The Climate, Carbon, and Wildfire Dynamics Lab is looking to hire 2 to 3 Ph.D. students through the Department of Earth System Science. Students interested in studying wildfire dynamics, ecosystem carbon and water fluxes, climate change feedback with the land and ocean biosphere, or other related topics are encouraged to apply. Our lab studies these processes using remote sensing observations and earth system (climate) model simulation, often at regional, continental, or global scales. We are also interested in developing new machine-learning modeling approaches for wildfire and ecosystem prediction. Some programming experience with Python, R, or another scripting language may be helpful, or other experience working with geospatial datasets or models. Please email jranders@uci.edu if you are interested!
New wildfire tracking data available for California and the Arctic
Our team recently compiled a summary of the different datasets we have developed to study wildfire behavior using fire-tracking algorithms. These algorithms ingest gridded pixel-level satellite thermal anomaly imagery to track wildfire occurrence, expansion, and...