Dan Reese’s Post

Well said (written?) Dan Reese. As a Californian, I've been watching with horror the wildfires in Chile in February and March. The license on my crystal ball has expired, but Chile had significant atmospheric storms during their winter, followed by rapid vegetation growth then a hot summer (our winter). The first two happened in 2023 and 2024. What will the summer hold? Athena can help communities and utilities plan their mitigation programs to be as effective as possible - our conditional, geospatial, AI/ML, profiling algorithm can show which areas have a high risk of a catatrophic wildfire, and where the USFS Wildfire Hazard Potential map overstates the risk. Athena works with a number of engineering firms who, in turn, work with utilities in multiple states ... Starting with Wildfire Mitigation Plans (WMP) and vegetation management departments, then moving into other areas of action/impact. For communities, we work with a team that writes CWPPs (Bintel Inc) which has written over 120 Community Wildfire Protection Plans. At the risk of stating the obvious, we'd love to demo our product to anyone associated with Western Fire Chiefs Association, International Association of Wildland Fire, Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, FIRE ADAPTED COLORADO, NFPA (Firewise communities, FireWise Texas LLC, FireWISE, CALFIRE PIO or anyone else interested in making their mitigation efforts more effective.

The image of a hurricane is truly mesmerizing when you are not in its path. An atmospheric river is an impressive phenomenon when you don’t suffer the heatwave caused by it. The forest fires are essential to the rejuvenation of forest lands but equally disastrous for anybody caught in their wake. Geospatial analytics and visualizations provide us early warnings to get out of the harm’s way and marvel at these natural phenomena from a safe distance. At Alpha Omega, our Climate Science division helps our federal customers modernize their Geospatial infrastructure to keep citizens safe from destructive forces of nature and increase economic output. From Terraforming farmlands for higher crop yields, tracking fisheries health, to predicting hurricane paths, and determining cloud cover; Alpha Omega's Geospatial capabilities facilitate decision making for farmers, fishermen, weathermen, and common citizens.   Our Cloud Center of Excellence is delivering Geospatial modernization on multiple fronts within NOAA and USDA. We recognize our resident Cloud Architect Jay Iyer for being instrumental in federal Geospatial infrastructure modernization and taking the pain of assembling proven patterns and practices into a Cloud Migration Playbook for Geospatial infrastructure. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/ebDref59   #Geospatial #Modernization #ClimateScience NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration USDA Jay Iyer Srinivas Srikakulam

Our latest paper with Jesse Bell and Azar M. Abadi discussing the challenges of drought and health research, but also opportunities to advance our understanding of this unique environmental hazard. Thanks to Robbie M Parks, PhD for serving as guest editor of the 'Topical Collection on Climate Change and Natural Disasters' in Current Environmental Health Reports and our funders at #NASA, #NOAA, and the #GreatPlainsCenterforAgriculturalHealth #UMNSPH #UMNEnHS #UNMC #UABSPH #Drought #PublicHealth https://lnkd.in/g7rQQmXZ

There is a global wildfire crisis. Extreme wildfire events, such as the 2019-20 fires, have multiple adverse environmental impacts, including unexcepted and remarkable effects on the Earth System. Reducing the risk of extreme wildfires, and adapting to them, is a huge transdisciplinary global challenge. I introduce a research program I am leading that seeks to find practical and sustainable pathways for people to coexist with wildfires in the Anthropocene, with a focus on Hobart one of the most wildfire-vulnerable cities on Earth. Professor Bowman will be joined in conversation by Katelyn Doyle, Bureau of Meteorology. Join us here https://lnkd.in/gW5QviaD #humansasecologicalagents #transformationinbushlands #riskapetite #firebunkers #Australianfiredangerratingindex #fireriskscale #blacksummerbushfires #pyrogeography #landscapeburning #firemanagement #landscapeecology #FireCentralBushFireResearchHub #DavidBowman #KatelynDoyle

Did you know that European summer weather might become predictable months to years in advance? Check out this fascinating article by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) shedding light on the advancements in weather prediction technology. Understanding weather patterns could revolutionize how we plan for summer activities, agriculture, and more. Dive into the insights here: https://lnkd.in/ec84T3f8 #WeatherPrediction #EuropeanWeather #NOCResearch #SummerForecasting

