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Kerry Anderson
Research Officer, Fire
Northern Forestry Centre
5320 122 Street Northwest
Edmonton, Alberta, T6H 3S5
Tel.: (780) 435-7320

Profile

  • MSc thesis entitled “Models to Predict Lightning Occurrence and Prediction over Alberta“ examined the ability to forecast lightning using upper air soundings
  • PhD thesis entitled “A Multi-scale Approach to Fire-growth Modelling” examined predicting forest fire growth over a range of scales from hourly to seasonally
  • Involved in research to predict fire weather and fire behaviour
  • Develops models to assist fire management agencies in daily operational planning by predicting the potential impact of fires on the landscape
  • Goal is to help protect the public, communities, and forests; promote the health of the forest ecosystem; and minimize fire suppression expenditures

Education

  • BSc Meteorology, 1985 (University of Alberta)
  • MSc Meteorology, 1991 (University of Alberta)
  • PhD Meteorology, 2009 (University of Alberta)

Publications