Session 3 Frontiers in Measurement of Fire Weather and Wildfires

Monday, 29 January 2024: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
341 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 24th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation
Chair:
Sandip Pal, Texas Tech University, Atmospheric Science, Lubbock, TX

Wildfires around the world are increasing in frequency, size, and severity, including at the wildland-urban interface. These events pose threats to the ecosystems, processes, and lives within the areas they develop. The measurement of variables prior, during, and following fire events will become increasingly important as these events continue. This session focuses on new measurements of fire weather, wildfire, and the post-burn areas including observational strategies, new techniques, and recent results from field programs.

Papers:
1:45 PM
3.1
Fixed and Mobile Fire Weather Observatories in the U.S. Intermountain West
Allen B. White, NOAA Boulder, Bolder, CO; and J. M. Wilczak, D. D. Turner, K. O. Lantz, and T. P. Myers

2:00 PM
3.2
Wildfire Behavior, Winds, and Chemistry Measured from Mobile Platforms during the California Fire Dynamics Experiment (CalFiDE)
Brian J. Carroll, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and W. A. Brewer, E. J. Strobach, S. S. Brown, M. M. Valero, N. P. Lareau, A. K. Kochanski, R. A. Kahn, and C. B. Clements

2:15 PM
3.3
A comparison of turbulence dynamics during wildland fires in forested and grassland environments
Tirtha Banerjee, NSF, Irvine, CA; and A. Desai, W. E. Heilman, N. Skowronski, K. Clark, M. Gallagher, and C. B. Clements

2:30 PM
3.4
A Case Study Featuring the Time Evolution of a Fire-Induced Plume Jet Over the Rum Creek Fire: Mechanisms, Processes, and Dynamical Interplay
Edward J. Strobach, CIRES, Bel Air, MD; and B. J. Carroll, A. W. Brewer, S. S. Brown, M. M. Valero, Y. L. Pichugina, R. Ahmadov, C. J. Senff, and C. Giesige

2:45 PM
3.5
Analysis of Lightning Parameters and Precipitation Associated with Lightning-Initiated Wildfire in the Contiguous United States
YANAN ZHU, AEM, Plano, TX; AEM, Germantown, MD; and J. Lapierre and E. A. DiGangi, PhD

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