Colorado State University's CIRA Applying New Tools to Save Firefighter Lives

The Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University is one of NOAA: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s 16 cooperative institutes across the nation. It serves as a nexus for multi-disciplinary research between NOAA scientists and Colorado State University research staff, faculty and students along themes that match both federal priorities and the long-standing academic strengths of the university.

This partnership positions CSU as one of the top atmospheric programs in the country, with a shared research portfolio in key areas such as: satellite remote sensing, tropical storm research, carbon cycle and numerical model studies, fire weather forecasting and detection, and development of artificialintelligence tools.

CIRA has been heavily involved with developing new tools for characterization of fire. What’s important: learning from the past, applying science and research toward new tools that can help avoid repeating history in the future. See the video spotlight below.

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