Thursday, 4/7/2022, 7 – 8:30 p.m. PDT

Staring Into the Fire: Using Observations to Understand Wildfires and Smoke

Recent increases in western U.S. wildfire activity have made wildland fires and the associated smoke a significant challenge for society. This problem will only grow as the climate warms. I will discuss how the atmospheric science community has used both new in situ observations and operational datasets to answer important questions about wildfires and how smoke evolves in the atmosphere. I will begin with an overview of…