Roger D. Ottmar

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Research Forester-Emeritus Scientist

Pacific Northwest Research Station

roger.ottmar@usda.gov

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David W. Peterson, Richy J. Harrod, Erich Dodson, Peter L. Ohlson, Natalie C. Pawlikowski, Kathryn Ireland, Roger D. Ottmar. 2025. Mechanical mastication and prescribed burning reduce forest fuels and alter stand structure in dry coniferous forests
David R. Weise, Thomas H. Fletcher, Timothy J. Johnson, Wei Min Hao, Mark A. Dietenberger, Marko Princevac, Bret W. Butler, Sara S. McAllister, Joseph J. O'Brien, E. Louise Loudermilk, Roger D. Ottmar, Andrew T. Hudak, Akira Kato, Babak Shotorban, Shankar Mahalingam, Tanya L. Myers, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Stephen P. Baker. 2024. Comparing gas composition from fast pyrolysis of live foliage measured in bench-scale and fire-scale experiments
Neil P. Lareau, Craig B. Clements, Adam Kochanski, Taylor Aydell, Andrew T. Hudak, T. Ryan McCarley, Roger D. Ottmar. 2024. Observations of a rotating pyroconvective plume
T. Ryan McCarley, Andrew T. Hudak, Benjamin C. Bright, James Cronan, Paige Eagle, Roger D. Ottmar, Adam Watts. 2024. Generating fuel consumption maps on prescribed fire experiments from airborne laser scanning
Phinehas Lampman, Ali Tohidi, Adam K. Kochanski, Antonio Cervantes, Andrew T. Hudak, Leda N. Kobziar, Ryan McCarley, Brian Gullett, Johanna Aurell, Rachel Moore, David C. Vuono, Brent C. Christner, Adam Watts, James Cronan, Roger D. Ottmar. 2024. Bacterial emission factors: A foundation for the terrestrial-atmospheric modeling of bacteria aerosolized by wildland fires
Benjamin C. Bright, Andrew T. Hudak, Ryan McCarley, Alexander Spannuth, Nuria Sanchez‑Lopez, Roger D. Ottmar, Amber J. Soja. 2022. Multitemporal lidar captures heterogeneity in fuel loads and consumption on the Kaibab Plateau
T. Ryan McCarley, Andrew T. Hudak, Joseph Restaino, Michael Billmire, Nancy H. F. French, Roger D. Ottmar, Bridget Hass, Kyle Zarzana, Tristan Goulden, Rainer Volkamer. 2022. A comparison of multitemporal airborne laser scanning data and the Fuel Characteristics Classification System for estimating fuel load and consumption
David R. Weise, Wei Min Hao, Stephen Baker, Marko Princevac, Amir-Hessam Aminfar, Javier Palarea-Albaladejo, Roger D. Ottmar, Andrew T. Hudak, Joseph Restaino, Joseph J. O’Brien. 2022. Comparison of fire-produced gases from wind tunnel and small field experimental burns
Jakob Lindaas, Ilana B. Pollack, Lauren A. Garofalo, Matson A. Pothier, Delphine K. Farmer, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Teresa L. Campos, Frank Flocke, Andrew J. Weinheimer, Denise D. Montzka, Geoffrey S. Tyndall, Brett B. Palm, Qiaoyun Peng, Joel A. Thornton, Wade Permar, Catherine Wielgasz, Lu Hu, Roger D. Ottmar, Joseph Restaino, Andrew T. Hudak, I‐Ting Ku, Yong Zhou, Barkley C. Sive, Amy Sullivan, Jeffrey L. Collett, Emily V Fischer. 2021. Emissions of reactive nitrogen from western U.S. wildfires during summer 2018
J. Aurell, B. Gullett, A. Holder, F. Kiros, W. Mitchell, A. Watts, Roger D. Ottmar. 2021. Wildland fire emission sampling at Fishlake National Forest, Utah using an unmanned aircraft system
