Research
Research projects sponsored by BlueSky Canada or conducted by team members.
Cross-Wind Integrated Plume Penetration (CWIPP)
An analytical method for predicting the vertical distribution of smoke in the atmosphere above a wildfire.
- Wildfire smoke-plume rise: a simple energy balance parameterization by N. Moisseeva & R. Stull, 2021
- A Numerical Perspective on Wildfire Plume-Rise Dynamics by N. Moisseeva, 2020
- CWIPP documentation
- GitHub repository
Fire Weather Forecasts (FWF)
An implementation of the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system using gridded numerical weather prediction data to produce daily FWI forecasts.
AirFire Partnership
BlueSky Canada has partnered with the US Forest Service's AirFire Research Team from the beginning, and collaboration with the AirFire team has been key in the success of the BlueSky Canada project.
Publications
Additional publications including journal articles and presentations can be found on the UBC Weather Forecast Research Team's Publications page.