Session 8 |
| | Fire Behavior, Spread and Emissions Impacts |
| | Chair: Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA
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| 8:30 AM | 8.1 | Evolution of turbulent kinetic energy and the Haines Index during wildfires in the north central and northeastern U.S
Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and X. Bian |
| 8:45 AM | 8.2 | Using high-resolution weather data to predict fire spread using the FARSITE simulator—a case study in California chaparral  
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and S. C. Chen, P. J. Riggan, C. Jones, B. W. Butler, and F. M. Fujioka |
| 9:00 AM | 8.3 | The structure and evolution of terrain-induced meteorological features influencing the Alberta and Mack Lake wildfire environments
Brian J. Miretzky, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin and B. Potter |
| 9:15 AM | 8.4 | Determining carbon emissions from Siberian fires using the Canadian and Russian Fire Danger Rating Systems
Douglas J. McRae, Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada; and J. Z. Jin, Y. Q. Yang, S. P. Baker, S. G. Conard, B. J. Stocks, and A. I. Sukhinin |
| 9:30 AM | 8.5 | Mercury emissions and dispersion from the 2007 south Georgia wildfires
Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and Y. Liu, R. J. DiCosty, M. A. Callaham, and J. A. Stanturf |
| 9:45 AM | 8.6 | Exploratory study of energy distribution and evolution for wildfires
Brian Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA |