WIFIRE: Workflows Integrating Collaborative Hazard Sciences
Start
2013
The WIFIRE CI (cyberinfrastructure) builds an integrated system for wildfire analysis by combining satellite and remote sensor data with computational techniques to monitor weather patterns and predict wildfire spread in real-time. The WIFIRE Lab, powered by this CI and housed at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, UCSD, was founded in 2013 and is composed of various platforms and efforts, including:
- Wildfire Science & Technology Commons
a community-curated platform which fosters collaboration and innovation by bringing together open data, cutting-edge science, AI, and shared knowledge to transform wildfire management and mitigation strategies
- BurnPro3D
the NSF Convergence Accelerator and University of California Climate Action backed project, which focuses on the development of a science-driven, decision-support platform for planning and conducting prescribed burns
- Firemap
an operational tool for real-time environmental data visualization, fire behavior modeling and forecasting, and "what-if?" analyses for potential fires
- GridFire and ELMFIRE
integration of updated microservices to connect existing pipelines to the Firemap UI, backed by a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) collaboration with the Pyregence Consortium and Spatial Informatics Group, LLC
- Fire Integrated Real-time Intelligence System (FIRIS)
a public-private partnership program that serves the purpose of providing real-time intelligence data and analysis on emerging disaster incidents in California, funded by the California Office of Emergency Services
- WIFIRE Edge
an integrated edge sensing and computing platform with the power to change remote sensing applications in wildland fire prevention, funded by the Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) and in collaboration with the startup Red Line Safety, Inc.
- Wildfire and Landscape Resilience Data Hub (WLRDH)
an ongoing collaboration with the federated repository for interagency data related to forest and fire management in the state of California to assist in implementing the California Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force’s Million Acre Strategy, created in collaboration with the Climate & Wildfire Institute (a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated towards ideating and implementing scalable solutions to society's most pressing, climate-induced challenges)
- SDG&E
an ongoing partnership with San Diego's local utility company, to serve the current and evolving need for utility weather forecasters and wildland fire researchers cross-trained in the areas of data, artificial intelligence (AI), fire and weather science, and critical infrastructure protection
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