Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Flying through smoke in a DC-8

NOAA summer intern

woman in jumpsuit stands outdoors by the tail of an airplane
Laura Thapa

During summer of 2022, Laura Thapa joined the FIREX-AQ field campaign, flying through wildfire smoke plumes in the NASA DC-8, gathering data related to forecasting wildfire behavior. She worked with CIRES researchers Ravan Ahmadov, Eric James, Johana Romero-Alvarez, and Georg Grell. During summer of 2022, Laura Thapa joined the FIREX-AQ field campaign, flying through wildfire smoke plumes in the NASA DC-8, gathering data related to forecasting wildfire behavior. She worked with CIRES researchers Ravan Ahmadov, Eric James, Johana Romero-Alvarez, and Georg Grell. During summer of 2022, Laura Thapa joined the FIREX-AQ field campaign, flying through wildfire smoke plumes in the NASA DC-8, gathering data related to forecasting wildfire behavior. She worked with CIRES researchers Ravan Ahmadov, Eric James, Johana Romero-Alvarez, and Georg Grell. During summer of 2022, Laura Thapa joined the FIREX-AQ field campaign, flying through wildfire smoke plumes in the NASA DC-8, gathering data related to forecasting wildfire behavior. She worked with CIRES researchers Ravan Ahmadov, Eric James, Johana Romero-Alvarez, and Georg Grell.