Wildfire Pyroconvection and CAPE: Buoyancy’s Drying and Atmospheric Intensification—Fort McMurray

• Published in: Atmosphere
• Main Authors: Atoossa Bakhshaii, Edward A. Johnson, Kiana Nayebi
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: wildfire; pyroconvection; weather; Skew-T; Canada; Fort McMurray; Horse River
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070763

The accurate prediction of wildfire behavior and spread is possible only when fire and atmosphere simulations are coupled. In this work, we present a mechanism that causes a small fire to intensify by altering the atmosphere. These alterations are caused by fire-related fluxes at the surface. The fi...