 wildfire case. In Air Pollution
Modeling and its Application XXIV, 531-535, Eds. Steyn, D.G.; Chaumerliac, N., Springer Proceedings
in Complexity Series, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.10Q7/978-3-319-24478-5 85

Holder, A.L.; Hagler, G.S.W.; Aurell, J.; Hays, M.D.; Gullett, B.K. (2016). Particulate matter and black
carbon optical properties and emission factors from prescribed fires in the southeastern United States.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 3465-3483.
http://onlinelibrarv.wilev.com/doi/10.1002/2015JDQ24321/full

Pouliot, G., Rao, V., McCarty, J.L., Soja, A., 2016. Development of the Crop Residue and Rangeland
Burning in the 2014 National Emissions Inventory Using Information from Multiple Sources. Journal of
the Air & Waste Management Association.

Baker, K., Woody, M., Tonnesen, G., Hutzell, W., Pye, H., Beaver, M., Pouliot, G., Pierce, T., 2016.
Contribution of regional-scale fire events to ozone and PM 2.5 air quality estimated by photochemical
modeling approaches. Atmospheric Environment 140, 539-554.

Black, R.R.; Aurell, J.; Holder, A.; Ingrid, G.J.; Gullett, B.K; Hays, M.D; Geron, C.D.; Tabor, D. (2016).

Characterization of gas and particle emissions from laboratory> burns ofpeat, Atmos. Environ., 132, 49-
57. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S 1352231016301376

Baker, K; Woody, M.; Tonnesen, G.; Hutzell, G.; Pye, H.; Beaver, M.; Pouliot, G.; Pierce, T. (2016).

Contribution of regional-scale fire events to ozone and PM2.5 air quality estimated by photochemical

modeling approaches. Atmos. Environ., 140, 539-554.

http ://www. sciencedirect. com/science/article/pii/S 1352231016304654

Aurell, J.; Gullett, B.K.; Tabor, D. (2015). Emissions from Southeastern U.S. grasslands and pine
savannas: comparison of aerial and ground field measurements with laboratory> burns, Atmos. Environ.,
Ill, 170-178. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S 1352231015002149

George, I.; Black, R.; Geron, C.; Aurell, J.; Hays, M.; Preston, W.; Gullett, B.K. (2015). Volatile and
semivolatile organic compounds in laboratory peat fires. Atmos. Environ., 132, 163-170.
http ://www. sciencedirect. com/science/article/pii/S 1352231016301388

Davis, A.Y.; Ottmar, R.; Liu, Y.; Goodrick, S.; Achtemeier, G.; Gullett, B.K.; Aurell, J.; Stevens, W.;
Greenwald, R.; Hu, Y.; Russell, A.; Hiers, K; Odman, T. (2014). Fire emission uncertainties and their
effect on smoke dispersion predictions: a case study at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA. Intl. J.
Wildland Fire, 24, 276-285. http://www.publish.csiro.au/wf/WF 13071


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Kim, Y.H., Daniels, M., Boykin, E., Krantz, Q. T., McGee, J., Havs. M.D. et al. (2014) Characterization
andpulmonary> toxicity of peat wildfire particulate matter, and the predictive utility of precision cut lung
slices. Part. &*Fibre. Toxicol. 11:29 doi: 10.1186/1743-8977-11-29.
https://particleandfibretoxicologv.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-8977-ll-29

Jathar, S.H.; Gordon, T.D.; Hennigan, C.J.; Pye, H.O.T.; Pouliot, G.; Adams, P.J.; Donahue, N.M.;
Robinson, A.L. (2014). Unspeciated organic emissions from combustion sources and their influence on
the secondary organic aerosol budget in the United States. PNAS, 111, 10473-10478.
http://www.pnas.Org/content/l 11/29/10473.short

Geron, C., and Hays, M. 2013. Air emissions from organic soil burning on the coastal plain of North
Carolina. Atmospheric Environment 64(1): 192-199.

Gullett, B.; Tabor, D.; Bertrand, A.; Touati, A. (2013). Quality control for sampling of PCDD PCDF
emissions from open combustion sources. Chemosphere, 93, 494-498.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S00456535130Q8527

Aurell, J.; Gullett, B.K. (2013). Emission factors from aerial and ground measurements of field and
laboratory forest burns in the Southeastern U.S.: PM2.5, black and brown carbon, VOC, and
PCDD PCDF. Environ. Sci. Technol., 47, 8443-8452. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es402101k
Black R.R.; Meyer, C.P.; Touati, A.; Gullett, B.K.; Fiedler, H.; Mueller, J.F. (2012). Emission factors for
PCDD PCDF and dl-PCB from open burning ofbiomass. Environment International, 38, 62-66.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/SO 160412011001899

Munoz, M.F.; Gullett, B.K.; Touati, A.; Font, R. (2012). Effect of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid (2,4D)
on PCDD F emissions from open burning ofbiomass. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46, 9308-9314.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es301954t

Black, R.R.; Meyer, C.P.; Touati, A.; Gullett, B.K.; Fiedler, H.; Mueller, J.F. (2011). Emissions of PCDD
and PCDF from combustion of forest fuels and sugarcane: a comparison between field measurements and
simulations in a laboratory> burn facility, Chemosphere, 83, 1331-1338.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S00456535110Q3717

Grandesso, E.; Gullett, B.K.; Touati, A.; Tabor, D. (2011). The effect of moisture, charge size, and
chlorine concentration on PCDD F emissions from open burning of forest biomass. Environ. Sci.
Technol., 45, 3887-3894. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/esl03686t