Susan Prichard, Eric M. Rowell, Andrew T. Hudak, Robert E. Keane, E. Louise Loudermilk, Duncan C. Lutes, Roger D. Ottmar, Linda M. Chappell, John Hall, Benjamin S. Hornsby. 2020. Fuels and Consumption
Emily V Fischer, Jakob Lindaas, Ilana B. Pollack, Lauren A. Garofalo, Matson A. Pothier, Delphine K. Farmer, Sonia M. Kreidenweis, Teresa L. Campos, Frank Flocke, Andrew J. Weinheimer, Denise D. Montzka, Geoffrey S. Tyndall, Brett B. Palm, Qiaoyun Peng, Joel A. Thornton, Wade Permar, Catherine Wielgasz, Lu Hu, Roger D. Ottmar, Joseph Restaino, Andrew T. Hudak, I-Ting Ku, Yong Zhou, Barkley C. Sive, Amy Sullivan, Jeffrey L. Collett. 2020. Emissions of reactive nitrogen from Western U.S. wildfires during summer 2018
Andrew T. Hudak, Akira Kato, Benjamin C. Bright, E. Louise Loudermilk, Christie Hawley, Joseph Restaino, Roger D. Ottmar, Gabriel A. Prata, Carlos Cabo, Susan J. Prichard, Eric M. Rowell, David R. Weise. 2020. Towards spatially explicit quantification of pre- and postfire fuels and fuel consumption from traditional and point cloud measurements
Joseph Restaino, N. K. Scharko, A. M. Oeck, T. L. Myers, R. G. Tonkyn, C. A. Banach, S. P. Baker, Emily N. Lincoln, Joey Chong, Bonni M. Corcoran, Gloria M. Burke, Roger D. Ottmar, David R. Weise, T. J. Johnson. 2019. Gas-phase pyrolysis products emitted by prescribed fires in pine forests with a shrub understory in the southeastern United States
Adam Kochanski, Kirk R. Baker, William E. Mell, Rodman Linn, Ronan Paugam, Yongqiang Liu, Jan Mandel, Aime Fournier, Mary Ann Jenkins, Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier, Fengjun Zhao, Roger D. Ottmar, Nancy H. F. French, Narasimhan Larkin, Timothy Brown, Andrew T. Hudak, Matthew B. Dickinson, Brian Potter, Craig Clements, Shawn P. Urbanski, Susan Prichard, Adam Watts, Derek McNamara. 2019. Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems
Susan J. Prichard, Anne G. Andreu, Roger D. Ottmar, Ellen Eberhardt. 2019. Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS) field sampling and fuelbed development guide
Kathleen M. Navarro, Michael T. Kleinman, Chris E. Mackay, Timothy E. Reinhardt, John R. Balmes, George A. Broyles, Roger D. Ottmar, Luke P. Naher, Joseph W. Domitrovich. 2019. Wildland firefighter smoke exposure and risk of lung cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality
Craig B. Clements, Adam K. Kochanski, Daisuke Seto, Braniff Davis, Christopher Camacho, Neil P. Lareau, Jonathan Contezac, Joseph Restaino, Warren E. E. Heilman, Steven K. Krueger, Bret W. Butler, Roger D. Ottmar, Robert Vihnanek, James Flynn, Jean-Baptiste Filippi, Toussaint Barboni, Dianne E. Hall, Jan Mandel, Mary Ann Jenkins, Joseph J. O'Brien, Ben Hornsby, Casey Teske. 2019. The FireFlux II experiment: a model-guided field experiment to improve understanding of fire-atmosphere interactions and fire spread
Susan Prichard, Sim Larkin, Roger D. Ottmar, Nancy H.F. French, Kirk Baker, Tim Brown, Craig Clements, Matthew B. Dickinson, Andrew T. Hudak, Adam Kochanski, Rod Linn, Yongqiang Liu, Brian Potter, William E. Mell, Danielle Tanzer, Shawn P. Urbanski, Adam Watts. 2019. The fire and smoke model evaluation experiment—a plan for integrated, large fire–atmosphere field campaigns
