Hundreds ofwildfiresburning across the westernU.S.andCanadaare spewing dense smoke that is being carried hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away through the Plains andMidwest, all the way to theNortheast. The smoke is, at best, leading to hazy skies across wide swaths of the nation and, ...
Identification of two distinct fire regimes in Southern California: implications for economic impact and future change. Environ. Res. Lett. 10, 094005 (2015). Article Google Scholar Johnston, F. H. et al. Estimated global mortality attributable to smoke from landscape fires. Environ. Health ...
Where there’s smoke, there’s fuel: dynamic vegetation data improve predictions of wildfire hazard in the Great Basin. Rangeland Ecology & Management, no. September (September). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2022.07.005. Smith, Joseph T., Brady W. Allred, Chad S. Boyd, Kirk W. ...
Predicting wildfire spread behavior is an extremely important task for many countries. On a small scale, it is possible to ensure constant monitoring of the natural landscape through ground means. However, on the scale of large countries, this becomes pr
At least 85 people were killed and several small towns were completely destroyed. Wildfire smoke travelled to New England. Nationally, wildfires in 1910 consumed more than 5 million acres. This became known as the Big Blowup of the Great Fire of 1910. The fire fundamentally shaped how the US...
The system utilizes a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with infrared and radar sensors that can see through smoke. The plane provides real-time fire perimeter mapping and live high definition video to support supercomputer-based wildfire predictive spread modeling. ...
Bay Area residents are advised to keep their windows and doors shut through Saturday as wildfire smoke continues to plague the area.WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - Smoke from wildfires burning further north has drifted into the Bay Area – causing moderate air quality conditions.In...
Smoke still billowed upward in many parts of Maui, the second largest in the chain of islands which make up the state of Hawaii, and Friday's night sky glowed in places where flames leap up from the landscape like the tongues of fire over a funeral pyre. ...
I checked Google Earth that evening and the smoke had drifted nearly 500 miles from the Thomas Fire in Southern California to north of Redding. The residue of so many homes and so much wildland was adrift in this smoke. The late afternoon sun filtering through the smoke in the Trinities. ...
Continuously assess prescribed fire parameters and adjust strategies accordingly to mitigate potential risks and ensure effective smoke management. Prepare for Potential Escalation in Fire Activity: Be prepared to support increased fire occurrence and the potential for prolonged wildfire incidents. Maintain rea...