Zach Tolby authored and/or contributed to the following articles/publications.
INTEGRATED TEAM APPROACH: FIRE DETECTIONS AND WARNINGS LIKELY SAVED LIVES IN HISTORIC U.S. WILDFIRES
On Feb. 26-57, 2024, a historic wildfire outbreak devastated parts of the United States’ southern Great Plains. In all, about 40 wildfires burned an estimated 555,196 hectares, primarily in the Panhandle of Texas and western Oklahoma. At 428,352 hectares, the Smokehouse Creek fire began in Hutchinson County, Texas, on Feb. 26, and spread eastwar...
Institution Earth System Research Laboratory - ESRL
NOAA Fire Weather Testbed Launches First In-Person Evaluation
To enhance impact-based decision support services to core partners before, during, and following wildland fires, an operations-to-research-to-operations testbed utilizing both physical and social science perspectives is needed. In response, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) established the Fire Weather Testbed (FWT) at N...
Institution Earth System Research Laboratory - ESRL