Session 12 Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Program Chairs: Brian E. Potter , USDA Forest Service ; Timothy J. Brown , DRI

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Monday, 12 October 2009

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 12 October 2009


Registration Begins
Location: Glacier Room (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

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7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009


Registration continues through 15 October
Location: Glacier Room (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009

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Session 1
Symposium Welcome and Perspectives
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Panelists: John Cissel, JFSP Program Manager; Heath Hockenberry, NOAA Fire and Public Weather Services Branch; Kelly Martin, Fire and Aviation Management; Pete Lahm, USDA Forest Service; Mike Hilbruner, USDA Forest Service; Edward D. Delgado, National Interagency Fire Center
Cochairs: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service; Timothy J. Brown, DRI
9:00 AM
Panel Discussion
Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009


Coffee Break
Location: Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Recording files available
Session 2
Regional Case Studies
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service
2.1
Santa Ana winds of southern California during the October 2007 wildfires

11:15 AM
2.2
A numerical study of smoke transport and dispersion associated with the October 2007 Southern California wildfires
Wei Lu, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, X. Bian, J. J. Charney, and W. E. Heilman

11:30 AM
2.3
Synthetic GOES-R Imagery of Agricultural and Wild Fires
Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta, R. Brummer, and R. DeMaria
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
2.4
Comparing modeled and observed smoke concentrations for the 2007 Southern and 2008 Northern California wildfires
Tara Strand, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited, Rotorua, WA, New Zealand; and N. K. Larkin, R. Solomon, D. Sullivan, S. Raffuse, K. Craig, C. Krull, M. Rorig, M. Moore, B. E. Potter, N. Wheeler, and L. Chinkin

12:00 PM
2.5
2008 forest fires in the northern California, USA
Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; and C. N. Skinner
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.2 MB)

2.6
The sundowner winds in Santa Barbara, California, and wildfires during 5-9 May 2009

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009

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Session 3
Improvements to Fire Danger and Fire Behavior Systems Related to Meteorology
Location: Lake McDonald/ Swift Current/ Hanging Gardens (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: William M. Jolly, US Forest Service
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
Recorded Presentation

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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (277.8 kB)

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
Recorded Presentation

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3.3
Fire weather, atmospheric stability environments, and fire activity in southern Australia

2:30 PM
3.4
A comparison of hourly fine fuel moisture code calculations within Canada
Kerry R. Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.4 MB)

2:45 PM
3.5
Evaluation of fire danger indices in Sardinia (Italy)
Costantino Sirca, University of Sassari; CMCC, Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change, IAFENT Division, Sassari, Italy; and D. Spano, M. Salis, B. Arca, and P. Duce

3.6
Updates to the weather information management system (WIMS)

3:15 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
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (196.2 kB)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009


Coffee Break
Location: Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009

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Session 4A
Climate Change Impacts
Location: Lake McDonald/ Swift Current/ Hanging Gardens (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Crystal A. Kolden, DRI
3:30 PM
4A.1
Changes in Fire Season Precipitation in Idaho and Montana from 1982-2006
Ann M. Hadlow, University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and C. A. Seielstad
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

3:45 PM
4A.2
Assessing the impact of wind field on fire spread and behavior under climate change scenarios
Bachisio Arca, CNR-IBIMET, National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and M. Salis, P. Duce, A. Ventura, and D. Spano

4:00 PM
4A.3
Evaluating Future Global Wildfire Potential Using the Keetch-Byram Drought Index
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and J. A. Stanturf and S. L. Goodrick
Recorded Presentation

4A.4
Impact of climate change on the simulated global fire regime in an earth system model

4:30 PM
4A.4A
Impact of Climate Change on Fire Danger across the Western United States
John T. Abatzoglou, DRI, Reno, NV; and C. A. Kolden and T. J. Brown

4:45 PM
4A.5
Climate change impacts on burn severity in Alaska, Part I: Climate-fire relationships
John T. Abatzoglou, DRI, Reno, NV; and C. A. Kolden
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
4A.6
Climate change impacts on burn severity in Alaska Part II: Implications for fire management
Crystal A. Kolden, DRI, Reno, NV; and J. T. Abatzoglou
Recorded Presentation

