Session 1 |
| | Impacts of Weather and Climate on Wildfire |
| | Chair: Valerie M. L. Trouet, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf Switzerland
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| 1:30 PM | 1.1 | Climate and predictability of Alaskan wildfires 
Peter Bieniek, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Shulski and G. Wendler |
| 1:45 PM | 1.2 | Correlation between wildfire statistical datas, weather parameters, and climate 
Michel L. Bernard, Université de provence, Marseille, France; and L. G. Bernard |
| 2:00 PM | 1.3 | Weather seasonality and pattern of thermochemical properties in Mediterranean vegetation
Grazia Pellizzaro, CNR - Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and C. Cesaraccio, P. Duce, A. Ventura, and P. Zara |
| 2:15 PM | 1.4 | Determination of weather parameters used to predict fire behavior and growth
Laurie L. Kurth, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and C. McHugh and L. T. Hollingsworth |
| 2:30 PM | 1.5 | Predictability of sea surface temperatures for fire danger
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. R. Banta and B. L. Hall |
| 2:45 PM | 1.6 | Multi-decadal variability of fire weather and fire extent in northern California and Oregon
Valerie M. L. Trouet, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf, Switzerland; and A. H. Taylor, A. M. Carleton, and C. N. Skinner |