Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Program Chairs: Timothy J. Brown , DRI ; Brian E. Potter , USDA Forest Service ; Narasimhan K. ("Sim") Larkin , USDA Forest Service ; Kerry R. Anderson , Canadian Forest Service

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Monday, 22 October 2007

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3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 22 October 2007


Registration Begins
Location: Shore Acres (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

Tuesday, 23 October 2007

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7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007


Registration continues through 25 October
Location: Shore Acres (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

9:00 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007


Joint Session 1
Symposium Welcome and Northeast Fire Perspectives
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact Forest Science Working Team )
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI
9:00 AM
Welcoming Remarks-Timothy Brown, DRI, Reno, NV

9:10 AM
Welcoming Remarks-Tom Parent, Northeast Fire Protection Compact, China Village, ME

9:15 AM
J1.1
Background of the Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact
Tom Parent, Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact, China Village, ME

9:25 AM
J1.2
Background of the Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact Fire Science Working Team
Michael Ricci, Maine Forest Service, Old Town, ME

9:35 AM
J1.3
Use of Fire Science in the Eastern Canadian Provinces
Timothy Greer, Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact, Fredericton, NB, Canada

9:45 AM
J1.4
Fire Weather Services for the Northeastern Compact Area
Eric C. Evenson, NOAA/NWS, South Burlington, VT

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Wingwood (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007

Recording files available
Joint Session 2
Application of Weather and Climate Science to the Management of Wildland Fire
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact Forest Science Working Team )
Chair: Kerry R. Anderson, Canadian Forest Service
10:30 AM
J2.1
BehavePlus fire modeling system: past, present, and future
Patricia L. Andrews, US Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (647.0 kB)

10:45 AM
J2.2
OK-FIRE: A weather-based decision support system for wildland fire managers in Oklahoma
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and R. Jabrzemski, S. Blackburn, and J. M. Wolfinbarger
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
J2.3
A Collaborative Fire Weather Training Endeavor Involving the National Weather Service and the Northeast Compact
Eric C. Evenson, NOAA/NWS, South Burlington, VT; and R. J. Schiesser and S. Hogan
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (21.0 kB)

11:15 AM
J2.4
Climatology of fire danger from the North American Regional Reanalysis dataset
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown and W. M. Jolly
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
J2.5
The BlueSky smoke modeling framework: current status and ongoing development
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. Sullivan, D. Pryden, S. Raffuse, R. Solomon, L. Chinkin, and C. Ovard

11:45 AM
J2.6
Assessment of New Hampshire red flag criteria
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. Kennedy
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007

Recording files available
Session 1
Impacts of Weather and Climate on Wildfire
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Valerie M. L. Trouet, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
1:30 PM
1.1
Climate and predictability of Alaskan wildfires
Peter Bieniek, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; and M. Shulski and G. Wendler
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (705.3 kB)

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (325.1 kB)

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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Wingwood (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007

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Session 2
Climate Change
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Beth L. Hall, DRI
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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (244.4 kB)

3:45 PM
2.2
Climate change and bushfire weather in southeast Australia
Chris Lucas, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (502.9 kB)

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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (10.6 kB)

4:45 PM
2.6
Future climate and the Haines Index as simulated by the NCAR CCSM3.0 general circulation model
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and J. A. Winkler, H. Prawiranata, K. Piromsopa, and X. Bian
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007


Session 3
Poster Introductions
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Presider: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 23 October 2007


Poster Session 1
Formal Poster Reviewing with Icebreaker Reception
Location: Wingwood (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service
P1.1
Large forest fires in Canada and the relationship to global sea surface temperatures
Walter Skinner, EC, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Shabbar, M. Flannigan, and K. Logan

P1.2
A bio-geophysical model of Net Primary Productivity from the climatologic chart concept
Michel L. Bernard, Université de provence, Marseille, France; and L. G. Bernard

P1.3
The impact of climate change on fire weather as predicted by a regional climate model
Xindi Bian, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and B. Potter, H. Prawiranata, K. Piromsopa, and J. A. Winkler

P1.4
Regional Climate Change Impact on Fire Regimes in Midwest and Eastern United States
Xindi Bian, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and W. E. Heilman, S. Zhong, and J. A. Winkler

P1.5
Correlation between remotely sensed fire intensity and fuel consumption in California chaparral – a case study
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and P. J. Riggan

Handout (463.9 kB)

P1.6
West Texas Mesonet observations in proximity to a dangerous wildfire and wind shift interactions
Kenneth R. Widelski, NOAA/NWS, Lubbock, TX; and T. T. Lindley

P1.7
Fire intensity in moderate drought conditions: effect on topsoil properties in Mediterranean shrubland vegetation
Annalisa Canu, Institute of Biometeorology, Sassari, Italy; and B. Arca, G. Ghiglieri Sr., D. Pittalis, M. Deroma, A. Ventura, and A. Arca

Handout (87.1 kB)

P1.8
Application of climatologic chart concepts to a new classification of climates and to climatic change studies
Michel L. Bernard, Université de provence, Marseille, France; and L. G. Bernard

