Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

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Monday, 24 October 2005

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 October 2005


Conference Registration

Tuesday, 25 October 2005

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7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


TUE 25 OCT

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Registration Continues Through Thursday 27 October

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Symposium Welcome
Location: Ladyslipper/Orchid (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )
Chair: Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service
9:00 AM
J1.1
Keynote Talk: Kerry Anderson
Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Recorded Presentation

9:10 AM
J1.2
Keynote Talk: Timothy Brown
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
J1.3
Keynote Talk: Tom Archibald
Tom Archibald, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Peace River, AB, Canada

9:20 AM
J1.4
Keynote Talk: Cliff Henderson
Cliff Henderson, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Recorded Presentation

9:40 AM
J1.5
Keynote Talk: Brian Emmett
Brian Emmett, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Session
Coffee Break
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Canadian Wildfire Perspectives
Location: Ladyslipper/Orchid (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )
Organizer: Dennis Quintilio, IWFC
10:30 AM
J2.1
The History of Wildfire Detection In Alberta
Tim Klein, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Peace River, AB, Canada
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
J2.2
Yukon 2004 Fire Season Impacts on Communities and Stakeholders
Al Beaver, Yukon Wildland Fire Management, Whitehorse, YT, Canada
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
J2.3
Déjà vu or Trends? A historical look at Fire and Weather in Alberta
Peter Murphy, Univ. of Alberta, St. Albert, AB, Canada
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Session
Exhibit Hours
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

Session
Lunch Break
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 1
Impacts of Weather on Wildfire
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Randall P. Benson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
1:30 PM
1.1
Impacts of weather and growing season on the occurrence of fires in Finland
Heidi Tanskanen, Univ. of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and A. Venäläinen
Recorded Presentation

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1:45 PM
1.2
Lower atmospheric drying, stability, and increased wildfire activity
Graham A. Mills, BMRC, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (396.2 kB)

2:00 PM
1.3
Precipitation associated with lightning ignited wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (312.5 kB)

2:15 PM
1.4
Temporal and spatial characteristics of anomalous precipitation regimes on vegetation type and fire regime condition class
Ryan S. Kangas, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, B. L. Hall, and H. J. Reinbold
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
1.5
Alaska's exceptional 2004 fire season
Martha Shulski, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and S. Alden, N. Larkin, and G. Wendler
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (679.5 kB)

2:45 PM
1.6
Alaska large forest fires in 2004 and weather—Discussion based on satellite and weather data
Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; and K. Nakau, K. Kushida, M. Fukuda, P. Martyn, and T. DeFries
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (889.9 kB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Session
Coffee Break
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

3:30 PM-4:45 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 2
Fire Behavior and Fire Spread
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service
3:30 PM
2.1
Sensitivity of a fire behavior model to changes in live fuel moisture
William M. Jolly, US Forest Service, Missoula, MT
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (262.2 kB)

3:45 PM
2.2
A climatology of the Haines Index for North America derived from NCEP/NCAR reanalysis fields
Julie A. Winkler, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI; and B. E. Potter, D. F. Wilhelm, R. P. Shadbolt, X. Bian, and K. Piromsopa
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

4:00 PM
2.3
Space/time characteristics of errors in an integrated weather/fire spread simulation
Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and C. Jones, D. R. Weise, P. E. Dennison, and J. W. Benoit
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
2.4
Using Ensemble Techniques in Fire Growth Modelling
Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and G. Reuter and M. D. Flannigan
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

4:30 PM
2.5
The Development of a Dynamically Based Fire Spread Weather Forecast Index
Michael L. Kaplan, DRI, Reno, NV; and C. Huang and Y. L. Lin
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Session
Exhibit Hours
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

Sessions End for the Day

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 October 2005


Poster Session 1
Formal Poster Viewing with Icebreaker Reception
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI
P1.1
Validation of FARSITE model in Mediterranean area
Bachisio Arca, CNR - IBIMET, Sassari, Italy; and M. Laconi, A. Maccioni, G. Pellizzaro, and M. Salis

Handout (229.6 kB)

P1.2
Fire growth simulations of the Price Canyon, Thirtymile and Storm King Mountain fires using high resolution wind simulation tools and FARSITE
B. W. Butler, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT; and J. M. Forthofer, R. D. Stratton, M. A. Finney, and L. S. Bradshaw

Handout (337.6 kB)

P1.3
Computation of the low elevation Haines Index
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and J. A. Winkler, D. F. Wilhelm, and R. P. Shadbolt

Handout (706.0 kB)

