Fire Landscape Atmosphere Measurement EXperiment
Objectives :
(1) Better understanding of wildfires suddenly transition into extreme wildfire events
(2) Quantify the emissions and health and climate relevant properties of gases and aerosols from
wildfires (e.g. concentrations, sizes, toxicity, absorption properties, transport)
(3) Improve and validate early warning systems, long term monitoring tools and forecasting tools
for fire behavior and smoke (new generation of satellites, emission inventories and modelling
tools)
(4) Evaluate innovative technologies and instrumentation in the field of wildfires and smoke plumes
Planned observations
- Fire fronts, dynamics and propagation
- Plume injection and transport height
- Gases, aerosols and meteorological parameters in smoke plumes near active fires
Key Components :
- Wildfire observation resources provided by EMA : airborne platforms (drones) + portable meteorological stations + Forest firefighting personnel and operational support
- Addition platforms (balloons, ground based) + Instrumental playloads (surface, fire, gases, aerosol,
meteorological measurements) from research laboratories
Calendar
- FLAMEX Special Observation Period (SOP) 1 : Protocol testing Instrumental capabilities + first observational data => prescribed burns on spring 2026
- FLAMEX SOP2: Observational data on wildfires on summer 2026