FIRE WEATHER OBSERVATORIES

Improving Monitoring in Complex Terrain

April 2026 update: Information on this project, including the latest updates and deployments, is now on the Global Systems Laboratory Fire Weather Observations page.

August 2025 update: Two (2) fixed sites and one (1) mobile site have been deployed. A fixed site and mobile site have been installed/deployed in separate locations outside of Boulder, Colorado. A second fixed site has been installed at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, ID.

Data from the Table Mountain and Idaho Falls fixed sites and the mobile site (CLAMPS-3) on Marshall Mesa is available on the Fire Weather Observation/Model Comparisons page.

Related Links: GSL: Fire Weather Observations project; News Release: NOAA invests $15 million to help protect Western U.S. communities from wildfire; Tool: Large US Wildfire Conditions; Tool: Experimental Subseasonal Precipitation Accumulation Outlooks; NOAA Fire Weather Testbed (GSL); FIREX-AQ (CSL)

Contacts: Dave Turner
Global Systems Laboratory - Senior Scientist - Cross-lab Team Lead; Tilden Meyers
Air Resources Laboratory - Senior Scientist; Joseph Sedlar
Global Monitoring Laboratory - Research Scientist; Jennifer Bednar
Physical Sciences Laboratory - Data, Instrumentation, and Field Campaigns Division Chief

Page Last Updated: April 2, 2026