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Session 4B
Microscale/Coupled Modeling
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Craig B. Clements, San Jose State Univ.
3:30 PM
4B.1
Impacts of fuel-break structure on wind-flows and fire propagation simulated with FIRETEC
François Pimont, INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Avignon, France; and J. L. Dupuy, R. Linn, and S. Dupont

3:45 PM
4B.2
Investigating causes of large scale fire whirls using numerical simulation
Jason M. Forthofer, USDA, Missoula, MT; and R. R. Linn, J. A. Sauer, and B. W. Butler
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

4:00 PM
4B.3
Development and validation of an operational numerical model for the simulation of the aerial drop of firefighting products
Jorge Humberto Amorim, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and C. Borrego and A. I. Miranda
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (168.4 kB)

4:15 PM
4B.4
Simulating diurnally driven slope winds with WindNinja
Jason M. Forthofer, USDA, Missoula, MT; and K. S. Shannon and B. W. Butler
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

4:30 PM
4B.5
Flow over a simple hill and its impact on wind speed, variability, and turbulence
Adam Kochanski, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. A. Jenkins and S. K. Krueger
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (2.1 MB)

4:45 PM
4B.6
Simulation of international crown fire modeling experiments using FIRETEC
Rodman R. Linn, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and K. Anderson, A. Brooks, J. Winterkamp, and J. Sauer

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 13 October 2009


Poster Session 1
Formal Poster Reviewing with Icebreaker Reception
Location: Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Edward D. Delgado, National Interagency Fire Center
P1.1
Summer daytime down drainage winds in the Salmon River drainage
Charles F. Redman, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID

P1.2
Expected impacts of climate change on fuel status in Mediterranean shrublands
Grazia Pellizzaro, CNR-IBIMET, National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and A. Ventura, B. Arca, A. Arca, V. Bacciu, and P. Duce

P1.3
The National FCAMMS Experimental Predictions of Fire Weather and Smoke
Robert Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. J. Brown, N. K. Larkin, B. E. Potter, D. Podnar, and H. J. Reinbold

P1.4 moved. New paper number 3.3A

P1.5
Implications of using percentiles to define fire danger levels
Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and P. L. Andrews and L. Kurth

Handout (839.2 kB)

P1.6
Assessing nationwide hourly wildfire risk in Italy using Limited Area Model forecasts and meteorological observations: the role of live fuels moisture dynamics
Francesco Gaetani, CIMA Research Foundation, Savona, Italy; and M. Cannac and M. D'andrea

P1.7
Mapping, analyzing and delivering spatio-temporal fire potential products using Open Geospatial Consortium standards
Alexander Petkov, USDA, Missoula, MT; and W. M. Jolly

Handout (2.5 MB)

P1.8
Fireflux experiments in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Kenneth L. Clark, USDA Forest Service, New Lisbon, NJ; and J. Hom, N. S. Skowronski, and W. E. Heilman

Handout (1.2 MB)

P1.9
Assessment of Fire Severity in a Mediterranean Area using FlamMap Simulator
Michele Salis, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and B. Arca, V. Bacciu, P. Duce, and D. Spano

Handout (1.9 MB)

P1.10
Predicting Smoke and Emissions from Prescribed Fires on Deep Organic Soils---Preliminary Results
Candace Krull, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and M. Rorig, R. Mickler, and M. Moore

P1.11
A spatial and predictive National Fire Danger Rating System for New Jersey
John L. Hom, USDA, Newtown Square, PA; and W. E. Heilman, X. Bian, K. Mccullough, K. L. Clark, N. S. Skowronski, J. Cole, S. Van Tuyl, M. Gallagher, A. Kornbluh, and J. J. Charney

P1.12
Evaluation of a new fire growth measure for research analyses
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. Strand and N. Larkin

P1.13
Seeking a physics-based algorithm for lightning prediction

P1.14 moved. New paper number 5B.6A

P1.15
Assessment of Smoke Emission and Carbon Estimates from Mediterranean Maquis Fire Events
Valentina Bacciu, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and M. Salis, D. Spano, B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, and P. Duce

Handout (735.1 kB)

P1.16
Observed PM2.5 smoke data from wildfires (Summers 2005-2008)
Candace Krull, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and N. Larkin, T. Strand, M. Rorig, and M. Moore

