HazMapper: a global open-source natural hazard map** application in Google Earth Engine

CM Scheip, KW Wegmann - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2020 - nhess.copernicus.org
Modern satellite networks with rapid repeat-cycles allow for near-real-time imaging of areas
impacted by natural hazards such as mass wasting, flooding, and volcanic eruptions …

Coupled fire-atmosphere simulation of the 2018 Camp Fire using WRF-Fire

K Shamsaei, TW Juliano, M Roberts… - … journal of wildland …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
Background Accurate simulation of wildfires can benefit pre-ignition mitigation and
preparedness, and post-ignition emergency response management. Aims We evaluated the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the performance of WRF in simulating winds and surface meteorology during a Southern California wildfire event

M Kumar, B Kosović, HP Nayak, WC Porter… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The intensity and frequency of wildfires in California (CA) have increased in recent years,
causing significant damage to human health and property. In October 2007, a number of …

Computational modeling of extreme wildland fire events: A synthesis of scientific understanding with applications to forecasting, land management, and firefighter …

JL Coen, W Schroeder, S Conway, L Tarnay - Journal of Computational …, 2020 - Elsevier
The understanding and prediction of large wildland fire events around the world is a growing
interdisciplinary research area advanced rapidly by development and use of computational …

[HTML][HTML] Assimilation of a coordinated fleet of uncrewed aircraft system observations in complex terrain: EnKF system design and preliminary assessment

AA Jensen, JO Pinto, SCC Bailey… - Monthly Weather …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) observations collected during the 2018 Lower Atmospheric
Process Studies at Elevation—a Remotely Piloted Aircraft Team Experiment (LAPSE-RATE) …

Examining the climate effects of a regional nuclear weapons exchange using a multiscale atmospheric modeling approach

BM Wagman, KA Lundquist, Q Tang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies examine the potential for large urban fires ignited in a hypothetical nuclear
exchange of one hundred 15 kt weapons between India and Pakistan to alter the climate …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning estimation of fire arrival time from level-2 active fires satellite data

A Farguell, J Mandel, J Haley, DV Mallia, A Kochanski… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Producing high-resolution near-real-time forecasts of fire behavior and smoke impact that
are useful for fire and air quality management requires accurate initialization of the fire …

[HTML][HTML] DISARM early warning system for wildfires in the eastern Mediterranean

V Kotroni, C Cartalis, S Michaelides, J Stoyanova… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper discusses the main achievements of DISARM (Drought and fIre ObServatory and
eArly waRning system) project, which developed an early warning system for wildfires in the …

Towards an atmosphere more favourable to firestorm development in Europe

M Senande-Rivera, D Insua-Costa… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Deep pyroconvection associated with the development of firestorms, can significantly alter
wildfire spread, causing severe socioeconomic and environmental impacts, and even …

Sensitivity of simulated fire‐generated circulations to fuel characteristics during large wildfires

M Roberts, NP Lareau, TW Juliano… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coupled fire‐atmosphere models often struggle to simulate important fire processes like fire
generated flows, deep flaming fronts, extreme updrafts, and stratospheric smoke injection …