Program: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology (Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology)

Program Chairs: Brian E. Potter , USDA Forest Service ; Timothy J. Brown , DRI

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Monday, 17 October 2011

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 17 October 2011

Registration Opens

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Foyer (Hotel Zoso)

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Registration Continues Throughout the Conference

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Foyer (Hotel Zoso)

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Session 1

Welcome

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Cochairs: Timothy J. Brown, DRI; Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service

9:00 AM

1.1

Welcoming Remarks

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

1.2

Integrating Science and Regional-Scale Fire Operations: Perspectives and Ideas based on the Historic 2011 Fire Season in the Southwest Area. Charles Maxwell, SCC, Albuquerque, NM

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-10:15 AM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Foyer (Hotel Zoso)

10:15 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Session 2

Operational Forecasting

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University

10:15 AM

2.1

A Demonstration of Potential of GOES-R to Incident Meteorologists: Future Use of Satellites for Weather Support to Firefighters

Peter Roohr, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Stewart, S. Schranz, L. Grasso, B. Reed, and B. Sjoberg

Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM

2.2

Preliminary meteorological analyses of the 2011 ‘Texas Firestorms'

T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and G. D. Skwira, G. P. Murdoch, and J. L. Guyer

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.6 MB)

10:45 AM

2.3

An update on the OK-FIRE program, Oklahoma's weather-based operational decision support system for wildland fire management

J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and S. Blackburn, R. Jabrzemski, and M. Wolfinbarger

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.4

Uncertainty in Model-Generated Fire Weather Values: How Does Model Variability Influence the Reliability of Dry Thunderstorm Risk and Ignition Potential Predictions?

Stacy Drury, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and M. Rorig, K. Craig, N. Wheeler, S. Strenfel, and P. D. Bothwell

11:15 AM

2.5

Development of an objective methodology for diagnosing Santa Ana winds

Nicholas J. Nauslar, SPC, Norman, OK; and J. Abatzaglou and A. Joros

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2.6A

The use of analog guidance in forecasting Southern Plains wildfire outbreaks

Jeffrey D. Vitale, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and T. T. Lindley, C. M. Gravelle, and C. E. Graves

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (876.6 kB)

2.6

Probability based 7-day fire potential forecasts

12:00 PM

2.7

WRF forecasts of critical fire weather conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area

Rie Onodera, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and K. Clifford, S. Chiao, and C. B. Clements

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Session 3

Modeling I

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service

1:30 PM

3.1

Modeling biomass burnings by coupling a sub-grid scale plume model with Adaptive Grid CMAQ

Aika Yano Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. T. Odman

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

Paper 3.2 has been moved. New poster number 23.

2:00 PM

3.2A

Examining the ability of numerical models to forecast pyrocumulus

Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Schranz, M. Fromm, and B. E. Potter

2:15 PM

3.3

The Kangaroo Island bushfires of 2007 A meteorological case study and WRF-fire simulation

Mika Peace, Adelaide University/Bureau of Meteorology, Adelaide, SA, Australia; and T. Mattner and G. Mills

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (5.3 MB)

2:30 PM

3.4

Large eddy simulation of canopy-structure effects on smoke dispersion from low-burning prescribed fires

Gil Bohrer, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio; and S. R. Garrity, E. K. Chatziefstratiou, and W. E. Heilman

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

3.5

Coupling Rabbit Rules with Daysmoke for simulating fire spread and plume rise for an RxCadre aerial ignition prescribed burn

Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and Y. Liu and S. L. Goodrick

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

3.6

Examining Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts on Coupled Fire/Vegetation/Atmosphere Behavior in Lodgepole Pine Stands Using FIRETEC

Rodman Linn, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and C. H. Sieg, J. Winterkamp, R. Parsons, and C. Hoffman

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Session 4

Climate

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Narasimhan K. ("Sim") Larkin, USDA Forest Service

3:30 PM

4.1

Towards a processed-based understanding of climate-fire relationships of the western United States

John T. Abatzoglou, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and C. A. Kolden, T. J. Brown, and K. L. Riley

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

4.2

Projections of future meteorological forest fire danger in the European Alps

Clemens Wastl, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany; and C. Schunk and A. Menzel

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

4.3

Climate change and fire danger rating in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Eastern Great Basin

Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and C. McHugh, L. S. Baggett, and L. S. Bradshaw

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

4.4

Future U.S. Wildfire Potential Trends Projected using Dynamically Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios

Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and S. L. Goodrick and J. A. Stanturf

4:30 PM

4.5

Summertime rainfall events in eastern Oregon and Washington

Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and N. A. Bond, A. M. Chiodi, and J. Barbour

