USGS scientist preparing a UAS mounted emissions sampler at the annual grassland burns at Konza Prairie Biological Station

USGS scientist Joe Adams preparing a UAS mounted EPA Kolibri emissions sampler at the annual grassland burns at Konza Prairie Biological Station

In April and September of 2021, NUSO scientists supported wildfire smoke emission research by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center, by flying a gas and particle sampling payload during the annual grassland burns at Konza Prairie Biological Station in the Flint Hills grasslands of Kansas.