P1.17
Modeling fire severity in California, USA
Alisa R. Keyser, UC Merced, Merced, CA; and A. Westerling

P1.18
Analysis of the ability of fire weather to assess large-scale extreme fire events in Siberia in preparation for future fire weather prediction
Amber Soja, National Institute of Aerospace/NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., D. Westberg, D. J. McRae, J. Z. Jin, N. Tchebakova, and E. Parfenova

P1.19
An overview of atmospheric measurements made during the IS4FIRES experiment at Hyytiälä, Finland
Craig B. Clements, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and J. Kukkonen, G. de Leeuw, A. Virkkula, J. Levula, D. M. Schultz, and M. Kulmala

P1.20
OK-FIRE: A weather-based decision support system for wildland fire management in Oklahoma
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and T. G. Bidwell, S. Blackburn, R. Jabrzemski, and J. M. Wolfinbarger

P1.21 moved. New paper number 11A.4A

P1.22
Common factors associated with large scale fire whirls
Jason M. Forthofer, USDA, Missoula, MT; and B. W. Butler

P1.23
Managing smoke related visibility problems in military airspace
Scott Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA

P1.24
Results from Daysmoke for weak smoke plumes
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and Y. Liu, S. Goodrick, L. Naeher, and M. T. Odman

P1.25 moved. New paper number 5B.1A

P1.26
Operational Products at the Program for Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications (CEFA)
Hauss J. Reinbold, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown

P1.27
Sensitivity Analyses of Ignition Area and Fire-Atmosphere Dynamics using WRF-FIRE
Kara Yedinak, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and B. Lamb and J. L. Coen

Wednesday, 14 October 2009

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

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Session 5A
Smoke from Wildland Fires I
Location: Lake McDonald/ Swift Current/ Hanging Gardens (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Tara Strand, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited
8:30 AM
5A.1
The Smoke and Emissions Model Intercomparison Project: an invitation and initial results
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and N. Wheeler, T. Strand, S. Raffuse, K. Craig, R. Solomon, D. Sullivan, and L. Chinkin
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
5A.2
Real time forecast of tropospheric ozone and smoke aerosol produced from vegetation fires emissions over South America
Saulo R. Freitas, Centro de Previsao de Tempo e Estudos Climaticos / INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and K. Longo, L. F. Rodrigues, M. Pirre, V. Marecal, M. Alonso, R. Mello, and R. Stockler
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (886.8 kB)

9:00 AM
5A.3
Validation of modeled smoke plume injection heights using satellite data
Sean Raffuse, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and K. Wade, J. Stone, D. Sullivan, N. Larkin, S. Tara, and R. Solomon
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5A.4
Forest fire impact on air quality: the Lancon-de-Provence 2005 case
Susanna Strada, CNRS / University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France; and C. Mari, J. B. Fillipi, and F. Bosseur
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (549.9 kB)

9:30 AM
5A.5
Recent milestones and ongoing development of the BlueSky Modeling Framework
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. Strand, S. Raffuse, R. Solomon, D. Sullivan, D. Pryden, K. Craig, L. Chinkin, and N. Wheeler

9:45 AM
5A.6
Inter-comparison of Satellite- and Ground-based Area Burned Data for Use in Biomass Emission Estimates for the Continental United States
Amber Soja, National Institute of Aerospace/NASA LaRC, Hampton, VA; and J. A. Al-Saadi, C. Wiedinmyer, B. Pierce, S. Raffuse, X. Zhang, J. McCarty, L. Giglio, D. Randall, T. Moore, S. Kondragunta, and J. Szykman
Recorded Presentation

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Session 5B
Microscale Modeling
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service
8:30 AM
5B.1 has been moved. New paper number 3.6A

8:30 AM
5B.1A
What Rabbit Rules tells us about the Esperanza Fire
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
5B.2
Numerical simulation of the interaction between two fire fronts in the context of suppression fire operations
Dominique Morvan, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (411.7 kB)

9:00 AM
5B.3
Modeling fire whirl signatures associated with a wind shift
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5B.4
Assessment of the plume theory predictions of crown scorch using transport models
Jean Luc Dupuy, INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Avignon, France; and V. Konovalov, F. Pimont, D. Morvan Sr., and R. R. Linn