Today, at the European Space Agency - ESA European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts workshop at ESA-ESRIN in Frascati (Rome), Laia Romero presented our seasonal drought prediction project, #AI4Drought. Local environmental factors, such as soil moisture, are key variables that largely contribute to drought dynamics. Soil moisture levels directly influence temperature and precipitation patterns through evaporation, creating feedback loops that are not captured in current climate models. This is precisely why #AI4Drought integrates satellite data on local conditions to improve the accuracy of seasonal drought predictions. #Drought #ClimateScience Barcelona Supercomputing Center | Eurecat - Technology Centre | Albert Soret Miravet | Lluís Palma García

Drought Monitoring in Switzerland: Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss specialists are tackling drought monitoring with new approaches, using satellite data from EUMETSAT. 🌞💧   “Summers in Switzerland have grown warmer, with less precipitation, more evapotranspiration, drier soils, and more extreme heatwaves. Satellite data provide an invaluable tool for monitoring changes in conditions because the frequency and precision of measurements provide a near-constant picture of how drought-related parameters are fluctuating.”   MeteoSwiss experts Dr. Anke Tetzlaff and Dr. Vincent Humphrey discuss their important work in our latest article, on today's #DesertificationandDroughtDay: https://bit.ly/3VrVzjp

#jlk_Publication #jlk_Research #jlk_Recherche Titre de la publication : Assessing the Impact of Climate Variability on Wildfires in the N’Zi River Watershed in Central Côte d’Ivoire Position : 1er auteur Nombre de citations :16 citations (Google Scholar) / 15 citations (RG) Année de publication : 2018 Journal : Fire (MDPI) Abstract : This study evaluates the impact of climate variability on wildfire regime in the N’Zi River Watershed (NRW) in central Côte d’Ivoire. For that purpose, MODIS active fire and monthly burned area data are used to evaluate wildfire occurrence, impacts and trends. Wildfire data are compared to past trends of different climatic parameters extracted from long-term meteorological records. Generalized additive models and Spearman correlations are used to evaluate the relationships between climate variables and wildfire occurrence. Seasonal Kendall and Sen’s slope methods were used for trend analysis. Results showed that from 2001 to 2016, 19,156 wildfire occurrences are recorded in the NRW, of which 4443 wildfire events are observed in forest, 9536 in pre-forest, and 5177 in Sudanian zones. The burned areas are evaluated at 71,979.7 km2, of which 10,488.41 km2 were registered in forest zones, 33,211.96 km2 in pre-forest zones, and 28,279.33 km2 in Sudanian zones. A downward trend is observed in fire records. The results indicate a strong correlation between some climatic variables and wildfire regime in this ecoregion. These correlations can be used to develop models that could be used as prediction tools for better management of fire regimes and support decision-making in the NRW. Lien RG: https://buff.ly/3G8MsuB Lien journal : https://buff.ly/45wdf03 https://buff.ly/4aUUAz2

A new paper on mapping daily air temperature in the Hawaiian Islands was just published in the journal Earth and Space Science, led by East-West Center researchers Keri Kodama PhD and co-authored Ryan Longman PhD. Steep changes in island terrain and shifts in atmospheric conditions between sea level and high elevation create distinct challenges for producing continuously and automatically updated temperature maps in near-real-time in Hawaiʻi. The paper discusses how these challenges are addressed with a variety of methods for processing the data and adjusting the model that produces the temperature maps. High-quality, up-to-date temperature maps are important for applications such as the prediction of wildfire risk, the assessment of ecological hazards such as avian malaria, and resource management planning for agriculture. Check out the paper here: https://lnkd.in/gepF-E5n Kodama, K. M., Kourkchi, E., Longman, R. J., Lucas, M. P., Bateni, S. M., Huang, Y.-F., et al. (2024). Mapping daily air temperature over the Hawaiian Islands from 1990 to 2021 via an optimized piecewise linear regression technique. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2023EA002851. #hawaii #temperaturemonitoring #maps #appliedresearch #wildfires #hazards #resourcemanagement

FORECASTING: DTN releases AI-powered #tropicalstorm forecast model The #AI-powered tropical storm #forecast model can deliver warnings up to four days earlier than current forecasts. “For years, DTN has been pioneering AI and weather solutions to help our customers be more climate resilient with global weather insights tailored to their needs and industry,” said Renny Vandewege, general manager of weather and climate intelligence at DTN. “Our tropical storm model further builds upon our innovation to empower #businesses and those responsible for keeping people safe to plan better and prepare earlier for a wider range of storm impacts.” Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ejDq_uDQ #Meteorology #Climate #ClimateChange #Science #Weather #Data #Forecasts #Environment #Technology #MetTechExpo #MetTechExpoNA