David R. Weise, Thomas H. Fletcher, Timothy J. Johnson, WeiMin M. Hao, Mark A. Dietenberger, Marko Princevac, Bret W. Butler, Sara S. McAllister, Joseph J. O'Brien, E. Louise Loudermilk, Roger D. Ottmar, Andrew T. Hudak, Akira Kato, Babak Shotorban, Shankar Mahalingam, William E. Mell. 2018. A project to measure and model pyrolysis to improve prediction of prescribed fire behavior
Yongqiang Liu, Adam Kochanski, Kirk Baker, Ruddy Mell, Rodman Linn, Ronan Paugam, Jan Mandel, Aime Fournier, Mary Ann Jenkins, Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier, Andrew T. Hudak, Matthew Dickson, Brian Potter, Craig Clements, Shawn P. Urbanski, Roger D. Ottmar, Narasimhan Larkin, Timothy Brown, Nancy French, Susan Prichard, Adam Watts, Derek McNamara. 2017. Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE): Modeling gaps and data needs
Andrew T. Hudak, Matthew B. Dickinson, Benjamin C. Bright, Robert L. Kremens, E. Louise Loudermilk, Joseph J. O'Brien, Ben Hornsby, Roger D. Ottmar. 2016. Measurements relating fire radiative energy density and surface fuel consumption - RxCADRE 2011 and 2012
Olorunfemi Adetona, Timothy E. Reinhardt, Joe Domitrovich, George Broyles, Anna M. Adetona, Michael T. Kleinman, Roger D. Ottmar, Luke P. Naeher. 2016. Review of the health effects of wildland fire smoke on wildland firefighters and the public
Joshua C. Hyde, Jarod Blades, Troy Hall, Roger D. Ottmar, Alistair Smith. 2016. Smoke management photographic guide: a visual aid for communicating impacts
Paul A. Werth, Brian Potter, Martin E. Alexander, Craig B. Clements, Miguel G. Cruz, Mark A. Finney, Jason M. Forthofer, Scott Goodrick, Chad Hoffman, W. Matt Jolly, Sara S. McAllister, Roger D. Ottmar, Russell A. Parsons. 2016. Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume 2 for fire behavior specialists, researchers, and meteorologists
Roger D. Ottmar, Andrew T. Hudak, Susan J. Prichard, Clinton Wright, Joseph Restaino, Maureen C. Kennedy, Robert E. Vihnanek. 2016. Pre-fire and post-fire surface fuel and cover measurements collected in the southeastern United States for model evaluation and development - RxCADRE 2008, 2011 and 2012
Eric M. Rowell, Carl A. Seielstad, Roger D. Ottmar. 2016. Development and validation of fuel height models for terrestrial lidar - RxCADRE 2012
Joseph J. O’Brien, E. Louise Loudermilk, Benjamin Hornsby, Andrew T. Hudak, Benjamin C. Bright, Matthew B. Dickinson, J. Kevin Hiers, Casey Teske, Roger D. Ottmar. 2016. High-resolution infrared thermography for capturing wildland fire behaviour - RxCADRE 2012
Roger D. Ottmar, J. Kevin Hiers, Bret W. Butler, Craig B. Clements, Matthew B. Dickinson, Andrew T. Hudak, Joseph J. O'Brien, Brian Potter, Eric M. Rowell, Tara Strand, Thomas J. Zajkowski. 2016. Measurements, datasets and preliminary results from the RxCADRE project-2008, 2011 and 2012
Roger D. Ottmar, Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Aika Y. Davis, Gary Achtemeier, Brian Gullett, Johanna Aurell, William Stevens, Roby Greenwald, Yongtao Hu, Armistead Russell, J. Kevin Hiers, M. Talat. Odman. 2015. Fire emission uncertainties and their effect on smoke dispersion predictions: a case study at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA
Robert E. Keane, Jason Herynk, Chris Toney, Shawn P. Urbanski, Duncan C. Lutes, Roger D. Ottmar. 2015. Assessing three fuel classification systems and their maps using Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) surface fuel measurements
