Wildland fire and atmospheric dynamics
Coupled fire–atmosphere processes, buoyant plume behavior, smoke transport, and firebrand dispersal in wildland and wildland–urban environments.
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Understanding complex environmental flows—across scales.
We combine high-fidelity computational modeling, theory, and predictive tools to study wildland-fire and smoke dynamics, atmospheric turbulence, and coupled transport at the land–atmosphere interface.
- Wildland fire & smoke
- Atmospheric turbulence
- Complex terrain
Research focus
Physics-driven research for environmental challenges
Our work examines how turbulence, surface properties, thermal forcing, and complex geometry interact to control environmental flow and transport. We translate that understanding into models that support prediction and decision-making.
Land–atmosphere interaction
Turbulent flow and scalar transport over complex terrain, urban surfaces, and plant canopies under changing atmospheric conditions.
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Prognostic tools for temperature, moisture, ignition potential, building energy, and other coupled heat- and mass-transfer problems.
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From fundamental physics to useful prediction
Environmental transport problems are inherently multiphysics and multiscale. We use complementary methods to isolate controlling processes, test scientific hypotheses, and develop models with practical value.
- 1Resolve the governing physicsUse high-fidelity numerical simulations to expose mechanisms that are difficult to isolate experimentally.
- 2Connect scales and disciplinesCouple fluid dynamics with heat transfer, atmospheric processes, and particle or material response.
- 3Build and evaluate predictive toolsTranslate physical understanding into models and assess their performance against experimental and field observations.