Icarus Posted February 2, 2008 Posted February 2, 2008 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. Quote
slick1537 Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 I think you should do a piece on super cooled water. Since I had such a damn hard time understanding it maybe you could give future pilots and easier insight into it. Quote
SquirrelFlight Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 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. Quote
kodoz Posted February 7, 2008 Posted February 7, 2008 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. Quote
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