I talked with a modeling expert at NOAA about how our best weather models handle the smoky sky. Not all of our favorite weather models have modules in them to forecast the motion and thickness of ...

The Canadian wildfires of June 2023 exposed a large portion of the Northeastern United States to unprecedented levels of smoke. A new model that combines wildfire smoke forecasts and data from ...

In this video, we present a new method that uses a swarm of drones to reconstruct the 3D structure of smoke plumes in outdoor environments. This approach enables high-resolution, volumetric tracking ...

The committee will examine how research on experimental fires can be improved to strengthen fire and smoke models for prescribed burns. The committee will: Identify relevant agency research projects ...

As wildfire seasons intensify and air pollution continues to threaten public health, geographers are turning to new generations of artificial intelligence models to understand how environmental ...