Joint Session 4 Utilization of weather and climate information for wildfire decision-making

Wednesday, 26 October 2005: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
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, AirFIRE Team, Seattle, WA

Papers:
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
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
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
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
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