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This webinar is part of the ABoVE Northwest Territories-focus webinar series.
Person: Billmire, Vander Bilt
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: NWT - Northwest Territories, ABoVE - NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment, carbon storage, boreal peatlands, extreme drought, wildfire, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System, CanFIRE
Yakutia (Eastern Siberia) is one of the most fire-prone regions of Russia, which is frequently affected by large-scale wildfires despite a relatively short warm period, which usually lasts from May to September. In 2021, Yakutia experienced the worst fire season over the last…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, Siberia, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), air quality, air pollution
Wildfires are well known as annual disasters in Indonesia. More than 3 million ha was burned in the last 5 years. During an extreme event such as in 2019, carbon emissions can cause smog disasters in neighboring countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. Though difficult to…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Indonesia, wildfire, drought, extreme events, burned area, carbon emissions, hotspots, precipitation, dry spells, precipitation anomaly, potential evapotranspiration, correlation
Fire activity has significantly changed in Europe over the last decades (1980–2020s), with the emergence of summers attaining unprecedented fire prone weather conditions. Here we report a significant shift in the non-stationary relationship linking fire weather conditions and…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: global warming, climate change, natural hazards, Europe, CO2 - carbon dioxide, fire intensity, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System, SSR - Seasonal Severity Rating index
Widespread wildfires struck the western United States in 2020, damaging properties and threating human lives. Meanwhile, the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, which disrupted human activities. Here, we investigate the effects of the emissions reductions during the…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: wildfire, emissions reduction, COVID-19, aerosol, greenhouse gases, PM - particulate matter
Smoke from wildfires is a well-recognized public health and safety issue. While there have been extensive efforts to help communities be “smoke ready”, most people would still prefer not to live with weeks of unhealthy air quality during the summer and fall. This webinar will…
Person: Graw
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): California, Northwest
Keywords: air pathways, air quality, wildfires, fuel treatments, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, fuel bed, vegetative strata, AQI - Air Quality Index
The SCIENCEx webinar series brings together scientists and land management experts from across U.S. Forest Service research stations and beyond to explore the latest science and best practices for addressing large natural resource challenges across the country. These webinars…
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Year: 2023
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
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This study investigates the wildfire biomass-burning emission levels during strong El Niño–southern oscillation (ENSO) events of 2010–2011 (characterized by a strong La Niña event) and 2015–2016 (characterized by a strong El Niño event) over the southern African region.…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, wildfires, southern Africa, remote sensing, sea surface temperatures , generalized extreme studentized deviate
Wildfire frequency has increased in the Western US over recent decades, driven by climate change and a legacy of forest management practices. Consequently, human structures, health, and life are increasingly at risk due to wildfires. Furthermore, wildfire smoke presents a…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): California
Keywords: wildfire, air quality, fire arrival, biomass burning, SFIRE, FINN - Fire Inventory of NCAR, wildfire spread
Air pollution is a lethal global threat. To mitigate the effects of air pollution, we must first understand it, find its patterns and correlations, and predict it in advance. Air pollution is highly dependent on spatial and temporal correlations of prior meteorological, wildfire…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Safety, Weather
Region(s): California
Keywords: air pollution, prediction, spatiotemporal modelling, LSTM - long short-term memory, deep convolutional neural network model, PM2.5, PM - particulate matter, remote sensing, satellite imagery, wildfire, heat data, meteorological data, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, TROPOMI - TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Presented by Bret Anderson, Physical Sciences Technician, USFS, WO, Air Resource Management Program
Person: Anderson
Year: 2020
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: smoke forecast, dry thunderstorm, ADI - Atmospheric Dispersion Index, ventilation index, spot forecast, LVORI - Low Visibility Occurrence Risk Index, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, WRF - Weather Research Forecast, injection height
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Person: Mass
Year: 2021
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: Camp Fire, meteorology, wind, Diablo winds, relative humidity, fuel moisture, air temperature, dead fuel moisture
The severity of wildfires is increasing globally. In this study, we used data from the Global Change Observation Mission-Climate/Second-generation Global Imager (GCOM-C/SGLI) to characterize the biomass burning aerosols that are generated by large-scale wildfires. We used data…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: SCALE - Scalable Computing for Advanced Library and Environment, GCOM - Global Change Observation Mission-Climate, SGLI - Second-generation Global Imager, AERONET - Aerosol Robotic Network, radiative transfer models, polarizations
