Research Summaries

Back Weather Forecasting for Ft. Ord Prescribed Burning

Fiscal Year 2016
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Meteorology
Investigator(s) Nuss, Wendell A.
Sponsor Army Corps of Engineers (Army)
Summary The objective of this research is to provide real-time high resolution observations and modeling over Ft. Ord to support a prescribed burn program. Daily weather forecasts will also be prepared and distributed to planners in order to select the optimal day to conduct burns with the least amount of smoke impacts on surrounding communities.
Keywords Prescribed Burns Smoke Dispersion weather forecasting
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