ESTIMATING NATURAL EMISSIONS FROM WILDLAND AND PRESCRIBED FIRE

by

Janice Peterson and Sam Sandberg

This paper contains possible approaches for estimating

a "natural" emissions background value from

wildland and prescribed fire. The paper does not address the

contribution of other sources in addition to fire

emissions, e.g., biogenic VOCs, volcanos, etc., which

contribute to the natural background level of emissions.

The authors' do not suppose that

this is an all-inclusive list of approaches.

Furthermore, it is the authors' wish that this paper will

begin a discussion on the topic within the scientific community,

and they welcome any and all comments.