P1.4
Assessing Model-Generated Predictions of NFDRS Indexes
Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and J. Hoadley and L. S. Bradshaw

P1.5
Field verification of the Nelson dead fuel moisture model and comparisons with National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) predictions
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and L. S. Bradshaw, R. M. Nelson Jr., R. R. Bensch, and R. Jabrzemski

Handout (427.4 kB)

P1.6
CMAQ-Daysmoke as a Smoke and Air Quality Management Technique: A Case Study of a Prescribed Burning in Georgia
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and G. Achtemeier and S. Goodrick

P1.7
Measurements of Ground-Level PM2.5 Concentrations Downwind From Southern Prescribed Burns
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and L. Naeher

P1.8
On Plume Rise—The Role of Initial Plume Moisture on Subsequent Plume Growth as Simulated by Daysmoke
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA

P1.9
Predicting Lightning Strikes for the Enhancement of Fire Weather Forecasts
Randall P. Benson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

Handout (89.6 kB)

P1.10
On the definition of El Nino and associated weather anomalies
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. E. Harrison

P1.11
Atmospheric teleconnections and wildfires in the southeastern United States
Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and D. E. Hanley

P1.12
Building historical gridded weather data sets for fire program analysis
Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA

P1.13
Estimating missing station weather data using North American Regional Reanalysis
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

P1.14
The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS): Its Role within NRCan's National Carbon Accounting and Sustainable Development Framework
Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and E. Banfield, R. Carr, B. de Groot, P. Englefield, M. Gartrell, R. Hall, K. Hirsch, J. Little, J. Pritchard, V. Peters, R. Suddaby, V. Decker, R. Fraser, D. Jacques, R. Landry, D. Raymond, J. van der Sanden, M. D. Flannigan, J. Ji-Zhong, T. Lynham, and W. Kurz

P1.15
Climate links to escaped prescribed fires in California and Nevada
Crystal A. Kolden, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

P1.16
Influence of seasonal weather variations on fuel status for some shrubs typical of Mediterranean Basin
Grazia Pellizzaro, CNR-IBIMET, National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and A. Ventura and P. Zara

Handout (365.8 kB)

P1.17
Vertical Distribution of Fuel in a Chamise Chaparral Stand
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, CA; and J. Chong and D. Kisor

P1.18
Assessment of fuel dryness index on mediterranean vegetation
Donatella Spano, Univ. of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and P. Duce, R. L. Snyder, P. Zara, and A. Ventura

Handout (1.2 MB)

P1.19
Ichnusa fire index: development and preliminary evaluation at regional scale
Costantino Sirca, Univ. of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano and P. Duce

P1.20
The Inter-Comparison of LANL—FIRETEC and NIST—FDS Idealized Grass Fire Simulations
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and W. Mell

P1.21
High-Resolution Numerical Model Simulations of Fire Plume Dynamics
Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Goodrick

P1.22
Separating Combustion From Pyrolysis in HIGRAD/FIRETEC
Jonah J. Colman, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. R. Linn

Handout (1.2 MB)

P1.23
Error analysis of PSU/NCAR MM5 forecasts in southern California
Charles Jones, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and F. Fujioka

P1.24
The interaction between a wildfire and a sea-breeze front
Deborah E. Hanley, AWS Truepower, LLC, Albany, NY; and P. Cunningham and S. L. Goodrick

Wednesday, 26 October 2005

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7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


WED 26 OCT

8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session
Exhibit Hours
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 3
Fire—Atmosphere Interactions and Coupled Modeling Part 1
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service
3.1
A Method for Modeling Sub-Grid Combustion in a Large-Scale Wildland Fire CFD Model

8:45 AM
3.2
An Evaluation of the FDS and Clark Coupled Wildfire Model
Ruiyu Sun, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. K. Krueger, M. A. Jenkins, W. Mell, and J. J. Charney
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (250.0 kB)

9:00 AM
3.3
Numerical Simulations of Fires Similar to Those of The International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment
Rodman R. Linn, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. Canfield, J. Winterkamp, P. Cunningham, J. Colman, C. Edminster, and S. L. Goodrick
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
3.4
Modeling Effects of Atmospheric Stability on Wildfire Behavior
Jesse M. Canfield, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. Linn, P. Cunningham, and S. L. Goodrick
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
3.5
Coupled Influences of Topography and Atmosphere on Wildland Fire Behavior: Physics-Based Model Explorations
Judith L. Winterkamp, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. R. Linn, W. S. Smith, and J. J. Colman
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
3.6
A Numerical Solution of Reynolds System of Equations for Description of Forest Fire Initiation
Valeriy Perminov, Tomsk Polytechnic Univ., Tomsk, Russia, Russia