4:45 PM

4.6

The fallacy of area burned: Climate impacts on unburned area within fire perimeters

Crystal A. Kolden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and J. Lutz, C. H. Key, J. V. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. Kane

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

4.7

Climate and Megafires

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. T. Abatzoglou and N. Nauslar

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Poster Session 1

Posters

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service

Observations of atmospheric canopy layer turbulence generated by a low-Intensity prescribed fire

Xindi Bian, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, J. L. Hom, K. L. Clark, N. S. Skowronski, M. Gallagher, M. Patterson, S. Zhong, M. T. Kiefer, and R. P. Shadbolt

Development of a fine scale smoke dispersion modeling system: Part I—Validation of the canopy model component

Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, X. Bian, and R. P. Shadbolt

Manuscript (193.1 kB)

A comparison of two coupled smoke modeling systems used for prediction of smoke dispersion and emissions from low-intensity wildland fires

P4 has been moved. New paper number 2.6A

Turbulence and energy fluxes during prescribed fires in the New Jersey Pine Barrens

Kenneth L. Clark, USDA Forest Service, New Lisbon, NJ; and N. S. Skowronski, M. Gallagher, W. E. Heilman, J. L. Hom, M. Patterson, X. Bian, and R. P. Shadbolt

Handout (1.4 MB)

Encouraging Community Wildfire Awareness

Robyn Heffernan, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID; and C. H. Jones and K. Lynott

Fuel types and consumption associated with smoke emissions in southwestern U.S. fuels

David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and J. Chong, G. Burke, B. Corcoran, and C. W. Miller

Carbon dioxide and methane efflux in burned versus unburned soils of western and central South Dakota

Frances A. Sewell, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. Clabo

NWS Fire Weather Decision Support—Now and in the Future

Robyn Heffernan, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID; and H. Hockenberry and L. VanBussum

P10 has been moved. New paper number 3.2A

Development and validation of low level wind flow and fire weather parameters using a high resolution WRF model in the Black Hills

Daniel L. McKemy, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

Expected impacts of climate change on live fuel moisture content in Mediterranean shrub species

Grazia Pellizzaro, CNR-IBIMET/National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and A. Ventura, B. Arca, T. Ghisu, P. Masia, and P. Duce

Near field pollutant and tracer dispersion during a prescribed pine forest burn

Eugene Allwine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and P. O'Keefe, R. Grivicke, T. Strand, V. Cruz, C. Clements, H. Thistle, and B. K. Lamb

Laboratory study of fire geometry and plume structure

Karen Perez, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; and R. Breidenthal and B. E. Potter

Extreme Fire Behavior Synthesis and Review Summary

Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and P. Werth, C. B. Clements, M. A. Finney, S. Goodrick, M. Alexander, M. Cruz, J. M. Forthofer, S. McAllister, R. D. Ottmar, W. M. Jolly, and R. Parsons

How well does the growing season index correspond to the start of fire season?

Matthew Anaya, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX; and B. E. Potter and N. K. Larkin

Manuscript (451.5 kB)

Identifying the potential for Arctic transport of smoke

Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. Brown, K. Craig, J. DeWinter, S. Raffuse, T. Strand, P. Roberts, and R. Solomon

BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework development

Robert Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. Strand, N. Larkin, S. Raffuse, K. Craig, D. Sullivan, D. Pryden, S. Drury, J. Stilley, J. DeWinter, and F. Y. Leung

Wildland Fire Decision Support System air quality tools

Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. J. Brown, P. Lahm, S. Raffuse, M. Rorig, T. Strand, A. Healy, R. Solomon, and T. Zimmerman

Understanding how well satellites detect fires

Sean Raffuse, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and S. Strenfel and N. K. Larkin

Monitoring CO, PM2.5, CO2 from low-intensity fires for the development of modeling tools for predicting smoke dispersion

John L. Hom, USDA, Newtown Square, PA; and W. E. Heilman, M. Patterson, K. L. Clark, N. S. Skowronski, X. Bian, N. Saliendra, M. Gallagher, T. Strand, R. Mickler, C. Clements, and D. Seto

A simplified model for the study of smoke plume dispersion from grassfires and a methodology for forecasts validation with satellite images

Joaquin Esteban Blanco Sr., Servicio Meteorologico Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and G. J. Berri

Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (1.8 MB)

A numerical study of high frequency velocity and temperature perturbations induced by a low-intensity prescribed fire

Xindi Bian, USDA Forest Service, Lansing, MI; and M. Katurji, S. Zhong, W. E. Heilman, and J. J. Charney

