| Topic | Activities & Assignments | Learning Goals. By the end of this section, you will be able to ... |
|---|---|---|
| Lab/HW | Start reviewing the topics below and answering the assignment questions in class as Lab work, and finish at home as homework. Submit via Canvas within a week after today. | Focus your studies of the topics below in order to answer the attached Lab/Homework questions. |
| FIRMS | Explore NASA's website on Fire Information for Resource Management System. See nfb 2.1 (where nfb = new ID on the Fire Basics webpage). |
Use NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) to get near-real time (and historic) fire hotspot info from satellites. Explain its utility and its limitations for "fire detection on the ground". Explain how active fires are detected using thermal anomalies observed by satellite. |
| GWIS | Explore the website for the Global Wildfire Information System. See nfb 2.2. | Use the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) to describe what fire-related products are available. Explain how to use GWIS maps and charts. |
| CIFFC | Explore the website of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. See nfb 2.3. | Describe what wildfire information is available from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), and particularly from its Dashboard. |
| Weather Briefing | Health & movement break. Then ... Short (10 minute) weather briefing on Vancouver weather by a student team. Utilize the weather-briefing "cookbook" to select which images and movies to show. |
Give a well structured weather briefing using appropriate maps and graphs, and finishing within the alotted time. Gain experience in public speaking and working as a team. Strengthen your understanding of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics. Strengthen your ability to form a 3-D picture of the weather in your mind. Utilize appropriate terminology and jargon. |
| NIFC | Explore the website for the US national Interagency Fire Center. See nfb 2.4. | Describe what fire info is available from the US National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). |
| BlueSky FireWeather | Explore the firesmoke.ca website for smoke and fire-weather forecasts for North America. | Relate the real-time weather products on the FireWeather portion of firesmoke.ca to the real-time moisture codes and fire indices. |