Forest Fires in Portugal and Russia
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Application
Description
Presentation during the event week on Warning in October 2010.
Content
Presentation by Nuno Moreira (IM) and Andreas Wirth (ZAMG) on the exceptional summer of 2010 when a large scale crest was covering the two countries. As a result of the exceptional high temperatures and extreme low dew-point temperature the conditions were very dry. This resulted in a wide amount of forest fires. Within the high pressure and the lack of a governing flow the smoke caused many problems to Moscow.