Peter V. Hobbs Endowed Memorial Lecture: Associate Professor Emily Fischer, CSU
Staring into the Fire: Using Observations to Understand Wildfires and Smoke
April 7, 2022 7:00-8:30 pm
Kane Hall, Room 110
Abstract:
Recent increases in western U.S. wildfire activity have made wildland fires and the associated smoke a significant challenge for society. This problem will only grow as the climate warms. I will discuss how the atmospheric science community has used both new in situ observations and operational datasets to answer important questions about wildfires and how smoke evolves in the atmosphere. I will begin with an overview of connections between environmental conditions and wildfires in the U.S. West, and then we will move on to discuss the air quality impacts of western U.S. wildfires. In our discussion of smoke composition and impacts, I will highlight the Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption and Nitrogen (WE-CAN). This project deployed a research aircraft to sample wildfire smoke during its first day of atmospheric evolution, and this effort was possible because of unique contributions from several university teams.
Dr. Emily Fischer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU). She is also an affiliate faculty member of the CSU School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES). Dr. Fischer earned a PhD from the University of Washington in 2010. Dr. Fischer’s team at CSU works to better understand the composition of the troposphere, and her recent work has focused on understanding the impact of wildfires, oil and gas extraction, and industrial agriculture on air quality. In addition, Dr. Fischer leads a number of research projects aimed at empowering women and other historically marginalized groups in STEM. In 2020, Dr. Fischer was named as one of the 10 Scientists to Watch by Science News, and she received the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). In 2021, she was awarded the Jon C. Graff, PhD Prize for Excellence in Science Communication for her efforts to explain the urgency of climate change to parents.
Established in 2008, the Annual Peter V. Hobbs Endowed Memorial Lectureship in Experimental Meteorology provides a forum for open exchange of ideas amongst scientists in honor of the work and legacy of Peter Hobbs, a Professor in the UW Atmospheric Sciences Department from 1963-2005.
Isabel McCoy Receives AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award!
A belated congratulations to Isabel McCoy for receiving an Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) at the AGU 2019 Fall Meeting! This prestigious award is granted to the top 5% of student participants.
What is OSPA?
The OSPA program provides student presenters (both poster and oral) at AGU meetings the opportunity to receive critical feedback about their research and presentation skills.
Making Sense of Climate Predictions with Dr. Clara Deser on June 6, 2019!
Thursday, June 6, 2019, from 7:30-9 p.m.
Kane Hall 110, University of Washington
A Video of this lecture is now available
About the speaker
Dr. Clara Deser is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Climate Analysis Section within the Climate and Global Dynamics Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). She studies global climate variability and climate change, with an emphasis on interactions among the atmosphere, ocean and sea ice.
About the lecture: Making Sense of Climate Projections
The world is facing unprecedented changes in climate worldwide due to human activities, in particular the burning of fossil fuels which release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Global climate models, which are based on the laws of physics, provide an experimental laboratory for probing the response of the earth’s climate system to projected rises in greenhouse gases. In this lecture, I will discuss how to interpret what climate models tell us about human-induced climate change over the coming decades, and the confounding effects from natural variability.
Parking
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Graduate Students’ Distinguished Visiting Lecture: Thursday, April 6
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Please join us on Thursday, April 6, for our Graduate Students’ Distinguished Visiting Lecture by Professor Inez Fung, from UC, Berkeley. She will be speaking on “Trust but Verify: the Science of Climate Treaty Verification.” This free lecture is open to the public and will take place in Kane 220 at 7:30 p.m. For more information and to register, please visit: http://events.uw.edu/GSDVL2017-RSVP. We look forward to seeing you there!
Atmospheric Sciences Alumni Reception at the 2017 AMS Annual Meeting
Atmospheric Sciences Alumni Reception at the 2017 AMS Annual Meeting—If you will be attending the AMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, please join us for an alumni reception on Monday, January 23 at the Daily Grill in the Sheraton Hotel. The reception will run from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. For more information, you may contact atmos@uw.edu.