Formal Poster Viewing and Reception

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Session 5

Field Studies

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service

8:30 AM

5.1

Observed fire-atmosphere interactions during a low-intensity prescribed fire in a forested environment

Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, Lansing, MI; and X. Bian, J. L. Hom, K. L. Clark, N. Skowronski, S. Zhong, J. J. Charney, M. Gallagher, M. Patterson, M. T. Kiefer, and R. P. Shadbolt

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

5.2

Turbulence velocity spectra and cospectra measured during fire front passage

Daisuke Seto, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and C. B. Clements, F. Snively, and W. E. Heilman

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

Weather and Air Quality Observations Before and During a Wildfire on Deep Organic Soils

Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and R. Mickler, C. Krull, and M. Moore

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Sub-Canopy Smoke Dispersion: Measurements of fire-behavior, fuels, consumption, emissions, plume rise and dispersion near and in a prescribed fire-source

Tara Strand, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited, Rotorua, WA, New Zealand; and E. Allwine, F. Alonso Garcia, V. Cruz Chercon, D. Seto, R. Mickler, B. Lamb, R. Solomon, X. Bian, C. B. Clements, H. Thistle, and M. Rorig

9:30 AM

5.5

Fire plume kinematic structure observed using Doppler wind lidar

Allison Charland, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and D. Seto and C. B. Clements

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

5.6

The Grass Fires on Slopes Experiment

Craig B. Clements, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and D. Seto and W. E. Heilman

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Session 6

Model II

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Rodman R. Linn, LANL

10:30 AM

6.1

Toward a rule-driven model for winds over complex terrain for fire spread modeling

Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

6.2

A laboratory-scale comparison of rate of spread model predictions using chaparral fuel beds—preliminary results

David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and E. Koo, X. Zhou, and S. Mahalingam

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

6.3

Integrating high-resolution static data into WRF for real fire simulations

Jonathan D. Beezley, University of Colorado, Denver, CO; and A. Kochanski, V. Y. Kondratenko, and J. Mandel

Manuscript (397.6 kB)

11:15 AM

6.4

A wildland fire modeling and visualization environment

Jan Mandel, University of Colorado, Denver, CO; and J. D. Beezley, A. Kochanski, V. Y. Kondratenko, L. Zhang, E. Anderson, J. Daniels II, C. T. Silva, and C. Johnson

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.5 MB)

11:30 AM

6.5

A multiscale dynamic downscaling technique for application in fire weather forecasting

Hongli Jiang, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, J. H. Teng, F. Moeng, and S. Schranz

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

6.6

The diagnosis of mixed-layer characteristics and their relationship to meteorological conditions above eastern U.S. wildland fires

Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and D. Keyser

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Conference Luncheon with Guest Speaker: Jan van Wagtendonk

Location: Marquis Ballroom (Hotel Zoso)

12:00 PM

IAWF: Francis Fujioka

12:15 PM

Mark Schroeder: Chuck Bushey

Recorded Presentation

12:30 PM

Federal Fire Policy: A Personal Odyssey: Jan W. van Wagtendonk

Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Session 7

Smoke I

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Vera Martins, University of Aveiro

1:30 PM

7.1

Development of a fine scale smoke dispersion modeling system: Part II—Case study of a prescribed burn in the New Jersey Pine Barrens

Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and W. E. Heilman, S. Zhong, J. J. Charney, X. Bian, R. P. Shadbolt, J. L. Hom, K. L. Clark, N. S. Skowronski, M. Gallagher, and M. Patterson

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.7 MB)

1:45 PM

7.2

Modeling and laboratory measurements of the development of superfog

Christian Bartolome, Riverside, CA; and M. Princevac, A. Venkatram, S. Mahalingam, G. Achtemeier, and D. R. Weise

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

7.3

Meteorology and Air Quality Modeling of a 2009 Prescribed Burn Event

Zion Wang, University of California, Riverside, CA; and C. J. Chien and G. Tonnesen

2:15 PM

7.4

Analysis of High-Resolution Model Output for the Yakima Smoke Intrusion Case Study, 28 September 2009

Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and R. Solomon, C. Krull, J. Peterson, and B. Potter

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

7.5

Remote sensing of wildfires from the MISR instrument on the polar-orbiting NASA Terra satellite using the MINX software tool

Michael J. Garay, Raytheon Corporation, Pasadena, CA; and D. L. Nelson, R. Kahn, and D. J. Diner

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

7.6

Satellite and radar views of unprecedented smoke plume altitude and persistence after the 7 February 2009 Victoria pyrocumulonimbus storms