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
We compare 18 years of hourly mesoscale weather (wind and dryness) observations to daily fire emissions across California’s forest and savanna fuels (~80,000 “days of fire”). We find that severe weather and fire…
Person: Murphy
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California
Keywords: wildfire, mesoscale weather, wind, dryness, fuel types, savanna, forest, climate change, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System, VPD - vapor pressure deficit, fire severity
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
The NWS mission is to provide weather data, forecasts, warnings, and decision support services for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. You may be asking yourself, how…
Person: Lukinbeal
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: coordination, air quality, wildfire, health effects, public messaging, forecasting
In this study, we investigated the impact of wildfires on meteorology and air quality (PM2.5 and O3) over the western United States during the September 2017 period. This is done by using Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) to simulate…
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Year: 2022
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: wildfires, meteorology, air quality, PM2.5, PM - particulate matter, O3 - ozone, WRF-Chem, COD - cloud optical depth
Background: The record number of wildfires in the United States in recent years has led to an increased focus on developing tools to accurately forecast their impacts at high spatial and temporal resolutions.
Aims: The Warn-on-Forecast System for Smoke (WoFS-Smoke) was developed…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: data assimilation, ensemble, GOES-R, NWP - numerical weather prediction, probabilistic forecasting, smoke forecasting, weather radar, wildfires, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Global climate change and extreme weather has a profound impact on wildfire, and it is of great importance to explore wildfire patterns in the context of global climate change for wildfire prevention and management. In this paper, a wildfire spatial prediction model based on…
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Year: 2024
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: fire management, GFED - Global Fire Emissions Database, convolutional neural network, area burned
Climate change-related extreme weather events have manifested in the western United States as warmer and drier conditions with an increased risk of wildfires. Honeybees, essential for crop pollination in California, are at the center of these extreme weather events. We…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Weather
Region(s): California
Keywords: AQI - Air Quality Index, Apis mellifera, Nosema ceranae, heat shock proteins, temperature stress, vitellogenin, honey bees
The most extreme manifestation of a fire–weather interaction is the formation of pyrocumulonimbus (pyroCb) thunderstorms, triggered by super-heated updrafts, which can eject smoke at altitudes exceeding 20 Km. In this study, we investigated climate-related impacts from the most…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: pyroCb, global climate models, stratosphere
Wildfires stand as significant contributors to atmospheric aerosols, exerting a substantial influence on air quality and radiative forcing. In our research, we utilized the Weather Research and Forecasting model coupled with chemistry (WRF-Chem) to delve into the repercussions…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Greece, wildfires, aerosols, WRF-Chem, meteorology, air pollution
FireSmoke Canada is the Canadian portal (available in both English and French) for information about wildland fire weather and smoke. It provides access to the BlueSky Canada smoke forecasts, fire weather forecasts, fire information, and the BlueSky Playground. The Weather…
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Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Outreach, Planning, Safety, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: BlueSky Canada, smoke forecast, fire weather forecast, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System
As the 2023 fire season rages with unprecedented intensity in Canada, millions of people and countless animals across North America are exposed to wildfire smoke. Its harmful effects on human and animal health are only beginning to be explored in depth. Furthermore, the vast…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Canada, public health, animal health, PM - particulate matter
There are growing needs to understand how extreme weather events impact the electrical grid. Renewable energy sources such as solar photovoltaics are expanding in use to help sustainably meet electricity demands. Wildfires and, notably, the widespread smoke resulting from them,…
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Year: 2023
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: electrical grid, photovoltaic energy, PM - particulate matter
The challenges of the 2020 Fire Year have validated the Cohesive Strategy and proven its foundational value for additional success and achievement across boundaries and landscapes in the West. The following pages offer a snapshot of 2020 activities and successes in the Western…
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Year: 2021
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Aviation, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy (Cohesive Strategy), wildfire, wildland fire