Simulation of forest fires smoke using WRF-Chem model with FINN fire emissions in Sumatera

The forest fires smoke event of 7 March 2014 in Sumatera-Indonesia has been simulated using WRF-Chem with the Fire Inventory from NCAR (FINN) fire emissions dataset. These simulations begun 6 March 2014 at 12 UTC until 9 March 2014 at 00 UTC. The results show that the smoke moved to southwest direction covering Riau Province. Moreover, the source of the smoke was also detected from Malaysia which could be seen from both satellite images and the output model. This simulations model have revealed most of the location of forest fires and the spreading of the smoke were properly captured. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.