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Roger D. Ottmar is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States, focusing primarily on research in Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Ecology.

The research topics covered by Ottmar feature a concentration on fire effects on ecosystems, with additional emphasis on remote sensing and LiDAR applications, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, air quality and health impacts, rangeland and wildlife management, forest ecology and management, and plant water relations and carbon dynamics.

Ottmar has contributed to publications in various scientific journals, most frequently in the International Journal of Wildland Fire. Other notable venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Atmospheric Environment, Forest Science, and Fire Ecology.

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

  • International Journal of Wildland Fire
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Forest Science
  • Fire Ecology

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology

Recent published papers by Ottmar include:

  • "Emissions of Reactive Nitrogen From Western U.S. Wildfires During Summer 2018" (2020), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Wildland fire emission sampling at Fishlake National Forest, Utah using an unmanned aircraft system" (2021), Atmospheric Environment
  • "Towards Spatially Explicit Quantification of Pre- and Postfire Fuels and Fuel Consumption from Traditional and Point Cloud Measurements" (2020), Forest Science
  • "Multitemporal lidar captures heterogeneity in fuel loads and consumption on the Kaibab Plateau" (2022), Fire Ecology
  • "Bacterial Emission Factors: A Foundation for the Terrestrial-Atmospheric Modeling of Bacteria Aerosolized by Wildland Fires" (2024), Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ottmar include Andrew T. Hudak, Joseph C. Restaino, T. Ryan McCarley, Adam C. Watts, and Benjamin C. Bright.

Best Publications

  • Recent acceleration of biomass burning and carbon losses in Alaskan forests and peatlands

    Merritt R. Turetsky;Evan S. Kane;Jennifer W. Harden;Roger D. Ottmar

  • An overview of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System — Quantifying, classifying, and creating fuelbeds for resource planningThis article is one of a selection of papers published in the Special Forum on the Fuel Characteristic Classification System.

    Roger D. OttmarR.D. Ottmar;Roger D. OttmarR.D. Ottmar;David V. SandbergD.V. Sandberg;David V. SandbergD.V. Sandberg;Cynthia L. RiccardiC.L. Riccardi;Cynthia L. RiccardiC.L. Riccardi;Susan J. PrichardS.J. Prichard;Susan J. PrichardS.J. Prichard

  • Review of the health effects of wildland fire smoke on wildland firefighters and the public

    Olorunfemi Adetona;Timothy E. Reinhardt;Joe Domitrovich;George Broyles

  • Characterizing fuels in the 21st century.

    David V. Sandberg;Roger D. Ottmar;Geoffrey H. Cushon

  • Recent changes (1930s–1990s) in spatial patterns of interior northwest forests, USA

    P.F. Hessburg;B.G. Smith;R.B. Salter;R.D. Ottmar

  • Baseline measurements of smoke exposure among wildland firefighters.

    Timothy E. Reinhardt;Roger D. Ottmar

  • Evaluation of the composite burn index for assessing fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests

    Eric S. Kasischke;Merritt R. Turetsky;Merritt R. Turetsky;Roger D. Ottmar;Nancy H. F. French

  • Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Modeling fuel consumption

    Roger D. Ottmar

  • Wildland firefighter smoke exposure and risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality.

    Kathleen M. Navarro;Michael T. Kleinman;Chris E. Mackay;Timothy E. Reinhardt

  • Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire

    Nancy H.F. French;William J. De Groot;Liza K. Jenkins;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Forest health in the Blue Mountains: a management strategy for fire-adapted ecosystems.

    Robert W. Mutch;Stephen F. Arno;James K. Brown;Clinton E. Carlson

  • Site preparation burning to improve southern Appalachian pine-hardwood stands: fire characteristics and soil erosion, moisture, and temperature

    Lloyd W. Swift;Katherine J. Elliott;Roger D. Ottmar;Robert E. Vihnanek

  • Overstory tree mortality resulting from reintroducing fire to long-unburned longleaf pine forests: the importance of duff moisture

    J.M. Varner;J.K. Hiers;R.D. Ottmar;D.R. Gordon

  • Measurements of convective and radiative heating in wildland fires

    David Frankman;Brent W. Webb;Bret W. Butler;Daniel Jimenez

  • Simulation of a biomass-burning plume: Comparison of model results with observations

    J. Trentmann;M. O. Andreae;Hans F. Graf;P. V. Hobbs

  • Chemistry of burning the forest floor during the FROSTFIRE experimental burn, interior Alaska, 1999

    J. W. Harden;J. C. Neff;J. C. Neff;D. V. Sandberg;M. R. Turetsky

  • Fire behavior in masticated fuels: A review

    Jesse K. Kreye;Nolan W. Brewer;Nolan W. Brewer;Penelope Morgan;J. Morgan Varner

  • High-resolution infrared thermography for capturing wildland fire behaviour: RxCADRE 2012

    Joseph J. O’Brien;E. Louise Loudermilk;Benjamin Hornsby;Andrew T. Hudak

  • Emissions of reactive nitrogen from western U.S. wildfires during summer 2018

    Jakob Lindaas;Ilana B. Pollack;Lauren A. Garofalo;Matson A. Pothier

  • Timber harvesting residue treatment: Part 1. Responses of conifer seedlings, soils and microclimate

    D Zabowski;B Java;G Scherer;R.L Everett

  • The fuelbed: a key element of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System.

    Cynthia L. RiccardiC.L. Riccardi;Roger D. OttmarR.D. Ottmar;David V. SandbergD.V. Sandberg;Anne AndreuA. Andreu

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Prichard
Susan J. Prichard University of Washington
Andrew T. Hudak
Andrew T. Hudak US Forest Service
Nancy H. F. French
Nancy H. F. French Michigan Technological University
Alistair M. S. Smith
Alistair M. S. Smith University of Idaho
Joseph J. O'Brien
Joseph J. O'Brien US Forest Service
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park
Ana Isabel Miranda
Ana Isabel Miranda University of Aveiro
Shawn Urbanski
Shawn Urbanski US Forest Service
Teresa L. Campos
Teresa L. Campos National Center for Atmospheric Research

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