BC Clean Air Research Fund
Three graduate students were awarded 2013 air quality research scholarships by the Robert Caton Scholarship Committee, with funding from the BC Clean Air Research Fund, administered by the Fraser Basin Council. Presentations were made at the Air Quality and Health Forum of the BC Lung Association in February. Photo courtesy of the BC Lung Association About BC CLEARThe BC Clean Air Research (BC CLEAR) Fund promotes research excellence by funding transformative research of strategic importance for the management of air quality in British Columbia. Thanks to everyone who applied to the Fund in 2012 and who has participated in the program to date. The Fund is not currently accepting new applications, but please check back for any future funding announcements. BC CLEAR is sponsored by the BC Ministry of Environment, jointly managed with Metro Vancouver and Environment Canada. The Fraser Basin Council administers the program in partnership with the BC Lung Association. ProjectsLearn about the projects funded by BC CLEAR. Scholarship AwardsThe BC CLEAR Fund contributes to the work of graduate students who are focusing efforts on air quality solutions. Read more. |
BlueSky Smoke Forecasts
A computational framework called BlueSky predicits smoke creation and dispersion by wildfires in Western Canada. This tool is thanks to the collaboration of the BC and Alberta Ministries of Environment, the University of British Columbia and the Canadian Wildfire Information System at Natural Resources Canada. BC CLEAR funded a research project to build on the success of BlueSky by extending its forecast range in Canada from BC to western portions of Ontario, including southern portions of the Yukon and Northwest Territories, and improving the predictive capabilities of the dispersion model that determines how forest fire smoke spreads. These results are being used to evaluate wildfire smoke-related health effects at the School of Population and Public Health at UBC. BlueSky forecasts can be viewed by the public at www.bcairquality.ca/bluesky. |
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