UBC ATSC 413 - Forest-fire Weather & Climate

Syllabus Schedule - 2023

Follow this schedule to access fire cases, meteorology, online lectures, homeworks/readings, quizzes. In this hybrid course, material is presented both in person and online. Click on the section titles (Parts 1, 2 or 3) to get the detailed schedules.

Under construction.


Schedule - Part 1

  1. Intro
  2. Wildfire & weather info
  3. High-level fire case
  4. Midterm exam

Schedule - Part 2

  1. Kimiwan fire case
  2. Sparks Lake fire case

Schedule - Part 3 (capstone projects)

  1. Ft. McMurray fire case
  2. Camp Fire / Paradise fire case
  1. Quebec fire complex case
  2. Marshall fire case

  3. Synthesis (also see Cross-Ref table below)

Final Exam

  1. (as scheduled by UBC)

Cross-Reference Table

Shows which topics were covered on which days. It is a useful study guide.