Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
873 Texas Tech University (142761)
Principal Investigator: Ancell, Brian C.
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 502,459
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 12/1/22 - 11/30/25
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Geosciences
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Geosciences
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Development of Improved Short Term Probabilistic Fire Weather Prediction and Fire Forecast Sensitivity Analysis
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
DOC - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
CFDA Link: DOC
11.459
Program Title:
n/a
CFDA Linked: Weather and Air Quality Research
Note:
1.1.1: This research project will address several NOAA Weather Program Office fire weather research priorities including the improvement of fire hazard indices, determining the most important environmental aspects relevant to fire threat forecasting, and incorporating probability and uncertainty into fire weather forecasting. The project also aims to consolidate prior fire weather prediction efforts from different agencies such as NOAA and the U.S. Forest Service into a new high-quality standard for fire threat forecasting for which the NWS plays a primary role. The ultimate objective of this work will be to integrate the proposed SFP into the NWS operational suite both nationally (through the Storm Prediction Center) and locally (through individual forecast offices), and thus a key activity will be the ingestion and evaluation of the SFP into the software infrastructure in place at the NWS. These activities are expected to culminate in a substantial step forward in enhancing societal safety in the U.S. with regard to wildfire threat.
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