Issue 7

The Southern High-Resolution Modeling Consortium

In 2001, as part of the National Fire Plan, the Forest Service set up five regional modeling consortia to provide products based on high-resolution weather data. The Southern High-Resolution Modeling Consortium (SHRMC) was set up by the SRS Southern Smoke Management Team based in Athens, GA, in collaboration with the University of Georgia Atmospheric Science Program. The SHRMC supplies regional and local weather forecasts to foresters in the Southern Region, which consists of the 13 Southern States from Virginia to Texas. The SHRMC collaborates with other scientists; local, State, and Federal air quality and fire regulators; and other modeling centers as part of various national interagency modeling consortia.

SHRMC provides the physical infrastructure for modeling advances in air quality, fire control, smoke impact, and weather prediction, and for the Internet-based distribution of realtime data to consortium members, natural resource managers, and the public.

For more information:

Please visit: shrmc.ggy.uga.edu

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