C.B. Clements, B. Davis, D. Seto, J. Contezac, A. Kochanski, J.-B. Fillipi, N. Lareau, B. Barboni, B. Butler, S. Krueger, Roger D. Ottmar, Bob Vihnanek, Warren E. E. Heilman, J. Flynn, M.A. Jenkins, J. Mandel, C. Teske, D. Jimenez, J. O'Brien, B. Lefer. 2014. Overview of the 2013 FireFlux II grass fire field experiment
Nancy H.F. French, Donald McKenzie, Tyler Erickson, Benjamin Koziol, Michael Billmire, K. Endsley, Naomi K.Y. Scheinerman, Liza Jenkins, Mary E. Miller, Roger D. Ottmar, Susan Prichard. 2014. Modeling regional-scale wildland fire emissions with the wildland fire emissions information system
M. Lucrecia Pettinari, Roger D. Ottmar, Susan J. Prichard, Anne G. Andreu, Emilio Chuvieco. 2014. Development and mapping of fuel characteristics and associated fire potentials for South America
Susan J. Prichard, Eva C. Karau, Roger D. Ottmar, Maureen C. Kennedy, James Cronan, Clinton Wright, Robert E. Keane. 2014. Evaluation of the CONSUME and FOFEM fuel consumption models in pine and mixed hardwood forests of the eastern United States
Andrew T. Hudak, Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Clinton Wright. 2014. Relationship of post-fire ground cover to surface fuel loads and consumption in longleaf pine ecosystems
Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Clinton Wright, Andrew T. Hudak. 2014. Ground measurements of fuel and fuel consumption from experimental and operational prescribed fires at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida
Jesse K. Kreye, Nolan W. Brewer, Penelope Morgan, J. Morgan Varner, Alistair M.S. Smith, Chad M. Hoffman, Roger D. Ottmar. 2014. Fire behavior in masticated fuels: a review
Roger D. Ottmar. 2014. Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Modeling fuel consumption
Susan J. Prichard, David V. Sandberg, Roger D. Ottmar, Ellen Eberhardt, Anne Andreu, Paige Eagle, Kjell Swedin. 2013. Fuel Characteristic Classification System version 3.0: technical documentation
Wilfrid Schroeder, Evan Ellicott, Charles Ichoku, Luke Ellison, Matthew B. Dickinson, Roger D. Ottmar, Craig Clements, Dianne Hall, Vincent Ambrosia, Robert Kremens. 2013. Integrated active fire retrievals and biomass burning emissions using complementary near-coincident ground, airborne and spaceborne sensor data
Robert E. Keane, Jason Herynk, Chris Toney, Shawn P. Urbanski, Duncan C. Lutes, Roger D. Ottmar. 2013. Evaluating the performance and mapping of three fuel classification systems using Forest Inventory and Analysis surface fuel measurements
Andrew T. Hudak, Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Nolan W. Brewer, Alistair M. S. Smith, Penelope Morgan. 2013. The relationship of post-fire white ash cover to surface fuel consumption
Nolan W. Brewer, Alistair M.S. Smith, Jeffery A. Hatten, Philip E. Higuera, Andrew T. Hudak, Roger D. Ottmar, Wade Tinkham. 2013. Fuel moisture influences on fire-altered carbon in masticated fuels: An experimental study
Anna M. Hejl, Roger D. Ottmar, G. Timothy Jannik, Teresa P. Eddy, Stephen I. Rathbun, Adwoa A. Commodore, John Pearce, Luke P. Naeler. 2013. Radionuclide activity concentrations in forest surface fuels at the Savannah River site
Bret W. Butler, Roger D. Ottmar, T.S. Rupp, R. Jandt, E. Miller, K. Howard, R. Schmoll, S. Theisen, R.E. Vihnanek, D. Jimenez. 2013. Quantifying the effect of fuel reduction treatments on fire behavior in boreal forests
