Session 1 Case Studies

Tuesday, 2 May 2023: 8:25 AM-10:00 AM
Scandinavian Ballroom Salon 4 (Royal Sonesta Minneapolis Downtown )
Host: 14th Fire and Forest Meteorology Symposium
Chair:

Papers:
8:25 AM
Welcoming Remarks

8:30 AM
1.1
Opening Comments from an Operational Perspective (Invited Presentation)
Francisco Romero, National Interagency Fire Center, Boise, ID

8:45 AM
1.2
Roles of Synoptic Forcing on Observed Trends in California Wildfires
Stella Abosede Afolayan, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and A. Mekonnen and Y. L. Lin

9:00 AM
1.3
Comparing Lightning Detection Networks for Wildfire Ignition Attribution
Benjamin J. Hatchett, DRI, Reno, NV; and N. J. Nauslar and T. J. Brown

9:15 AM
1.4
Sundowners and Mountain Wave Activity: The 28-29 April, 2022 Event during the Sundowner Winds Experiment (SWEX)
Kiera L Malarkey, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and M. de Orla-Barile, L. M. Carvalho, G. J. Duine, and C. B. Clements

9:30 AM
1.5
Convective Density Current Circulations That Modulated Meso-γ Surface Winds Near the Yarnell Hill Fire
Michael L. Kaplan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Prescott, AZ; North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and S. M. S. Karim, J. T. Wiles, C. N. James, PhD, Y. L. Lin, and J. G. Riley

9:45 AM
1.6
Observations of Fire Whirls during a Prescribed Fire
Masahiko Shinohara, National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Suina, S. Matsushima, and H. Saiki

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