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I have a term paper this semester on ANYTHING having to do with weather as it relates to aviation. The really fun part is, we've defined "weather" simply as "The state or condition of the atmosphere". This ambiguity allows me to shrug typical subjects like the coast guard nuts who fly into hurricanes (bless them and keep them) and other regular severe storm type topics. I would really like to do my piece on the "weather" created by the 2007 southern California firestorm and how it affected the use of firefighting and support aircraft, particularly the whirlybirds. Does anyone have any NTSB or NWS/NOAA data or reports relating to atmospheric conditions created by these fires? Thank you very much in advance for anything you might be able to lead me to.

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Here is a wikipedia entry on wildfires. There might be some references there you can make use of. And here is a PDF (warning, kind of big) of a research paper exploring the probable effects of the use of regional-scale nuclear weapons, which would trigger large fires.

 

Basically, a fire will have two effects on the atmosphere. 1) Emissions and soot, which can be carried high up and affect stmospheric chemistry; and 2) Strong local convection in the region of the fire, which likely won't have too much of an affect outside of that region.

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I have a term paper this semester on ANYTHING having to do with weather as it relates to aviation. The really fun part is, we've defined "weather" simply as "The state or condition of the atmosphere". This ambiguity allows me to shrug typical subjects like the coast guard nuts who fly into hurricanes (bless them and keep them) and other regular severe storm type topics. I would really like to do my piece on the "weather" created by the 2007 southern California firestorm and how it affected the use of firefighting and support aircraft, particularly the whirlybirds. Does anyone have any NTSB or NWS/NOAA data or reports relating to atmospheric conditions created by these fires? Thank you very much in advance for anything you might be able to lead me to.

 

Look up the book Fire Weather.

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