Canada is dealing with a series of intense wildfires that have spread from the western provinces to Quebec, with hundreds of forest fires burning. The smoke has traveled into the United States, resulting in a number of air quality alerts issued since May. Who should be careful? Exposure to e...
Parts of the US will be at risk of smoke for the foreseeable future depending on weather patterns and fire flare-ups because Canada is experiencing its worst fire season on record. More than 24 million acres have burned so far this year, an area roughly the size of Indiana. British Columbi...
Stachlewska, K.M. Markowicz, H. Baars, R. Engelmann, and B. Heese, 2015: Lidar measurements of Canadian forest fire smoke episode observed in July 2013 over Warsaw, Poland, International Laser Radar Conference (ILRC 27th), 5-10 July 20215, New York, USA, Paper ID: 246....
"There's particularly poor air quality ... over southern Wisconsin, Illinois, central Indiana, and also another area over southeast Michigan, Detroit and northeast Ohio around Cleveland," Jackson added. "This is particularly thick smoke." Minnesota issued a record 23rd air quality alert for the ...
Do not burn debris or other items during an air quality alert 10 Tips To Prevent Wildfires Smokey The Bear said it best, "only you can prevent wildfires." Well, it's a lot easier said than done, Smokey. Great name for a bear trying to warn us about fire hazards, by the way. ...
R.: Boreal forest fire emis- sions in fresh Canadian smoke plumes: C1-C10 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO2, CO, NO2, NO, HCN and CH3CN, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 6445-6463, doi:10.5194/acp-11- 6445-2011, 2011. Singh, H. B. and Zimmerman, P.: Atmospheric distribution and...
Forest fire smoke blanketing the distant hills this morning. Three Harvards visiting YBW, with 156107 and 156118 parked alongside. Camera Aircraft Reg: 156101 photos Aircraft: Raytheon CT-156 Harvard II Airline: Canada - Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Serial #: PF-1 Photo Location Ca...
We wanted to visit a few places before arriving to the Rockies but, unfortunately, we found ourselves at the fire season in British Columbia and even Alberta. Many roads were closed, but even changing our itinerary we couldn’t get rid of the smoke so we did all the way to the Rockies...
So many camp fires have been ruined by great wafts of acrid smoke. And then as the main logs catch and burn, they won't fall outwards. As they burn they will fall inwards, into the heart of the fire, adding more coals to the part of the fire that needs them. And this fire, ...
alert due to the smoke resulting from these wildfires. The smoke released by any type of fire (forest, brush, crop, structure, tires, waste or wood burning) is a mixture of particles and chemicals produced by incomplete burning of carbon-containing materials. All smoke contains carbon monoxide...