Category: Fire Weather

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Weather Service works in conjunction with federal and state wildland managers to protect lives and property in and around America's wildlands. This site will help you prepare, be aware and act early if a wildfire comes your way.

US Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wildfire Safety works in conjunction with federal and state wildland managers to protect lives and property in and around America's wildlands. This site will help you prepare, be aware and act early if a wildfire comes your way.

Fires, both natural and manmade, are plotted in this daily imagery as a function of how many fires occurred within each 500 m pixel area over the selected time period. Satellites are sensitive to infrared (heat) energy and are able to detect the thermal signature of fires. This data is…

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA’s) engagement with wildfire is comprehensive. As the nation’s leading weather and climate science agency, NOAA provides critical outlooks, forecasts and early warning products, monitoring temperature, precipitation and soil moisture across the nation. NOAA satellites spot new ignitions with sophisticated instruments and track the growth…

The Global Systems Laboratory (GSL) is one of ten National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Research laboratories and is located in Boulder, Colorado. The research improves environmental prediction models, develops state-of-the-science decision support tools and visualization systems, and uses high-performance computing technology to support a Weather-Ready Nation. Fire Weather ResearchAtmospheric aerosols…

Wildfire Operations ResearchThe research team was established in January 2001 to provide leadership in research in wildfire operations and wildfire technology development. Funding for research projects is provided by a board of members made up of both industry and government. Research ideas are submitted, and voted on, by the board…