Session 3 |
| | Improvements to Fire Danger and Fire Behavior Systems Related to Meteorology |
| | Chair: William M. Jolly, US Forest Service, Missoula, MT
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| 1:30 PM | 3.1 | Are some RAWS observations more critical to an analysis than others? 
John D. Horel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and X. Dong |
| 1:45 PM | 3.2 | A grass moisture model for the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System 
B. M. Wotton, Canadian Forest Service, Sault St. Marie, ON, Canada |
| 2:00 PM | 3.3A | Methods for Evaluating Spatial Seasonal Fire Potential Indices
Cindy Sue Leary, University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and P. L. Andrews, W. M. Jolly, and J. M. Graham |
|  | 3.3 | Fire weather, atmospheric stability environments, and fire activity in southern Australia
Graham A. Mills, Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research, Melbourne, Vic., Australia |
| 2:15 PM | 3.4 | A comparison of hourly fine fuel moisture code calculations within Canada
Kerry R. Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
| 2:30 PM | 3.5 | Evaluation of fire danger indices in Sardinia (Italy)
Costantino Sirca, Univ. of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano, M. Salis, B. Arca, and P. Duce |
| | 3.6 | Updates to the weather information management system (WIMS)
Larry S. Bradshaw, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and J. Barnes |
| 2:45 PM | 3.6A | Assessing topography and wind alignment for firefighter safety
William M. Jolly, US Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and J. Forthofer and B. W. Butler |