Smoke from Wildfires

(Smoke production, dispersion, modeling, and health impacts.)

Under construction.

Wildfire Smoke Production 

(under construction).

Dispersion of Wildfire Smoke 

Research Advances at UBC (as presentations made at conferences):

• 2018 - 2-D simulations of smoke plume rise and smoke dispersion by Moisseeva et al
• 2020 - 3-D simulations and comparison with experimental burns by Moisseeva et al

Satellite Observations of Wildfire Smoke

• RAMMB-CIRA https://satlib.cira.colostate.edu/event/western-canada-wildfires-2024/

Wildfire Smoke Forecast Models 

• Overview of smoke models worldwide. O'Neill et al (2022)
• BlueSky Canada (run by UBC). Description, from Stull's 2024 presentation slides.
• FireWork (run by ECCC). Technical description.

Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke

Overview of "Public Health Impact of Wildfire Smoke in Canada" as a pdf report and a video presented by Caroline Webber in 2023.