Table 5.

Desired burn conditions.

Field	Property	Condition	Benefit
Fuels	Distribution	Uniform fuel close to one of the standard fuel behavior models.	Simplified fuel descriptions with Rothermel fire spread model.
	Scales	At spatial scales on the order of the expected fire depth.	To run dynamical fire models such as WFDS.
	Types	A range of fuel types and burn areas typical for the FASMEE sites.	To represent both small and large scale wildland fire in smoke modeling systems.
Fire	Size and duration	Long enough to evolve to semi- steady state; The size of the fire plot should be big enough to enable such evolution.	Fully developed plume.
	Ignition	As simple as possible in spatial location and timing; Multiple ignitions.	Easy to validate the effect of on fire behavior; Formation of sub-plumes.
	Intensity	Intense enough to ensure a clear fire signature in the measurement data	Evaluation of fire behavior modeling; Improving fire-vegetation-air interaction.
	Season	Non-growing season (low to medium intensity in SE), summer (medium to high intensity in the west).	Estimates of PM and O3 impacts can be evaluated.
	Stage	Include a smoldering stage with measurements fire emissions and weather.	Nighttime smoke drainage and possible formation of super-fog.