Session 2 Wildfires of 2023

Monday, 29 January 2024: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
302/303 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 20th Conference on Major Weather Impacts

Papers:
10:45 AM
2.1
The 2023 Wildfire Season: 420,002,023rd Year of Biomass Burning on Earth
Timothy J. Brown, Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NV

11:05 AM
2.2
The Record-breaking 2023 Fire Season in Canada was driven by Extreme Weather
Piyush Jain, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and Q. Barber, E. Whitman, M. A. Parisien, Y. Boulanger, D. Castellanos Acuna, and M. Flannigan

11:20 AM
2.3
The Meteorology of the August 2023 Maui Wildfire
Clifford F. Mass, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Ovens

11:40 AM
2.4
Investigating the role of atmospheric flow dynamics on the behavior of the Lahaina Fire
Neil P. Lareau, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV; and T. W. Juliano, F. Szasdi-Bardales, N. Elhami-Khorasani, K. Shamsaei, M. T. Roberts, H. Ebrahimian, and B. Kosovic

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