Table 1 Confusion matrices for comparing observed and modeled injection behavior counts.

From: Heat flux assumptions contribute to overestimation of wildfire smoke injection into the free troposphere

HRRR-Smoke against HRRR-Smoke PBL

 

Non-injection forecasted

Injection forecasted

Total

Non-injection observed

TN = 2

FP = 24

26

Injection observed

FN = 0

TP = 17

17

Total

2

41

43

HRRR-Smoke against DIAL-HSRL PBL

 

Non-injection forecasted

Injection forecasted

Total

Non-injection observed

TN = 9

FP = 17

26

Injection observed

FN = 3

TP = 14

17

Total

12

31

43

WRF-Chem against WRF-Chem PBL

 

Non-injection forecasted

Injection forecasted

Total

Non-injection observed

TN = 9

FP = 24

33

Injection observed

FN = 1

TP = 17

18

Total

10

41

51

WRF-Chem against DIAL-HSRL PBL

 

Non-injection forecasted

Injection forecasted

Total

Non-injection observed

TN = 20

FP = 13

33

Injection observed

FN = 2

TP = 16

18

Total

21

30

51

  1. Counts of injection behavior are shown for HRRR-Smoke using the HRRR-Smoke PBL height to evaluate injection, HRRR-Smoke using the DIAL-HSRL PBL height to evaluate injection, WRF-Chem using the WRF-Chem PBL height to evaluate injection, and WRF-Chem when the DIAL-HSRL PBL height is used to evaluate injection. Columns are labeled with forecasted plume behavior and rows are labeled with observed plume behavior. TN stands for true negative, where non-injection was forecasted and observed. Similarly, TP stands for true positive. FN stands for false negative, where injection was not forecast but did occur. FP stands for false positive, where injection was forecast but did not occur. HRRR-Smoke has fewer total cases than WRF-Chem due to certain fires missing in the model (see “Methods”, Sampling Method).