David Frankman, Brent W. Webb, Bret W. Butler, Daniel Jimenez, Jason M. Forthofer, Paul A. Sopko, Kyle S. Shannon, J. Kevin Hiers, Roger D. Ottmar. 2012. Measurements of convective and radiative heating in wildland fires
Joshua D. Hyde, Alistair Smith, Roger D. Ottmar. 2012. Properties affecting the consumption of sound and rotten coarse woody debris in northern Idaho: a preliminary investigation using laboratory fires
Roger D. Ottmar, Susan J. Prichard. 2012. Fuel treatment effectiveness in forests of the upper Atlantic Coastal Plain—an evaluation at two spatial scales
Roger D. Ottmar, John I. Blake, William T. Crolly. 2012. Using fine-scale fuel measurements to assess wildland fuels, potential fire behavior and hazard mitigation treatments in the southeastern USA
Nancy H.F. French, Roger D. Ottmar, Donald McKenzie. 2012. National database for calculating fuel available to wildfires
Anne G. Andreu, Dan Shea, Bernard Parresol, Roger D. Ottmar. 2012. Evaluating fuel complexes for fire hazard mitigation planning in the southeastern United States
LaWen Hollingsworth, Laurie Kurth, Bernard Parresol, Roger D. Ottmar, Susan J. Prichard. 2012. A comparison of geospatially modeled fire behavior and fire management utility of three data sources in the southeastern United States
Joshua C. Hyde, Alistair M.S. Smith, Roger D. Ottmar, Ernesto C. Alvarado, Penelope Morgan. 2011. The combustion of sound and rotten coarse woody debris: a review
Nancy H.F. French, William J. de Groot, Liza K. Jenkins, Brendan M. Rogers, Ernesto Alvarado, Brian Amiro, Bernardus De Jong, Scott Goetz, Elizabeth Hoy, Edward Hyer, Robert E. Keane, B.E. Law, Donald McKenzie, Steven G. McNulty, Roger D. Ottmar, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, James Randerson, Kevin M. Robertson, Merritt Turetsky. 2011. Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire
Sarah A. Lewis, Andrew T. Hudak, Roger D. Ottmar, Pete R. Robichaud, Leigh B. Lentile, Sharon M. Hood, James Cronan, Penny Morgan. 2011. Using hyperspectral imagery to estimate forest floor consumption from wildfire in boreal forests of Alaska, USA
Merritt R. Turetsky, Evan S. Kane, Jennifer W. Harden, Roger D. Ottmar, Kristen L. Maines, Elizabeth Hoy, Eric S. Kasischke. 2010. Recent acceleration of biomass burning and carbon losses in Alaskan forests and peatlands
J.J. Hollis, S. Matthews, Roger D. Ottmar, S.J. Prichard, S. Slijepcevic, N.D. Burrows, B. Ward, K.G. Tolhurst, W.R. Anderson, J S. Gould. 2010. Testing woody fuel consumption models for application in Australian southern eucalypt forest fires
Clinton Wright, Roger D. Ottmar, Bob Vihnanek. 2010. Critique of Sikkink and Keane's comparison of surface fuel sampling techniques
Dan M. Jimenez, Bret W. Butler, K. Hiers, Roger D. Ottmar, Matthew B. Dickinson, R. Kremens, Joseph J. O'Brien, Andrew T. Hudak, C. Clements. 2009. Rx-CADRE (Prescribed Fire Combustion-Atmospheric Dynamics Research Experiments) collaborative research in the core fire sciences
Robert E. Vihnanek, Cameron S. Balog, Clinton Wright, Roger D. Ottmar, Jeffrey W. Kelly. 2009. Stereo photo series for quantifying natural fuels. Volume XII: Post-hurricane fuels in forests of the Southeast United States.
