Susan O'Neill, PhD
Treesearch Publications
- Zongrun Li, Susan O'Neill, Rime El Asmar, Yongtao Hu, Adam K. Kochanski, Angel Farguell, Jan Mandel, David J. Tanner, L. Gregory Huey, Armistead G. Russell, Rodney J. Weber, M. Talat Odman. 2026. An investigation of corrective approaches for uncertain winds and analysis of impacts on smoke model performance
- Rime El Asmar, Zongrun Li, Haofei Yu, Susan O'Neill, David J. Tanner, L. Gregory Huey, M. Talat Odman, Rodney J. Weber. 2025. Formation of ozone and PM 2.5 in smoke from prescribed burning in the southeastern United States
- Rime El Asmar, Zongrun Li, David J. Tanner, Yongtao Hu, Susan O'Neill, L. Gregory Huey, M. Talat Odman, Rodney J. Weber. 2024. A multi-site passive approach to studying the emissions and evolution of smoke from prescribed fires
- Sean Raffuse, Susan O'Neill, Rebecca Schmidt. 2024. A model for rapid PM2.5 exposure estimates in wildfire conditions using routinely available data: rapidfire v0.1.3
- Susan O'Neill, Peng Xian, Johannes Flemming, Martin Cope, Alexander Baklanov, Sim Larkin, Joseph Vaughan, Daniel Tong, Rosie Howard, Roland Stull, Didier Davignon, Ravan Ahmadov, Mehmet Odman, John Innis, Merched Azzi, Christopher Gan, Radenko Pavlovic, Boon Ning Chew, Jeffrey S. Reid, Edward J. Hyer, Zak Kipling, Angela Benedetti, Peter R. Colarco, Arlindo Da Silva, Taichu Tanaka, Jeffrey McQueen, Partha Bhattacharjee, Jonathan Guth, Nicole Asencio, Oriol Jorba, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Rostislav Kouznetsov, Mikhail Sofiev, Melissa E. Brooks, Jack Chen, Eric James, Fabienne Reisen, Alan Wain, Kerryn McTaggart, Angus MacNeil. 2024. Profiles of operational and research forecasting of smoke and air quality around the world
- Christopher G. Nolte, J. Jason West, Michelle L. Bell, Arlene M. Fiore, Panos G. Georgopoulos, Jeremy J. Hess, Loretta J. Mickley, Susan O'Neill, Jeffrey R. Pierce, Robert W. Pinder, Sally Pusede, Drew T. Shindell, Sacoby M. Wilson. 2023. Fifth National Climate Assessment: Chapter 14 - Air Quality
- Zongrun Li, Kamal J. Maji, Yongtao Hu, Ambarish Vaidyanathan, Susan O'Neill, M. Talat Odman, Armistead G. Russell. 2023. An analysis of prescribed fire activities and emissions in the southeastern United States from 2013 to 2020
- Shawn P. Urbanski, Susan O'Neill, Amara L. Holder, Sarah A. Green, Rick L. Graw. 2022. Emissions
- Megan M. Bela, Natalie Kille, S. A. McKeen, J. Romero‐Alvarez, R. Ahmadov, E. James, G. Pereira, C. Schmidt, R. B. Pierce, Susan O'Neill, X. Zhang, S. Kondragunta, C. Wiedinmyer, Rainer Volkamer. 2022. Quantifying carbon monoxide emissions on the scale of large wildfires
- Tracey Holloway, Daegan Miller, Susan Anenberg, Minghui Diao, Bryan Duncan, Arlene M. Fiore, Daven K. Henze, Jeremy Hess, Patrick L. Kinney, Yang Liu, Jessica L. Neu, Susan O'Neill, M. Talat Odman, R. Bradley Pierce, Armistead G. Russell, Daniel Tong, J. Jason West, Mark A. Zondlo. 2021. Satellite monitoring for air quality and health
- Ran Huang, Raj Lal, Momei Qin, Yongtao Hu, Armistead G. Russell, M. Talat Odman, Sadia Afrin, Fernando Garcia-Menendez, Susan O'Neill. 2021. Application and evaluation of a low-cost PM sensor and data fusion with CMAQ simulations to quantify the impacts of prescribed burning on air quality in Southwestern Georgia, USA
- Susan O'Neill, Minghui Diao, Sean Raffuse, Mohammad Al-Hamdan, Muhammad Barik, Yiqin Jia, Steve Reid, Yufei Zou, Daniel Tong, J. Jason West, Joseph Wilkins, Amy Marsha, Frank Freedman, Jason Vargo, Sim Larkin, Ernesto Alvarado, Patti Loesche. 2021. A multi-analysis approach for estimating regional health impacts from the 2017 Northern California wildfires
- Susan Prichard, Susan O'Neill, Paige Eagle, Anne Andreu, Brian Drye, Joe Dubowey, Shawn P. Urbanski, Tara Strand. 2020. Wildland fire emission factors in North America: synthesis of existing data, measurement needs and management applications
