Session 4 Terrain-Induced Winds and Fire-Atmosphere Interactions

Monday, 25 June 2018: 3:15 PM-4:45 PM
Lumpkins Ballroom (La Fonda on the Plaza)
Host: 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology
Cochairs:
John Horel, Univ. of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT and Lukas Umek, University of Innsbruck, Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, Innsbruck

Papers:
3:15 PM
4.1
The Wine Country Fires of October 2017: Origins as a Highly Predictable, Terrain-Induced Downslope Windstorm
Clifford F. Mass, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. Ovens
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
4.2
Prediction of Forest Fire Danger Rating(FFDR) in DPR Korea: Modeling of MODIS Fire product, 5km-resolution meteorological data, Daily Weather Index(DWI), Fuel Model index(FMI) and Topographical Model Index(TMI) database
Myoungsoo Won, National Institute of Forest Science, Republic of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and K. Jang and S. Yoon
Recorded Presentation

Handout (8.8 MB)

3:45 PM
4.3
A Case Study of Orographic Airflow and Precipitation in a Wildfire Hazard Area of British Columbia, Canada: Toward a Higher-Resolution NWP Model over Complex Terrain
Ruping Mo, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and S. Zhang, A. Erfani, J. A. Milbrandt, C. Yu, R. Wu, and G. Fricska
Recorded Presentation

4.4
Coupled Weather-Fire Model Simulations of Extreme Winds and Fire Behavior during Recent Windstorm-Driven Wildfire Events

4:15 PM
4.5
An Overview of the Rapid Deployments to Wildfires Experiment (RaDFIRE)
Neil P. Lareau, San Jose State University, San José, CA; and C. B. Clements, D. E. Kingsmill, and B. Rodriguez
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
4.6
Terrain-driven Winds and Gusts During the Thomas Fire
Robert G. Fovell, Univ. at Albany, Albany, NY
Recorded Presentation

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