Particulate monitoring for in-situ burning is done when there is concern that the smoke plume may impact a sensitive location, such as a town. In general, monitoring is done upwind of this location to minimize interferences from cars, industry, and homes. If several teams are available, one team deploys upwind of the sensitive location, a second one downwind of it, and a third may be deployed at the discretion of the Monitoring Group Supervisor.
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Three small symbols on this diagram denote possible locations for monitoring teams with respect to an in-situ burn and a populated area. |
Revised: July 17, 2001
Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration