Tag: Wildfire
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Flying through wildfire smoke plumes could improve smoke forecasts
Smoke forecasts may incorrectly predict the amount of particles in staler air.
- Air Quality
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Predicting wildfire risks
With wildfires becoming a growing threat, the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is supporting a major, university-led initiative to better forecast the destructive events.
- Air Quality,
- Climate,
- Weather
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Impacts of El Niño and La Niña to intensify as climate warms
When an El Niño or its opposite, La Niña, forms in the future, it's likely to cause more intense impacts over many land regions — amplifying changes to temperature, precipitation, and wildfire risk — due to the warming climate.
- Climate
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Scientists fly into the heart of smoke plumes
Scientists are gathering the most comprehensive dataset yet on western wildfire smoke and its impacts on weather, air quality, and climate.
- Air Quality,
- Weather
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Fanning the flames of megafires
Detailed observations and modeling of a California megafire highlight the role of small-scale winds in driving a conflagration.
- Weather