9:30 AM
5B.5
Dynamics of dry convection above wildland fires: sensitivity to fireline details
Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and M. D. Parker and J. J. Charney
Recorded Presentation

5B.6
A cellular automaton model of fire-atmosphere interactions

10:00 AM
5B.6A
Comparison of fire spread simulations generated from different weather data inputs
Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and D. R. Weise and C. Jones

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 14 October 2009


Coffee Break
Location: Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

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Session 6
Impacts of Weather and Climate on Wildfire
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service
10:30 AM
6.1
Meteorological evolution of fire threat days over the Northeast U.S
Joseph Pollina, Stony Brook University/SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and B. A. Colle and J. J. Charney
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
6.2
The climate variability of the Haines Index over the United States
Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and W. Lu, J. J. Charney, X. Bian, and W. E. Heilman
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
6.3
Relationships between fire growth and available energy
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
6.4
A mesoscale meteorological and fire danger analysis of the April 9, 2009 severe wildfire outbreaks in Oklahoma
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
6.5
Inclusion of wildfire impacts on medium range forecasts of weather and air quality in the FIM (Flow-following finite volume Icosahedral Model) Global Model
Georg Grell, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. Freitas, S. G. Benjamin, R. Bleck, J. Lee, J. M. Brown, T. Henderson, and S. E. Peckham

11:45 AM
6.6
Climate and fire for fuels management -- Episode 1: The invisible climate signal
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and N. Nauslar
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

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Keynote Speaker Session 1
Luncheon Speaker
Location: Ballroom A (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
12:00 PM
KS1.1
In Memory of John Owen Roads
Shyh-Chin Chen, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA
Recorded Presentation

12:45 PM
KS1.2
2005-2006 Oklahoma & Texas grass fires: 25 lives lost, lessons learned
Bob Mutch, Fire Management Applications, Missoula, MT
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

Recording files available
Session 7
Coupled Model Development
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Rodman R. Linn, LANL
7.1
Influence of topography on firebrand transport

2:00 PM
7.2
Impacts of Fire/Atmosphere Coupling and Boundary–Layer Turbulence on Firebrand Propagation
Mary Ann Jenkins, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and S. Bhutia and R. Sun
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (561.0 kB)

2:15 PM
7.3
Numerical experiments using MesoNH/ForeFire coupled atmospheric-fire model
J.B. Filippi, CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Corte, Corsica, France; and F. Bosseur, C. Mari, and S. Strada
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.3 MB)

2:30 PM
7.4
Influence of coupled topographic/atmospheric effects on the effectiveness of fuel treatments in complex topography
Judith Winterkamp, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. R. Linn and J. A. Sauer

2:45 PM
7.5
Higrad/Firetec, Multiple Fuel Types: Approach, Implementation, and Idealized Scenarios
Jeremy A. Sauer, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. Linn
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
7.6
Critical roles of three-dimensional atmosphere/fire coupling on wildfire behavior
Rodman Linn, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. M. Canfield and P. Cunningham

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 14 October 2009


Coffee Break
Location: Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 14 October 2009

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Session 8
Smoke and Fire Decision Support Tool Development
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service
3:30 PM
8.1
The fire behaviour knowledge base (FBKB)
Rob McAlpine, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada; and B. M. Wotton
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (456.8 kB)

3:45 PM
8.2
Estimating contributions of wildland and prescribed fires to air quality in the Southern Sierra Nevada, California
Haiganoush K. Preisler, USDA, Albany, CA; and S. Zhong, T. J. Brown, and A. Bytnerowicz
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
8.3
Climatological analysis of turbulent kinetic energy as a fire-weather index using the North American regional reanalysis dataset
Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, Lansing, MI; and X. Bian
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
8.4
The National Fuel Moisture Database (NFMD) and the need for national fuels sampling and data standards
Edward D. Delgado, National Interagency Fire Center, Boise, Idaho
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
8.5
Estimated Smoldering Potential (ESP): a decison support tool for prescribed fire on organic soils in North Carolina
James J. Reardon, USDA Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula, MT; and G. M. Curcio
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
8.6
WRF/Chem forecasting of smoke from Alaska wildfires
Martin Stuefer, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. A. Grell, S. R. Freitas, G. Newby, and A. Kulchitsky
Recorded Presentation