10:00 AM
3.1A
Influence of Radiative Heating on Wildfire Behavior—A Sensitivity Study
William S. Smith, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. Linn and J. Winterkamp
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session
Coffee Break
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 4
Operational and Near-Operational Fire Weather Forecasting Techniques
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Rick Ochoa, National Interagency Fire Center
10:30 AM
4.1
The BlueSkyRAINS Smoke Prediction System
Susan M. O'Neill, USDA, Seattle, WA; and S. Ferguson, R. Solomon, J. Hoadley, J. Peterson, N. Larkin, R. Wilson, R. Peterson, and D. Matheny
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
4.2
Model-Generated Predictions of Dry Lightning Risk—Initial Results
Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. J. McKay, S. A. Ferguson, and P. Werth
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (136.0 kB)

11:00 AM
4.3
HI-RISE—Hazardous Incident Rapid In-Flight Support Effort: Use of asynoptic upper-air data to improve weather forecasts at wildland fires and other hazardous incidents
Paul G. Witsaman, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and J. W. Zeitler, M. C. Oaks, G. P. Murdoch, S. R. Nagle, W. C. Hoffmann, and B. K. Fritz
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (348.0 kB)

11:15 AM
4.4
Implementation, Verification and Visualization of CANSAC Products
Julide Koracin, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (393.7 kB)

11:30 AM
4.5
Implementation of Windsat Data From NPOESS into 3DVAR for CANSAC Real-Time MM5 Forecasting
Tesfamichael Ghidey, WSU, Prosser, WA; and J. Koracin, T. J. Brown, and M. D. McAtee
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

11:45 AM
4.6
Development of model output statistic (MOS) products for predictive services
Hauss J. Reinbold, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. L. Hall and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session
Lunch Break
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

1:00 PM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session
Exhibit Hours
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Smoke Management and Air Quality
Location: Ladyslipper/Orchid (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )
Chair: Susan O'Neill, USDA
1:30 PM
J3.1
Estimating the Air Quality Impacts of Forest Fires in Alberta
Alex Schutte, Levelton Consultants Ltd., Richmond, BC, Canada; and C. Walsh and C. Tymstra
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.3 MB)

1:45 PM
J3.2
Operational Evaluation of BlueSkyRAINS
Jeanne Hoadley, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and M. Rorig, S. M. O'Neill, and S. Ferguson
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (446.2 kB)

2:00 PM
J3.3
Evaluation of the BlueSkyRAINS Smoke Prediction System
Robert Solomon, USDA, Seattle, WA; and S. Ferguson, S. O'Neill, J. Hoadley, J. Peterson, N. Larkin, R. Wilson, R. Peterson, and D. Matheny
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
J3.4
On Plume Rise—Matching Daysmoke With Briggs Equations for Industrial Stacks
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (253.7 kB)

2:30 PM
J3.5
Modelling smoke effects on Lisbon air quality
Ana Isabel Miranda, Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and H. Martins, A. Carvalho, and C. Borrego
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (985.3 kB)

2:45 PM
J3.6
A Local-Scale Modelling System to Simulate Smoke Dispersion
Joana Valente, Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and A. I. Miranda, A. G. Lopes, C. Borrego, and D. Xavier Viegas
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (841.2 kB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session
Coffee Break
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005

Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Utilization of weather and climate information for wildfire decision-making
Location: Ladyslipper/Orchid (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )
Chair: Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service
3:30 PM
J4.1
Wildland Fire and Droughts: Searching for Practical Solutions
Martin E. Alexander, Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
J4.2
Modeling seasonal variation in the total probability of wildfires
Randall P. Benson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (290.6 kB)

4:00 PM
J4.3
The use of climate information in prescribed fire planning and implementation
Crystal A. Kolden, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (183.4 kB)

4:15 PM
J4.4
New York state fire climatology
Joseph Kennedy, New York State Forest Rangers, Albany, NY; and B. L. Hall and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (317.0 kB)

4:30 PM
J4.5
Utilizing climate information for smoke dispersion planning
Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. M. O'Neill, R. Solomon, M. Johnson, and S. A. Ferguson

4:45 PM
J4.6
The impact of climate change on area burned In Alberta's Boreal Forest
Cordy Tymstra, Department of Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. Armitage
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (754.6 kB)

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Sessions End for the Day

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 October 2005


Session
Evening Banquet (Cash Bar)-Guest Speaker Dave Coutts, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development and Student Awards Presented by Brad Pickering, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development
Location: Ladyslipper/Orchid (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

