A Review of the Forest Service Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) Network

A Review of the Forest Service Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) Network
Author: John Zachariassen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003
Genre: Fire weather
ISBN:

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"The RAWS network and RAWS data-use systems are closely reviewed and summarized in this report. RAWS is an active program created by the many land-management agencies that share a common need for accurate and timely weather data from remote locations for vital operational and program decisions specific to wildland and prescribed fires. A RAWS measures basic observable weather parameters such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and precipitation as well as "fuel stick" temperature. Data from almost 1,900 stations deployed across the conterminous United States, Alaska, and Hawaii are now routinely used to calculate and forecast daily fire danger indices, components, and adjective ratings. Fire business applications include the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS), fire behavior, and fire use. Findings point to the fact that although the RAWS program works and provides needed weather data in support of fire operations, there are inefficiencies and significant problem areas that require leadership attention at the National level."

General Technical Report RMRS

General Technical Report RMRS
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1998
Genre: Forests and forestry
ISBN:

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Proceedings RMRS.

Proceedings RMRS.
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Publisher:
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2003
Genre: Forest fires
ISBN:

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Extreme Weather Forecasting

Extreme Weather Forecasting
Author: Marina Astitha
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128202432

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Extreme Weather Forecasting reviews current knowledge about extreme weather events, including key elements and less well-known variables to accurately forecast them. The book covers multiple temporal scales as well as components of current weather forecasting systems. Sections cover case studies on successful forecasting as well as the impacts of extreme weather predictability, presenting a comprehensive and model agnostic review of best practices for atmospheric scientists and others who utilize extreme weather forecasts. Reviews recent developments in numerical prediction for better forecasting of extreme weather events Covers causes and mechanisms of high impact extreme events and how to account for these variables when forecasting Includes numerous case studies on successful forecasting, outlining why they worked

Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements

Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements
Author: Thomas Foken
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1761
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030521710

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This practical handbook provides a clearly structured, concise and comprehensive account of the huge variety of atmospheric and related measurements relevant to meteorologists and for the purpose of weather forecasting and climate research, but also to the practitioner in the wider field of environmental physics and ecology. The Springer Handbook of Atmospheric Measurements is divided into six parts: The first part offers instructive descriptions of the basics of atmospheric measurements and the multitude of their influencing factors, fundamentals of quality control and standardization, as well as equations and tables of atmospheric, water, and soil quantities. The subsequent parts present classical in-situ measurements as well as remote sensing techniques from both ground-based as well as airborn or satellite-based methods. The next part focusses on complex measurements and methods that integrate different techniques to establish more holistic data. Brief discussions of measurements in soils and water, at plants, in urban and rural environments and for renewable energies demonstrate the potential of such applications. The final part provides an overview of atmospheric and ecological networks. Written by distinguished experts from academia and industry, each of the 64 chapters provides in-depth discussions of the available devices with their specifications, aspects of quality control, maintenance as well as their potential for the future. A large number of thoroughly compiled tables of physical quantities, sensors and system characteristics make this handbook a unique, universal and useful reference for the practitioner and absolutely essential for researchers, students, and technicians.

New Publications

New Publications
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Total Pages: 122
Release: 2002
Genre: Forests and forestry
ISBN:

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