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| At the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), we study some of the most difficult problems in weather and climate research. No single person or institution can do that alone. NCAR’s research involves scientists from universities and research laboratories around the world. Over 60 universities are members of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the nonprofit organization that manages NCAR. For the past 40 years, NCAR has received the majority of its support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). |
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Wildland fire weather is one of the complicated problems
NCAR’s teams of scientists love to tackle!
The behavior of a wildfire depends on the terrain, the type of fuel
that is burning (trees, shrubs, or grasses), and the weather.
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NCAR scientists learn a lot by observing wildfires from our C-130 research aircraft. Instruments on the plane collect data as our pilot steers close to the fire. Inside the plane, scientists, engineers, and mathematicians control the instruments and study computer displays of the data. Huge volumes of information are stored by computers so the wildfire can be studied later at NCAR. |
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This page was last edited on 04/29/2002 . |
