Asst Prof. @UBCgeog | studying πŸ”₯, what drives them impacts on air quality/public health | here for πŸ€ memes | she/her

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Some personal news: I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in the Department of Geography in January 2025! Very excited for the next chapter of fire πŸ”₯🌲, remote sensing πŸ›°οΈ, and air quality/public health 🏭🌬️ research @UBC @UBCGeog
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This WaPo article by @karishma__m__ highlights some of our work over the last few years on NW India's agricultural fires, a seasonal and episodic source of regional air pollution. These anecdotes from farmers are especially important. #fires πŸ”₯ #AirPollution πŸ’¨ #India
As Delhi reels once again from toxic air, a story about a law from 16 years ago that tried to adapt to climate change, but ended up exacerbating a climate disaster. How shifting the rice season unintentionally added to Delhi's air problems. washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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For graduate students or postdocs interested in or currently applying for faculty positions, we wrote a guide to share our experiences and make the process less opaque!
🚨Navigating the academic job market can be brutal! We've tried to create a comprehensive guide for applying to Tenure-Track Asst. Prof positions based on our recent experiences πŸ“š Check it out: docs.google.com/document/d/1… Thx πŸŽ‰to @TheRealPyroTina @minghao_qiu @dien_wu
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I had also created an #EarthEngine App to visualize NOAA's HMS smoke πŸ’¨ and fire πŸ”₯ products. You can check out the app from link below; additional details are in my GitHub repo. Link: globalfires.earthengine.app/… GitHub: github.com/tianjialiu/HMS-Sm…
In our new @IJWildlandFire paper, we evaluated the use of NOAA's Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product in #AirQuality and #PublicHealth analyses of fire πŸ”₯-related smoke πŸ’¨. 🧡
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In our new @IJWildlandFire paper, we evaluated the use of NOAA's Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product in #AirQuality and #PublicHealth analyses of fire πŸ”₯-related smoke πŸ’¨. 🧡
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We compared HMS to airport and EPA observations and HRRR-Smoke model estimates of surface smoke. In particular, inclusion of light-density HMS smoke may indicate aloft smoke, leading to overestimates in smoke days and smoke PM2.5. Paper link: doi.org/10.1071/WF23148

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Our paper on an algorithm for hourly fire πŸ”₯ tracking of large wildfires is available as a preprint on ESSD discussions. We tested our GOES-based algorithm on a set of 28 large wildfires in California and derived hourly perimeters, active fire lines, and fire spread rates.
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We’re pleased to share that most #GeoforGood23 sessions are now available on demand! You can watch them on our website at g.co/earth/GeoForGood23 or on our YouTube playlist at youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… and we’ll be highlighting session recordings on this thread over the next several weeks!
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Day 1 of the #BBURNED_FEW virtual workshop is underway with the first five presentations on biomass burning emissions datasets from @GuidovanderWerf @m_parrington @Joh_Kaiser @cwiedinm Ed Hyer & Arlindo da Silva. More info and agenda avaiable at acom.ucar.edu/bburned/fire-e…
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Tina Liu πŸ”₯ retweeted
Just one week to go until the first #BBURNED_FEW virtual fire emissions workshop! See the information below for the link to the agenda and registration details.
In three weeks (7-9 November) the first BBURNED virtual workshop #BBURNED_FEW reviewing the current status and new developments of fire emission estimation will take place. More information, agenda and registration details can be found at acom.ucar.edu/bburned/fire-e…
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During Canada’s record-breaking 2023 fire season, NASA scientists tracked the blazes with a new system, FEDS, that uses @NOAA & @NASA satellite data to provide more frequent monitoring of fire activity, growth, and behavior than was previously available. go.nasa.gov/3Sc6Wf4
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Tina Liu πŸ”₯ retweeted
In three weeks (7-9 November) the first BBURNED virtual workshop #BBURNED_FEW reviewing the current status and new developments of fire emission estimation will take place. More information, agenda and registration details can be found at acom.ucar.edu/bburned/fire-e…
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Published paper🚨 We design data-driven air pollution sensor networks that account for the legacy of racial/income disparities in the US. We present equitable sensor networks in St. Louis, Houston, Buffalo, and Boston; showing how low-cost sensors can be a way forward πŸ™οΈπŸŒ†
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Important new preprint from @TheRealPyroTina ( friends) showing that the widely-used Hazard Mapping System (HMS) smoke product πŸ”₯ is unreliable outside of the Western US. HMS has been used to study smoke in the East which should be reconsidered. Link below:
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Join the AGU Atmos Sci Early Career Committee for a wildfire-themed webinar on Tues, August 22 at 10am PDT. Invited early career speakers (including @Dr_Dmals & @TheRealPyroTina) will present with time for Q&A. Hope to see you there! More details in flyer and comments below!
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One day left! πŸ”₯πŸ‘‡
1 week left to submit to our RX fire session πŸ”₯πŸ‘©β€πŸš’ Our invited speaker is Dr. Crystal Kolden @pyrogeog from UC Merced! #AGU23 See you in San Francisco!
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1 week left to submit to our RX fire session πŸ”₯πŸ‘©β€πŸš’ Our invited speaker is Dr. Crystal Kolden @pyrogeog from UC Merced! #AGU23 See you in San Francisco!
🚨Call for Abstracts! #AGU23 session on the socio-ecological impacts of prescribed burns and land management in North America🌱πŸ”₯ We welcome remote sensing πŸ›°οΈ, data science πŸ“Š, modeling🌐, and field studies 🌾 on a pressing topic. w/ @TheRealPyroTina ...
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