Session 4 |
| | Climate Analysis |
| | Organizer: Jim Brenner, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL
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| 8:00 AM | 4.1 | Spatial and temporal coherence of forest fire and drought patterns in the Western United States 
Thomas W. Swetnam, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| 8:20 AM | 4.2 | Spatial Distribution of Fire Season and ENSO Effects on the Island of Sumatra, Indonesia
Robert Field, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and C. Dymond, W. de Groot, and B. Lee |
| 8:40 AM | 4.3 | Examining the Relationship between Snowfall and Wildfire Patterns in the Western United States
Michael J. Medler, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and P. Montesano and D. Robinson |
| 9:00 AM | 4.4 | A Brush and Forest Fire Climatology for Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Results from 1964-2000
Alan E. Dunham, NOAA/NWSFO, Taunton, MA; and D. R. Vallee |
| 9:20 AM | 4.5 | Development of lightning climatology information over the western U.S
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown |
| 9:40 AM | | Coffee Break
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