Aurell, J.; Gullett, B.; Pressley, C.; Tabor, D.; Gribble, R. (2011). Aerostat-lofted instrument and
sampling method for determination of emissions from open area sources. Chemosphere, 85, 806-811.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S00456535110Q7338

Health Effects

Wettstein ZS, Hoshiko S, Fahimi J, Harrison RJ, Cascio WE, Rappold AG. Cardiovascular and
Cerebrovascular Emergency Department Visits Associated With Wildfire Smoke Exposure in California
in 2015. J Am Heart Assoc.2018 Apr 11;7(8). pii: e007492. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007492.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643 111

Kim YH, Warren SH, Krantz QT, King C, Jaskot R, Preston WT, Hays MD, Landis MS, Higuchi M,
DeMarini DM, Gilmour MI (2018) Mutagenicity and lung toxicity of smoldering versus flaming emissions
from various biomass fuels: implications for health effects from wildlandfire. Environ Health Perspect
126:017011. https://ehp niehs nih.gov/ehp220Q/


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Cascio, W.E. (2018). Wildland fire smoke and human health. Sci Total Environ. 624, 58 6-595.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0Q4896971733512X

Rappold AG, Reyes JM, Pouliot G, Cascio WE, Diaz-Sanchez D. (2017) Community Vulnerability to
Health Impacts of Wildlcmd Fire Smoke Exposure. Environ Sci Technol., 51, 6674-6682.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28493694

Fann N. ; Alman B. ; Broome R.A. ; Morgan G.G. ; Johnston F.H. ; Pouliot G.; Rappold A.G. The health
impacts and economic value of wildland fire episodes in the U.S.: 2008-2012. Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jan
1;610-611:802-809. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.024. Epub 2017 Aug 18.

Tinling, M.A.; West, J.J.; Cascio, W.E.; Kilaru, V.; Rappold, A.G. (2016). Repeating cardiopulmonary
health effects in rural North Carolina population during a second large peat wildfire. Environ Health,
15:12. https://ehiournal.biomedcentral.eom/articles/10.l 186/s 12940-016-0093-4

Larsen A.E. ; Reich B.J. ; Ruminski M. ; Rappold A.G. (2017) Impacts of fire smoke plumes on regional
air quality, 2006-2013. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2017 Dec 29. doi: 10.1038/s41370-017-0013-x.

Ghio, A.J.; Soukup, J.M.; Dailey, L.A.; Tong, H.; Kesic, M.J.; Budinger, G.R.; Mutlu, G.M. (2015).

Wood smoke particle sequesters cell iron to impact a biological effect. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 28,

21042111. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00270

Soukup, J.M.; Dailey, L.A.; Ghio, A.J. (2015). Particle retention by respiratory epithelial cells is
associated with persistent biological effect. Inhal. Toxicol. 27, 335-41.
http://www.tandfon1ine com/doi/abs/10.3109/08958378.2015.1048910

Gilmour, M.I.; Kim, Y.H.; Hays, M. (2015). Comparative chemistry and toxicity of diesel and biomass
combustion emissions, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 407, 5869-5875.
https://1ink.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/sQ0216-015-8797-9.pdf

Kim, Y.H.; Tong, H.; Daniels, M.; Boykin, E.; Krantz, Q.T.; McGee, J.; Hays, M.; Kovalcik, K; Dye,
J.A.; Gilmour, M.I. (2014). Cardiopulmonary toxicity of peat wildfire particulate matter and the
predictive utility of precision cut lung slices, Part. Fibre Toxicol., 11:29.
https://particleandfibretoxicologv.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-8977-11-29

Rappold, A.G.; Fann, N.L.; Crooks, J.L.; Huang, J.; Cascio, W.E.; Devlin, R.B.; Diaz-Sanchez, D. (2014)

Forecast-based interventions can reduce the health and economic burden of wildfires. Environ. Sci.
Technol., 48, 10571-10579. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es5012725

Hejl, A.M.; Adetona, O.; Diaz-Sanchez, D.; Carter, J.D.; Commodore, A.A.; Rathbun, S.L.; Naeher, L.P.
(2013). Inflammatory effects of woodsmoke exposure among wildland firefighters working at prescribed
burns at the Savannah River Site, SC. J. Occup. Environ. Hyg. 10, 173-180.
http://www.tandfonline.eom/doi/abs/10.1080/15459624.2012.760064

Rappold, A.G.; Cascio, W.E.; Kilaru, V.J.; Stone, S.L.; Neas, L.M.; Devlin, R.B.; Diaz-Sanchez, D.
(2012). Cardiorespiratory outcomes associated with exposure to wildfire smoke are modified by
measures of community health. Environ. Health, 11:71.
https://ehiournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-069X-11-71

Ghio, A.J.; Soukup, J.M.; Case, M.; Dailey, L.A.; Richards, J.; Berntsen, J.; Devlin, R.B.; Stone, S.;
Rappold, A. (2012). Exposure to wood smoke particles produces inflammation in healthy volunteers.
Occup Environ Med., 69, 170-175. http://oem.bmj.com/content/69/3/170.short

Rappold, A.G.; Stone, S.L.; Cascio, W.E.; Neas, L.M.; Kilaru, V.J.; Carraway, M.S.; Szykman, J.J.; Ising,
A.; Cleve, W.E.; Meredith, J.T.; Vaughan-Batten, H.; Deyneka, L.; Devlin, R.B. (2011). Peat bog wildfire
smoke exposure in rural North Carolina is associated with cardiopulmonary emergency department visits


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assessed through syndromic surveillance. Environ. Health Perspect., 119, 1415-1420.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3230437/


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