Roger D. Ottmar, Clinton Wright, Susan J. Prichard. 2009. A suite of fire, fuels, and smoke management tools
Roger D. Ottmar, Ana Isabel Miranda, David V. Sandberg. 2009. Characterizing sources of emissions from wildland fires
Jorge E. Morfin-Rios, Ernesto Alvarado-Celestino, Enrique J. Jardel-Pelaez, Robert E. Vihnanek, David K. Wright, Jose M. Michel-Fuentes, Clinton Wright, Roger D. Ottmar, David V. Sandberg, Andres Najera-Diaz. 2008. Photo series for quantifying forest fuels in Mexico: montane subtropical forests of the Sierra Madre del Sur and temperate forests and montane shrubland of the northern Sierra Madre Oriental
Jack D. Alexander III, Jean Findley, Brenda K. Kury, Jan L. Beyers, Douglas S. Cram, Terrell T. Baker, Jon C. Boren, Carl Edminster, Sue A. Ferguson, Steven McKay, David E. Nagel, Trent Piepho, Miriam Rorig, Casey Anderson, Jeanne Hoadley, Paulette L. Ford, Mark C. Andersen, Ed L. Fredrickson, Joe Truett, Gary W. Roemer, Brenda K. Kury, Jennifer Vollmer, Christine L. May, Danny C. Lee, James Menakis, Robert E. Keane, Zhi-Liang Zhu, Carol L. Miller, Brett H. Davis, Katharine Gray, Ken Mix, William P. Kuvlesky Jr., D. Lynn Drawe, Marcia G. Narog, Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Clinton S. Wright, Timothy Paysen, Burton K. Pendleton, Rosemary L. Pendleton, Carleton S. White, John Rogan, Doug Stow, Janet Franklin, Carol L. Miller, Lisa Levien, Chris Fischer, Emma Underwood, Robert Klinger, Peggy Moore, Clinton Wright. 2008. Poster Session- Extended Abstracts
Eric S. Kasischke, Merritt R. Turetsky, Roger D. Ottmar, Nancy H.F. French, Elizabeth E. Hoy, Evan S. Kane. 2008. Evaluation of the composite burn index for assessing fire severity in Alaskan black spruce forests
Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Clinton Wright. 2007. Stereo photo series for quantifying natural fuels Volume X: sagebrush with grass and ponderosa pine-juniper types in central Montana.
Roger D. Ottmar, Robert E. Vihnanek, Clinton Wright, Geoffrey B. Seymour. 2007. Stereo photo series for quantifying natural fuels Volume IX: oak/juniper in southern Arizona and New Mexico.
Andrew Youngblood, Clinton Wright, Roger D. Ottmar, James D. McIver. 2007. Changes in fuelbed characteristics and resulting fire potentials after fuel reduction treatments in dry forests of the Blue Mountains, northeastern Oregon
L. Lentile, P. Morgan, Colin C. Hardy, Andrew T. Hudak, R. Means, Roger D. Ottmar, Pete R. Robichaud, Elaine K. Sutherland, J. Szymoniak, F. Way, J. Fites-Kaufman, S. Lewis, E. Mathews, H. Shovik, Kevin C. Ryan. 2007. Value and challenges of conducting rapid response research on wildland fires
Cynthia L. Riccardi, Susan J. Prichard, David V. Sandberg, Roger D. Ottmar. 2007. Quantifying physical characteristics of wildland fuels using the fuel characteristic classification system.
J.M. Varner, J.K. Hiers, Roger D. Ottmar, D.R. Gordon, F.E. Putz, D.D. Wade. 2007. Overstory tree mortality resulting from reintroducing fire to long-unburned longleaf poine forests: the importance of duff moisture.
Cynthia L. Riccardi, Roger D. Ottmar, David V. Sandberg, Anne Andreu, Ella Elman, Karen Kopper, Jennifer Long. 2007. The fuelbed: a key element of the Fuel Characteristic Classification System.
Roger D. Ottmar, David V. Sandberg, Cynthia L. Riccardi, Susan J. Prichard. 2007. An overview of the fuel characteristic classification system—quantifying, classifying, and creating fuelbeds for resource planning.
Leigh Lentile, Penny Morgan, Colin C. Hardy, Andrew T. Hudak, Robert Means, Roger D. Ottmar, Pete R. Robichaud, Elaine K. Sutherland, Frederick Way, Sarah A. Lewis. 2007. Lessons learned from Rapid Response Research on wildland fires
Bernard Parresol, Dan Shea, Roger D. Ottmar. 2006. Creating a fuels baseline and establishing fire frequency relationships to develop a landscape management strategy at the Savannah River Site
J.D. McIver, Roger D. Ottmar. 2006. Fuel mass and stand structure after post-fire logging of a severely burned ponderosa pine forest in northeastern Oregon.
Roger D. Ottmar, Ernesto Alvarado. 2004. Linking vegetation patterns to potential smoke production and fire hazard
J.W. Harden, J.C. Neff, D.V. Sandberg, M.R. Turetsky, Roger D. Ottmar, G. Gleixner, T.L. Fries, K.L. Manies. 2004. Chemistry of burning the forest floor during the FROSTFIRE experimental burn, interior Alaska, 1999.
