aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Smoke forecasts
The Southern High Resolution Modeling Consortium (SHRMC) is providing daily forecasts of ground level particulate matter concentrations resulting from wildfires in the southeastern U.S. using the BlueSky smoke modeling framework developed by the U.S. Forest Service. Forecast results are displayed using Google Earth which provides an intuitive interface for displaying spatial information. If you have any questions or comments on these products please contact Scott Goodrick.
As an alternative to using Google Earth, overlays are also provided for Google Maps for both the reported wildfire locations and daily forecasts of smoke concentration. Note that Google Maps does not have the animation capability of Google Earth (version 4).
Via CNet News Blog:
The 6-week-old fires have burned a half-million acres. And they’re still outta control. These fires are a record for Georgia. That’s sparked debate over lack of fire-fighting resources, forest management outsourcing, climate change and the area’s worst drought in 50 years. When the flames finally die down, they’ll be talking about this one for a long time.
