Session 6 |
| | Impacts of Climate and Climate Change on Wildfire |
| | Chair: Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV
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| 10:30 AM | 6.1 | Fire-climate interactions in the Mediterranean climate areas of California and Southern Oregon
Valerie M. L. Trouet, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA; and A. H. Taylor, R. F. Smith, and A. M. Carleton |
| 10:45 AM | 6.2 | Spatial Relationships between SST and U.S. Wildfires  
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA |
| 11:00 AM | 6.3 | Simulating changes in fire occurrence, behavior, and effects in North America ecosystems under multiple future climate scenarios
James M. Lenihan, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR; and D. Bachelet, R. Drapek, and R. P. Neilson |
| 11:15 AM | 6.4 | Potential forest fire danger over Northern Eurasia: Changes during the 20th century
Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. G. Sherstyukov, V. N. Razuvaev, R. W. Knight, J. G. Enloe, N. S. Stroumentova, P. H. Whitfield, E. Foerland, I. Hanssen-Bauer, H. Tuomenvirta, H. Aleksandersson, A. V. Mescherskaya, and T. R. Karl |
| 11:30 AM | 6.5 | Fire climates of Australia: Past, present and future
Chris Lucas, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic, Australia |
| 11:45 AM | 6.6 | Climate, fire and human extremes—the merging of shaping factors for 21st century land management
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. R. McConnell |