P1.9
Moisture measures and their correlations with wildland fire in the Lake States
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and J. J. Charney

P1.10
Use of FARSITE simulator to produce fire probability maps in a Mediterranean area
Bachisio Arca, National Research Council of Italy, Sassari, Italy; and V. Bacciu, P. Duce, G. Pellizzaro, M. Salis, and D. Spano

Handout (534.3 kB)

P1.11
Forest fires detected by using doppler weather radar
Kehui Huang, Wenzhou Meteorological Bureau, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang, China; and F. Gu, F. Zhao, J. Zhu, B. Zhou, H. Xie, and J. Zhong

P1.12
A journey down under: Operational fire weather forecasting exchange for the 2006-2007 fire season
Heath Hockenberry, NOAA Fire and Public Weather Services Branch, Boise, ID; and R. Hicks and R. Ochoa

P1.13
A review of 2006 fire weather support – A record year
Larry Van Bussum, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID; and R. Lamoni

P1.14
Program for Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications
Laura M. Edwards, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

P1.15
Climate in the context of Wildland Fire Use: Windows of opportunity
Crystal A. Kolden, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

P1.16
Stereo Photo Series for Quantifying Natural Fuels Volume VIII: Hardwood, Pitch Pine, and Red Spruce/Balsam Fir Types in the Northeastern United States
Clinton S. Wright, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Seattle, WA; and R. D. Ottmar and R. E. Vihnanek

P1.17
The MJO-Lightning Connection: Understanding Intraseasonal Variations in Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Strikes over the Continental US
John T. Abatzoglou, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

Wednesday, 24 October 2007

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8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Wednesday, 24 October 2007

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Session 4
Field Studies
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Randall P. Benson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
8:30 AM
4.1
Field evaluation of PB-Piedmont, a mesoscale nighttime smoke dispersion model, for application to Oklahoma landscapes
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and G. L. Achtemeier
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
4.2
Rapid Response Field Observations in Support of Improving BlueSky Smoke Predictions
Candace Krull, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and M. Rorig, S. Larkin, and R. Solomon
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
4.3
An overview of the FireFlux experiment
Craig B. Clements, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
4.4
Plume moisture enhancement observed during FireFlux
Caroline Kiefer, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and C. B. Clements and B. E. Potter
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
4.5
Turbulent kinetic energy and fire-induced winds observed during FireFlux
Craig B. Clements, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and S. Zhong, W. E. Heilman, X. Bian, and S. L. Goodrick
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-10:15 AM: Wednesday, 24 October 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Wingwood (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

10:15 AM-11:45 AM: Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Recording files available
Session 5
Improvements to Fire Danger and Fire Behavior Systems I
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service
10:15 AM
5.1
Determination of equilibrium moisture content for several fine fuels in Hawaii
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (253.5 kB)

10:30 AM
5.2
The application of radar-derived precipitation and LAPS gridded analyses to real-time fire weather index maps for the state of Michigan
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and R. H. Ziel and X. Bian
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
5.3
Fire behavior and fire danger systems—the evolution continues
Patricia L. Andrews, US Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
5.4
Assessment of an integrated fire rating index for Sardinia, Italy
Costantino Sirca, Univ. of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano and P. Duce
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
5.5
Validation of fire danger from the North American Regional Reanalysis dataset
Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown and W. M. Jolly
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
5.6
OPERATIONAL FOREST FIRE-GROWTH PREDICTIONS FOR CANADA
Kerry R. Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and P. Englefield and J. Little
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (546.3 kB)

11:45 AM-1:15 PM: Wednesday, 24 October 2007


Luncheon with Guest Speaker Deb Dyer
Location: Kebo (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Speaker: Deb Dyer, Bar Harbor Historical Society
11:45 AM
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The Fire of '47
Deb Dyer, Bar Harbor Historical Society, Bar Harbor, ME

1:15 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 24 October 2007

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Session 6
Smoke Management and Air Quality
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Narasimhan K. ("Sim") Larkin, USDA Forest Service
1:15 PM
6.1
Real-time smoke prediction systems
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA

1:30 PM
6.2
Modeling the air quality effects of the 2007 south Georgia wildfires with SHRMC-4S
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and S. L. Goodrick, G. L. Achtemeier, J. Qu, and L. Naeher
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
6.3
Spatial/temporal characteristics of air quality prediction errors in the Bluesky modeling framework
Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and K. S. Lii and S. Chen
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.2 MB)

2:00 PM
6.4
Reconcilation of satellite detected and ground reported fire information
Sean Raffuse, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and N. Larkin, A. Soja, R. Solomon, D. Sullivan, and L. Chinkin

