San José State University's Fire Weather Research Laboratory conducts research on fire behavior and how weather leads to extreme fire danger.
![Detwiler Fire, Mariposa, 2017.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1527389018884-NPJGM7U2VF9EVFMQ56BQ/bucketDrop.png)
![RAWS maintenance with help from Alma Helitack 106. Henry Coe State Park 2017.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1527392515707-JUHNMCM4P8EQORMZ2QWB/IMG_4036+2.jpg)
![Doppler lidar observations of Detwiler Fire plume.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1527393310594-O2FMCDRDSZE8Q53YW9CV/dual_animation_2017-07-20+%281%29.gif)
![Tower preparation for slope fire experiment, 2012.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1537840420756-D8DEJR604T8BTDE0021W/Dais_TowerArray_FHL-11x14.jpg)
![Lab photo 2018.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1537840720097-XF0HKOSEDK1A3HBUE0BF/FireWeatherLab.jpg)
![SJSU students launching radiosonde during a prescribed fire, 2012 (Neal Waters Photo).](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1538083175378-LJYCI89BUEM562M8ATL3/SJSU_WeatherBalloon_NeilWaters.png)
![FASMEE Experiment, Utah June 2019](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1561752916907-JDSJGW5ZP9QIG9FS3L8M/aVtYuEVMTy%2BPONt0Xg1FhQ.jpg)
![Radar deployment to Kincade Fire, 2019.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1573598318755-13Y6QZGSMRLPEZ3G2Z7H/oMls5GrRTa6N1lUWlhd%25Rg.jpg)
![FASMEE experiment, Fishlake NF, Utah, 2019.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1573598629627-UPEPX00Q4CJL9GTL0ZH0/UVhlQfPPSV2zZd0Qr1YrfQ.jpg)
![Kincade Fire, 2019.](https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20220218234148/https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5277e315e4b0ad8b178e98db/1573598644284-B7M1RJVBUZVH71I49EFI/bvXU4HCkQl2vIZcgee9fTg.jpg)
The lab's goal is to better understand wildland fire behavior by studying fire-atmospheric interactions. The lab provides the fire modeling community datasets for model evaluation and development. In addition, the lab provides community outreach to grade schools in the Wildland-Urban Interface.
The Fire Weather Research Laboratory maintains datasets from all of their field campaigns and wildfire deployments.
Under the direction of Dr. Craig Clements, the Fire Weather Research Laboratory is staffed by undergraduate, graduate, and faculty members of San José State University.