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Understanding the Role of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions on Fire Spread Using Observations - Livestream

Craig Clements

Extreme fire behavior has been observed frequently during recent wildfires in the Western US, yet there is still limited understanding of the role of plume dynamics on fire spread. The Rapid Deployments to Wildfires Experiment (RaDFIRE) was the first coordinated meteorological field campaign dedicated to observing fire-atmosphere interactions during large active wildfires to better understand extreme fire behavior. Using a sophisticated suite of instruments, the field campaign sampled 26 wildfires from 2013-2018 in California and Idaho. While observations of active wildfires have shed light on processes associated with fire-atmosphere interactions, data collected from a small-scale and comprehensive field experiment (FireFlux2) provide context on the local processes responsible for fire spread that are difficult to observe when sampling large wildfires. Collectively, the RaDFIRE field campaign and FireFlux2 observations highlight the range of phenomena associated with fire-atmosphere interactions, especially plume dynamics, and will provide a valuable data set for the fire behavior modeling communities.

Speaker: Craig Clements, San Jose State University

Thursday, 04/22/21

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