2:15 PM
6.5
Estimating the contribution of forest fire emissions to ozone peaks during a 14-20 July 2005 prescribed fire escape in central California using CMAQ modeling system
Tesfamichael Ghidey, WSU, Prosser, WA; and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
6.6
Automated verification of the BlueSky smoke modeling framework
Robert Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. O'Neill and J. Vaughan
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
6.7
The 2003 fire season in Portugal: impacts on air quality
Ana Isabel Miranda, Univ. of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and A. Monteiro, V. Martins, A. Carvalho, and C. Borrego
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (402.7 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 24 October 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Wingwood (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Recording files available
Session 7
Fire-Atmosphere Interactions and Coupled Modeling
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service
3:30 PM
7.1
The Esperanza Fire: Comparison of coupled atmosphere-fire model simulation and FireMapper thermal imaging data
Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and F. M. Fujioka, C. Jones, and P. J. Riggan
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
7.2
Mesoscale model simulations of the meteorological conditions during the 2 June 2002 Double Trouble State Park wildfire
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and D. Keyser
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
7.3
Effect of Vertical Wind Shear on the Grassfire Evolution
Mary Ann Jenkins, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and R. Sun, S. K. Krueger, J. J. Charney, and M. A. Zulauf
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (998.0 kB)

4:15 PM
7.4
A rule-based fire spread model for simulating prescribed burns
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (250.0 kB)

7.5
Applying FIRETEC to real world wildfire scenarios

7.6
Influence of wind variations and fluctuations on fire behavior in FIRETEC simulations

5:00 PM
7.7
The dynamics of fire interactions: Simulations of multiple fire lines using FIRETEC
Brandon S. Daly, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and P. Cunningham, J. K. Hiers, R. R. Linn, and J. A. Sauer

5:15 PM
7.8
Modeling buoyant plumes: Fundamentals and applications
Philip Cunningham, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Goodrick and M. J. Reeder

Thursday, 25 October 2007

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 25 October 2007

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Session 8
Fire Behavior, Spread and Emissions Impacts
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service
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, 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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.7 MB)

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, NOAA/NWS, Bohemia, NY; and J. E. Martin and B. Potter
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
8.6
Exploratory study of energy distribution and evolution for wildfires
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 25 October 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Wingwood (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 25 October 2007

Recording files available
Session 9
Improvements to Fire Danger and Fire Behavior Systems II
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University
10:30 AM
9.1
A model for estimating evapotranspiration of natural ecosystems
R. L. Snyder, Univ. of California, Davis, CA; and D. Spano, C. Sirca, V. Bacciu, and P. Duce
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
9.2
A model to predict red flag warning days
Randall P. Benson, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and G. W. Carbin
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (302.1 kB)

11:00 AM
9.3
Spatial/temporal analysis of fire spread modeling errors
Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and C. Jones and P. J. Riggan
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
9.4
Development and implementation of a uniform national verification system for the 7-day significant fire potential product
Hauss J. Reinbold, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
9.5
Stochastic modeling of fire at daily time steps from mesoscale meteorology
Donald McKenzie, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and N. Larkin, S. O'Neill, R. Norheim, and J. S. Littel

11:45 AM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 25 October 2007


Lunch Break

1:15 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 25 October 2007

Recording files available
Session 10
Forecasting
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Rick Ochoa, National Interagency Fire Center
1:15 PM
10.1
Fire Danger Applications of NCEP's Downscaled CFS Forecasts
J. Roads, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and P. Tripp, H. M. H. Juang, J. Wang, S. Chen, and F. Fujioka
Recorded Presentation

10.2
Critical fire weather events during the Australian summer fires of 2006-7

1:45 PM
10.2A
Eight years of seasonal climate forecasting for the wildfire management community
Klaus E. Wolter, ESRL/Univ of Colorado-CIRES, Boulder, CO
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
10.3
Significant Errors in Numerical Weather Predictions Prior to the New Year's Day 2006 Southern Plains Wildfire Outbreak
T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and M. R. Conder and G. P. Murdoch
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (572.6 kB)

2:15 PM
10.4
A meteorological composite of the 2005/06 wildfire outbreaks in the Southern Plains
T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Guyer, G. P. Murdoch, S. R. Nagle, K. Schneider, and G. Skwira
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1019.9 kB)

2:30 PM
10.5
Using the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework in Decision Support for Landscape-scale Prescribed Burn Operations
Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and R. Solomon, C. Krull, and J. Peterson
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
10.6
Predicting fire weather severity using seasonal forecasts
Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and P. Englefield and R. Carr
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (344.4 kB)

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 25 October 2007


Coffee Break
Location: Wingwood (Atlantic Oakes Resort)

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 25 October 2007


Workshop Session 1
Directions in Fire and Forest Meteorology Research
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Host: Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Moderator: Timothy J. Brown, DRI

4:45 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 25 October 2007


Joint Session 3
Symposium Closing
Location: The Turrets (Atlantic Oakes Resort)
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology; and the Northeast Forest Fire Protection Compact Forest Science Working Team )
Presiders: Timothy J. Brown, DRI; Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service

Friday, 26 October 2007

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8:30 AM-12:30 PM: Friday, 26 October 2007


Breakfast with Tour of Acadia National Park (tickets available until 12 noon Wednesday October 24)
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