Michael D. Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Session 8

Improvements to fire danger and fire behavior systems

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Matthew C. Brewer, University of Washington

3:30 PM

8.1

Great Lakes Fire and Fuels Web Portal

John D. Horel, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Pechmann, C. Galli, and R. Ziel

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

8.2

Evaluation of fire danger rating systems in moderate fire regimes

Christian Schunk, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany; and C. Wastl, M. Leuchner, and A. Menzel

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

8.3

An investigation of the differences between Real Time Mesoscale Analysis and observed meteorological conditions at RAWS stations in the northeast United States

Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, M. T. Kiefer, G. S. Soter, and A. B. Cinderich

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

8.4

Improving computational predictions of wind field by automatic optimization

Tiziano Ghisu, CNR National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, A. Arca, A. Ventura, and P. Duce

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

8.5

Use of a prototype fire perimeter database for determining weather conditions conducive to large fire growth

Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and L. T. Hollingsworth, L. L. Kurth, and L. Macholz

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

8.6

Weather/fire modeling for fire risk assessment

Francis Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Oxnard, CA; and A. Gonzalez-Caban, S. C. Chen, and J. Benoit

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

8.7

Development of a Gridded Surface Weather Dataset forWildfire Analysis and Planning

Beth L. Hall, Towson University, Towson, MD; and T. J. Brown

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

8.8

What is the Appropriate RAWS Network?

Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. D. Horel, G. McCurdy, and M. G. Fearon

Recorded Presentation

Thursday, 20 October 2011

8:15 AM-10:15 AM: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Session 9

Smoke II

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Tara Strand, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited

8:15 AM

9.1

Evaluation of Daysmoke Plume Rise Simulations

Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and G. Achtemeier and S. L. Goodrick

Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM

9.2

A thermodynamic approach to estimating smoke plume heights

Kerry R. Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and A. Pankratz

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.6 MB)

8:45 AM

9.3

Uncertainties in prescribed fire emissions and their Impact on smoke dispersion predictions

Aika Yano, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. T. Odman, R. D. Ottmar, S. L. Goodrick, Y. Liu, and B. Gullett

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

9.4

A description and evaluation of WRF/Chem prediction of biomass burn emissions

Martin Stuefer, Geophysical Institute/Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Grell and S. R. Freitas

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

9.5

Uncertainties in modeling smoke impacts from wildland fire

Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. Strand, R. Solomon, S. Drury, S. Raffuse, S. Huang, and S. Strenfel

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

9.6

BlueSky Playground: interactive smoke modeling on the web

Sean Raffuse, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and N. K. Larkin, A. Healy, R. Solomon, M. Rorig, T. Strand, and J. Peterson

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

9.7

Blending Existing Fire Research To Operationally Support Incident Management Teams And Their Ability To Respond To Wildfire Smoke Issues—A Case Study of the Pains Bay Fire/Dare County/Stumpy Point, North Carolina

Gary M. Curcio, North Carolina Divison Of Forest Resources, Kinston, NC; and E. Welker and J. J. Reardon

Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

9.8

Challenges in Addressing Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires

Pete Lahm, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Session 10

Model III

Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)

Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair: Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service

10:45 AM

10.1

The fluid dynamics of steady-state fireline propagation

Mary Ann Jenkins, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Kochanski and S. K. Krueger

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

11:00 AM

10.2

Coupled atmosphere-fire simulations of the FireFlux experiment: Impacts of model resolution on its performance

Adam Kochanski, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. A. Jenkins, S. K. Krueger, J. Mandel, J. D. Beezley, and C. B. Clements

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.3 MB)

11:15 AM

10.3

A stochastic simulation model, Fire-Scenario Builder, to predict daily fire events at regional scales

E. Natasha Stavros, University of Washington, School of Forest Resources, Seattle, Wa; and D. McKenzie, N. K. Larkin, and T. Strand

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

10.4

Ember transport sensitivity to wind field and source size distribution

Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and H. Charalambous

11:45 AM

10.5

Application of two modelling systems to estimate the impact of forest fires on air quality in an urban area

Vera Martins, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and S. Strada, A. I. Miranda, J. H. Amorim, C. Mari, C. Borrego, J. B. Filippi, and F. Bosseur

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

10.6

Coupled Fire/Atmosphere Behavior in Highly Heterogeneous Woodlands and the Impacts of Tree Mortality on Fire Spread

Carolyn Hull Sieg, USFS, Flagstaff, AZ; and R. R. Linn, C. Hoffman, J. Winterkamp, and J. McMillin