- Suman Majumder, Yawen Guan, Brian J. Reich, Susan O'Neill, Ana G. Rappold. 2020. Statistical downscaling with spatial misalignment: application to wildland fire PM 2.5 concentration forecasting
- Sean Mueller, Leland Tarnay, Susan O'Neill, Sean Raffuse. 2020. Apportioning smoke impacts of 2018 wildfires on Eastern Sierra Nevada Sites
- Stephanie E. Cleland, J. Jason West, Yiqin Jia, Stephen Reid, Sean Raffuse, Susan O'Neill, Marc L. Serre. 2020. Estimating wildfire smoke concentrations during the October 2017 California fires through BME space/time data fusion of observed, modeled, and satellite-derived PM2.5
- Daniel A. Jaffe, Susan O'Neill, Sim Larkin, Amara L. Holder, David L. Peterson, Jessica Halofsky, Ana G. Rappold. 2020. Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States
- Minghui Diao, Tracey Holloway, Seohyun Choi, Susan O'Neill, Mohammad Z. Al-Hamdan, Aaron Van Donkelaar, Randall V Martin, Xiaomeng Jin, Arlene M. Fiore, Daven K. Henze, Forrest Lacey, Patrick L. Kinney, Frank Freedman, Sim Larkin, Yufei Zou, James T. Kelly, Ambarish Vaidyanathan. 2019. Methods, availability, and applications of PM2.5 exposure estimates derived from ground measurements, satellite, and atmospheric models
- Colton Miller, Susan O'Neill, Miriam Rorig, Ernesto Alvarado. 2019. Air-quality challenges of prescribed fire in the complex terrain and wildland urban interface surrounding Bend, Oregon
- Yufei Zou, Susan O'Neill, Sim Larkin, Ernesto C. Alvarado, Robert Solomon, Clifford Mass, Yang Liu, M. Talat Odman, Huizhong Shen. 2019. Machine learning-based integration of high-resolution wildfire smoke simulations and observations for regional health impact assessment
- Luxi Zhou, Kirk R. Baker, Sergey L. Napelenok, George Pouliot, Robert Elleman, Susan O'Neill, Shawn P. Urbanski, David C. Wong. 2018. Modeling crop residue burning experiments to evaluate smoke emissions and plume transport
- Susan O'Neill, Shawn P. Urbanski, Scott Goodrick, Sim Larkin. 2017. Smoke plumes: Emissions and effects
- A. L. Holder, B. K. Gullett, Shawn P. Urbanski, R. Elleman, Susan O'Neill, D. Tabor, W. Mitchell, K. R. Baker. 2017. Emissions from prescribed burning of agricultural fields in the Pacific Northwest
- Kathleen M. Navarro, Ricardo Cisneros, Susan O'Neill, Don Schweizer, Sim Larkin, John R. Balmes. 2016. Air-quality impacts and intake fraction of PM2.5 during the 2013 Rim Megafire
- Tara Strand, Brian Gullett, Shawn P. Urbanski, Susan O'Neill, Brian Potter, Johanna Aurell, Amara Holder, Narasimhan Larkin, Mark Moore, Miriam Rorig. 2016. Grassland and forest understorey biomass emissions from prescribed fires in the southeastern United States - RxCADRE 2012
- Susan O'Neill, Peter W. Lahm, Mark J. Fitch, Mike Broughton. 2013. Summary and analysis of approaches linking visual range, PM 2.5 concentrations, and air quality health impact indices for wildfires
- J. Chen, J. Avise, B. Lamb, E. Salathé, C. Mass, A. Guenther, C. Wiedinmyer, J.-F Lamarque, Susan O'Neill, D. McKenzie, Sim Larkin. 2009. The effects of global changes upon regional ozone pollution in the United States
- Christine Wiedinmyer, Brad Quayle, Chris Geron, Angie Belote, Don McKenzie, Xiaoyang Zhang, Susan O'Neill, Kristina Klos. Wynne. 2006. Estimating emissions from fires in North America for air quality modeling
- Donald McKenzie, Susan O'Neill, N. Larkin, R.A. Norheim. 2006. Integrating models to predict regional haze from wildland fire.
Citations of Non-Forest Service Publications
- Larkin, N.K., S.M. O'Neill, R. Solomon, S. Raffuse, T. Strand, D. Sullivan, C. Krull, M. Rorig, J. Peterson, S.A. Ferguson (2009). The BlueSky smoke modeling framework. Inter. J. Wildland Fire, 18, 906-920.
