Session 7 Climate and Reanalysis Studies

Wednesday, 3 May 2023: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Scandinavian Ballroom Salon 4 (Royal Sonesta Minneapolis Downtown )
Host: 14th Fire and Forest Meteorology Symposium

Papers:
1:30 PM
7.1
The Impact of Snowmelt Timing on the Predictability of the Early Wildfire Season in Alaska
Peter Bieniek, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and U. S. Bhatt, C. F. Waigl, R. Lader, T. J. Ballinger, J. Hostler, C. Borries-Strigle, E. Fischer, M. Burgard, H. Strader, and E. Stevens

Handout (2.9 MB)

1:45 PM
7.2
A Live Fuel Moisture Climatology in California
Jack Drucker, San Jose State Unversity, San Jose, CA; and A. K. Kochanski, C. B. Clements, C. Bowers, D. Pina, Y. Moon, C. Arends, and B. D'Augustino

2:00 PM
7.3
Downslope Windstorms in the Front Range: A 21-Year Climatological Analysis
Serena DiLeonardo, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and J. K. Lundquist

2:15 PM
7.4
Worldwide Pyrocumulonimbus Inventory Reveals the Frequency, Variability, and Stratospheric Impact of Smoke-Infused Storms during 2013-2021
David A. Peterson, NRL, Monterey, CA; NRL, Monterey, CA; and M. Berman, M. D. Fromm, W. J. Julstrom, R. Servranckx, E. J. Hyer, J. R. Campbell, and T. M. McHardy

2:30 PM
7.5
Creating a 43-Year High Spatial and Temporal Resolution WRF Reanalysis for California and Nevada
Timothy J. Brown, ; and M. G. Fearon, H. Reinbold, and D. Podnar

2:45 PM
7.6
Importance of Soil Moisture in Understanding and Predicting Fire Danger: A Review of Some Recent Research
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK; and E. S. Krueger, T. E. Ochsner, D. M. Engle, D. Twidwell, S. D. Fuhlendorf, S. Sharma, and M. R. Levi

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