'Wildfires in the western U.S, exert a far-reaching influence on atmospheric conditions,' researcher Jiwen Fan said.
Scientists have found a strange and unexpected link between two vastly different types of extreme weather, hundreds of miles apart.Using machine learning, researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington and the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois discovered that there is an association between wildfires in the western states and hailstorms in the central U.S., according to a new paper in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
They therefore also offer important insights into how wildfires can influence severe weather events at great distances.'We are now able to paint a vivid picture of the intricate relationship between fire and hail across the American landscape. Wildfires in the western U.S, exert a far-reaching influence on atmospheric conditions, shaping the trajectory of severe weather events thousands of miles away, something that we never thought before,' Jiwen Fan said in a statement.
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