Tag: wildfire smoke

The Great Smoke Pall of 1950 and Other “Dark Days” that have Blanketed Eastern North America

Written on September 24, 2023.

– By Kevin Hamilton – The extraordinary 2023 Canadian wildfire season has been in the public eye for much of this spring, but during June 7-8 the event entered a new phase of global media...

Visibility Forecast in Wildfire Smoke: An August 2018 Case Study

Written on April 27, 2020.

– By Yimei Li, Canadian Meteorological Aviation Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada – In recent years, wildfire smoke has become an increasingly alarming natural disaster in Western...