1. FireCAMMS Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke www.fs.fed.us/fcamms

2. Smoke and Fire Weather Weather observations/forecasts, fire danger, and smoke dispersion for the Northwest. www.atmos.washington.edu/pnw_environ

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9. www. BlueSky RAINS.org

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