Roger D. Ottmar, Clinton Wright. 2002. Characterizing fuels in treated areas.
David V. Sandberg, Roger D. Ottmar, Janice L. Peterson. 2002. Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on air
Sue A. Ferguson, Julia E. Ruthford, Steven J. McKay, David K. Wright, Clinton Wright, Roger D. Ottmar. 2002. Measuring moisture dynamics to predict fire severity in longleaf pine forests.
Roger D. Ottmar, R.E. Vihnanek, H.S. Miranda, M.N. Sata, S.M. Andrade. 2001. Stereo photo series for quantifying cerrado fuels in Central Brazil - volume I.
Colin C. Hardy, Roger D. Ottmar, Janice L Peterson, John E. Core, Paula Seamon. 2001. Smoke management guide for prescribed and wildland fire: 2001 edition.
David Sandberg, Roger D. Ottmar, Geoffrey H. Cushon. 2001. Characterizing fuels in the 21st century.
Timothy E. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar. 2000. Smoke exposure at western wildfires.
Timothy E. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar, Andrew J.S. Hanneman. 2000. Smoke exposure among firefighters at prescribed burns in the Pacific Northwest.
Tim E. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar, Michael J. Hallett. 1999. Guide to monitoring smoke exposure of wildland firefighters.
David V. Sandberg, Colin C. Hardy, Roger D. Ottmar, J.A. Kendall Snell, Ann Acheson, Janice L. Peterson, Paula Seamon, Peter Lahm, Dale Wade. 1999. National strategic plan: modeling and data systems for wildland fire and air quality.
Timothy E. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar. 1997. Smoke exposure among wildland firefighters: a review and discussion of current literature.
Roger D. Ottmar, Mark D. Schaaf, Ernesto Alvarado. 1996. Smoke considerations for using fire in maintaining healthy forest ecosystems
Frank A. Albini, James K. Brown, Elizabeth D. Reinhardt, Roger D. Ottmar. 1995. Calibration of a large fuel burnout model
Mark H. Huff, Roger D. Ottmar, Ernesto Alvarado, Robert E. Vihnanek, John F. Lehmkuhl, Paul F. Hessburg, Richard L. Everett. 1995. Historical and current forest landscapes in eastern Oregon and Washington Part II: Linking vegetation characteristics to potential fire behavior and related smoke production.
J.F. Lehmkuhl, P.F. Hessburg, R.L. Everett, M.H. Huff, Roger D. Ottmar. 1994. Historical and current forest landscapes of eastern Oregon and Washington Part I: Vegetation pattern and insect and disease hazards.
Roger D. Ottmar, M.F. Burns, J.N. Hall, A.D. Hanson. 1993. CONSUME: users guide.
Lloyd Swift, K.J. Elliott, Roger D. Ottmar, R.E. Vihnanek. 1993. Site preparation burning to improve southern Appalachian pine-hardwood stands: fire characteristics and soil erosion, moisture, and temperature
R.W. Mutch, S.F. Arno, J.K. Brown, C.E. Carlson, Roger D. Ottmar, J.L. Peterson. 1993. Forest health in the Blue Mountains: a management strategy for fire-adapted ecosystems.
Roger D. Ottmar, Colin C. Hardy, Robert E. Vihnanek. 1990. Stereo photo series for quantifying forest residues in the Douglas-Fir-Hemlock type of the Willamette National Forest.
Susan N. Little, Roger D. Ottmar, Janet Ohmann. 1986. Predicting duff consumption from prescribed burns on conifer clearcuts in western Oregon and western Washington.
Roger D. Ottmar, David V. Sandberg. 1985. Calculating moisture content for 1000-hour timelag fuels in western Washington and western Oregon.

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University of Idaho, Honorary Doctorate, Natural Resources, 2008
University of Washington, M.S., Atmospheric Science, 1980
University of Washington, B.S., Atmospheric Science, 1977
Eastern Washington State College, B.A., Secondary Education/Geology, 1973

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