Thursday, 27 October 2005

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7:00 AM-7:00 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


THU 27 OCT

8:30 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session
Exhibit Hours
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

8:30 AM-10:15 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 5
Core Fire Science
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Organizer: Colin C. Hardy, USDA Forest Service
8:30 AM
5.1
The effect of solar insolation on the burning rate of shallow fuel beds
B. W. Butler, USDA, Missoula, MT
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (161.8 kB)

5.2
An integrated real-time system for prescribed fire management

9:00 AM
5.3
Improved models of forest and wildland-urban-interface fires
Ronald Rehm, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and W. Mell
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (137.4 kB)

9:15 AM
5.4
Experiments and modeling of fire spread through individual trees
William Mell, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and A. Maranghides and R. Rehm
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (350.0 kB)

9:30 AM
5.5
Correlation of mass loss rate and flame height for live fuels
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, CA; and T. H. Fletcher, S. Mahalingam, X. Zhou, S. Smith, and L. Sun
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (156.1 kB)

9:45 AM
5.6
Fire danger rating in the United States: an evolution since 1916
Colin C. Hardy, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM
5.2A
Measurements of water vapor and CO2 fluxes produced by a prescribed prairie fire using a micrometeorological flux tower and tethered balloon sounding system
Craig B. Clements, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX; and B. E. Potter, S. Zhong, G. Aumann, M. D. Jiang, S. Street, and M. R. Patel
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (206.1 kB)

10:00 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session
Coffee Break
Location: Crocus/Arnica (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 6
Impacts of Climate and Climate Change on Wildfire
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Beth L. Hall, DRI
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
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
6.2
Spatial Relationships between SST and U.S. Wildfires
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (473.2 kB)

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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

11:30 AM
6.5
Fire climates of Australia: Past, present and future
Chris Lucas, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Recorded Presentation

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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
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session
Lunch Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the 19th Interior West Fire Council Meeting )

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 7
Fuels and Fire
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station
1:30 PM
7.1
Burning Characteristics of Live California Chaparral and Utah Leaf Samples
Thomas H. Fletcher, Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT; and B. M. Pickett, S. G. Smith, and D. R. Weise
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (473.9 kB)

1:45 PM
7.2
Ignition of Mulch by Firebrands in Wildland/Urban Interface (WUI) Fires
Samuel L. Manzello, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and J. R. Shields, T. G. Cleary, and J. C. Yang
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (116.5 kB)

2:00 PM
7.3
Evaluation of the Nelson dead fuel moisture model in a forecast environment
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and L. S. Bradshaw, R. M. Nelson Jr., and R. Jabrzemski
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (396.5 kB)

2:15 PM
7.4
Modeling the probability of sustained flaming in Canadian fuel types: predictive value of fire weather index components compared with observations of site weather and fuel moisture conditions
J. L. Beverly, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. M. Wotton
Recorded Presentation

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2:30 PM
7.5
Stand specific litter moisture content calibrations for the Canadian Fine Fuel Moisture Code
B. M. Wotton, Canadian Forest Service, Sault St. Marie, ON, Canada; and J. L. Beverly
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (287.6 kB)

2:45 PM
7.6
Remote Sensing Vegetation Recovery after Forest Fires using Energy Balance Algorithm
Junming Wang, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM; and T. W. Sammis, C. A. Meier, L. J. Simmons, D. R. Miller, and D. Bathke
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (322.2 kB)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Session
Coffee Break
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005

Recording files available
Session 8
Fire—Atmosphere Interactions and Coupled Modeling Part 2
Location: Ladyslipper (Radisson Canmore Hotel and Conference Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service
3:30 PM
8.0
Paper has been moved to Session 3, Paper number 3.1

3:45 PM
8.0
Paper has been moved to Session 5, Paper Number 5.2

4:00 PM
8.1
Applications of Coupled Atmosphere—Fire Modeling: Prototype Demonstration of RealTime Modeling of Fire Behavior
Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Presentation PDF (408.5 kB)

4:15 PM
8.2
Experimental Weekly to Seasonal Ensemble Fire Danger Forecasts
J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and P. Tripp, H. Juang, J. Wang, S. Chen, and F. Fujioka
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
8.3
Numerical Simulations of Fires in Grasslands: Roles of Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer
Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and R. R. Linn
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
8.4
A Mechanism for the Formation of Transverse Horizontal Vortices on Wildland Fires
Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and P. Cunningham
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 27 October 2005


Conference Ends
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