Session 2 |
| | Climate Change |
| | Chair: Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV
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| 3:30 PM | 2.1 | Recent large-scale forest fires in boreal forests and climate change -Discussion based on weather data in Alaska and Sakha-  
Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; and M. Fukuda, K. Kushida, R. Jandt, and F. Alexander |
| 3:45 PM | 2.2 | Climate change and bushfire weather in southeast Australia
Chris Lucas, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic, Australia |
| 4:00 PM | 2.3 | Forest fire emissions under climate change: impacts on air quality
Anabela Carvalho, Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and A. Monteiro, M. D. Flannigan, V. Martins, A. I. Miranda, and C. Borrego |
| 4:15 PM | 2.4 | Effects of climate change on forest fires over North America and impact on U.S. air quality and visibility
Rynda C. Hudman, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and D. V. Spracklen, J. A. Logan, L. J. Mickley, R. M. Yevich, M. D. Flannigan, and A. L. Westerling |
| 4:30 PM | 2.5 | Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest
M.D. Flannigan, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada; and B. J. Stocks, M. Turetsky, and B. M. Wotton |
| 4:45 PM | 2.6 | Future climate and the Haines Index as simulated by the NCAR CCSM3.0 general circulation model
Brian Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and J. A. Winkler, H. Prawiranata, K. Piromsopa, and X. Bian |
| 5:00 PM | 2.7 | Assessing climate change and fire danger
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and W. M. Jolly and B. L. Hall |