- O’Neill, S.M., P. Lahm, J.A. Matthews (2011). Basic Smoke Management Practices. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Technical Note. ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/AIR/smoke/BasicSmokeManagementPractices.pdf
- Barna, M. B., B. K. Lamb, S.M. O’Neill, H. Westberg, C. Figueroa-Kaminsky, S. Otterson, C. Bowman, J. DeMay (2000). Modeling Ozone Formation and Transport in the Cascadia Region of the Pacific Northwest, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39, 349-366.
- O’Neill, S.M., N.K. Larkin, J. Hoadley, G. Mills, J.K. Vaughan, R. Draxler, G. Rolph, M. Ruminski, S.A. Ferguson (2009). Regional Real-Time Smoke Prediction Systems. Book Chapter in Wildland Fires and Air Pollution, Developments in Environmental Science, vol. 8, edited by A. Bytnerowicz et al., pp 499-534, Elsevier B.V., Oxford, U.K. https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/34280
- Chen J., J. Vaughan, J. Avise, S. O'Neill, B. Lamb (2008) Enhancement and evaluation of the AIRPACT ozone and PM2.5 forecast system for the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Geophysical Research 113, D14305, doi:10.1029/2007JD009554.
- O’Neill, S.M., B.K. Lamb, J. Chen, C. Claiborn, D. Finn, S. Otterson, C. Figueroa, C. Bowman, M. Boyer, R. Wilson, J. Arnold, S. Aalbers, J. Stocum, C. Swab, M. Stoll, M. DuBois, M. Anderson (2006). Modeling Ozone and Aerosol Formation and Transport in the Pacific Northwest with the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) Modeling System. Environmental Science and Technology, 40, 1286-1299.
- O’Neill, S.M., B.K. Lamb (2005). Inter-comparison of the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model and CALGRID using Process Analysis. Environmental Science and Technology, 39 (15), 5742-5753.
- Peterson, H.G., T. Donovan, S.M. O’Neill, B.K. Lamb (2003). Peak Concentrations and Plume Diffusion in the Atmospheric Surface Layer. Intermountain Journal of Sciences, Volume 9, No. 2/3:87-100, September 2003.
- Peterson, H.G., D. Mazzolini, S.M. O’Neill, B.K. Lamb (1999). Instantaneous Spread of Plumes in the Surface Layer, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, 343-352.
- Villasenor, R., C. Claiborn, B. K. Lamb, S.M. O’Neill (2001). Mesoscale Modeling of Wintertime Particulate Matter Episodes in Eastern Washington, USA. Atmospheric Environment, Volume 35, Issue 36, December 2001, 6479 – 6491.
- Weaver, C.P., Liang, X.-Z., Zhu, J., Adams, P.J., Amar, P., Avise, J., Caughey, M., Chen, J., Cohen, R.C., Cooter, E., Dawson, J.P., Gilliam, R., Gilliland, A., Goldstein, A.H., Grambsch, A., Grano, D., Guenther, A.B., Gustafson, W.I., Harley, R., He, S., Hemming, B., Hogrefe, C., Huang, H.-C., Hunt, S.W., Jacob, D.J., Kinney, P.L., Kunkel, K., Lamarque, J.-F., Lamb, B., Larkin, N.K., Leung, L.R., Liao, K.-J., Lin, J.-T., Lynn, B.H., Manomai phi boon, K., Mass, C., McKenzie, D., Mickley, L.J., O’Neill, S.M., Nolte, C., Pandis, S.N., Racherla, P.N., Rosenzweig, C., Russell, A.G., Salathé, E., Steiner, A.L., Tagaris, E., Tao, Z., Tonse, S., Wiedinmyer, C., Williams, A., Winner, D.A., Woo, J.-H., Wu, S., Wuebbles, D.J. (2009): A preliminary synthesis of modeled climate change impacts on U.S. regional ozone concentrations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, 1843-1863, 10.1175/2009BAMS2568.1.
- O’Neill, S., and S. Raffuse. 2021. Advances in satellite data for wildfire smoke forecasting, Eos, 102, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EO155076. Published on 26 February 2021.
- Lindley, T. T., C. M. Gravelle, S. M. O’Neill, D. C. Daily, W. Schroeder, S. Triplett, C. Belongie, B. Gardunio, and C. Thompson, 2020: Report on satellite technology requirements for wildland fire services in the CONUS. Satellite Data Task Team, Fire Environment Committee, National Wildfire Coordinating Group. https://fs-prod-nwcg.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2023-06/fenc-satellite-data-task-team-final-report.pdf
- Washington State University, Ph.D., Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, 2002
- Montana Tech of the University of Montana, M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1996
Last updated March 10, 2026