Thursday, 15 October 2009

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 15 October 2009

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Session 9
Mesoscale Modeling
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service
8:30 AM
9.1
Meso-scale spectral model simulations over the San Jacinto Mountain region
Shyh-Chin Chen, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and F. Fujioka, J. Benoit, and H. M. Juang
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
9.2
Further Oklahoma field evaluations of PB-Piedmont, a mesoscale model for nighttime smoke dispersion
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and G. L. Achtemeier
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
9.3
Progress made towards including wildfires in real-time cloud resolving forecasts at NOAA/ESRL and examining its impact upon weather and air quality
Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES-Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Grell, T. G. Smirnova, S. G. Benjamin, S. A. McKeen, M. Stuefer, S. R. Freitas, and K. Longo

9:15 AM
9.4
Verification of short-range ensembles for fire threat days over the Northeast U.S
Brian A. Colle, Stony Brook University / SUNY, Stony Brook, NY; and J. Pollina and J. J. Charney
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
9.5
The impact of mesoscale PBL parameterizations on the evolution of mixed-layer processes important for fire weather
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and D. Keyser
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
9.6
Impact of smoke from the ALASKA 2004 wildfires on radiation and cloud microphysics using WRF-Chem
Georg A. Grell, NOAA ESRL, and CIRES, Boulder, CO; and S. Freitas, M. Steufer, K. Longo, A. Kutchinsky, and S. E. Peckham

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 15 October 2009


Coffee Break
Location: Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 15 October 2009

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Session 10
Operational Forecasting (Short to Long Term) of Fire Weather for Wild, Prescribed, and Fire Use Fires
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Scott Strenfel, San Jose State University
10:45 AM
10.2
The Method of Forest Fires Recognition by Using Doppler Weather Radar
Kehui Huang, Wenzhou Meteorological Bureau, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang, China; and J. Zhong, J. Zhu, X. Zhang, F. Zhao, H. Xie, F. Gu, B. Zhou, and M. Wu
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (231.8 kB)

11:00 AM
10.3
Seven day fire danger forecasts from the National Digital Forecast Database
William M. Jolly, US Forest Service, Missoula, MT
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (347.7 kB)

11:15 AM
10.4
Update on Model-Generated Predictions of Dry Thunderstorm Risk
Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
10.5
Probabilistic lightning forecasts and fuel dryness level forecasts in the Graphical Forecast Editor: Increased resolution and expanded distribution for 2009
Chris V. Gibson, NOAA/NWSFO, Missoula, MT; and P. D. Bothwell, S. Sharples, E. D. Delgado, and R. Lamoni
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (720.1 kB)

11:45 AM
10.6
A Forecast Procedure for Dry Lightning Busts
Nick Nauslar, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown and J. Wallman
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (838.2 kB)

10:30 AM
10.1
A mountain wind model for assisting fire management
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (540.3 kB)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 15 October 2009


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:45 PM: Thursday, 15 October 2009

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Session 11A
Smoke from Wildland Fires II
Location: Lake McDonald/ Swift Current/ Hanging Gardens (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service
1:30 PM
11A.1
Smoke Plume Rise Measurements with a Ceilometer
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and S. Goodrick and G. Achtemeier

1:45 PM
11A.2
Including the environmental wind effects on smoke plume rise of vegetation fires in 1D cloud models
Saulo R. Freitas, Centro de Previsao de Tempo e Estudos Climaticos / INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and K. Longo, J. Trentmann, and D. Latham
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.9 MB)

2:00 PM
11A.3
Monitoring of firefighters exposure to smoke during fire experiments and wildfires
Ana Isabel Miranda, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and V. Martins, P. Cascão, J. H. Amorim, J. Valente, R. Tavares, C. Borrego, O. Tchepel, A. J. Ferreira, C. R. Cordeiro, D. X. Viegas, L. M. Ribeiro, and L. P. Pita
Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (1.4 MB)

11A.4
Impact of 2007 wildfires on air quality in Georgia

2:30 PM
11A.4A
The Oklahoma Dispersion Model: Use of the Gaussian plume model as an operational smoke management tool
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and R. Jabrzemski
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
11A.5
The meteorological and fire extremes of California 2008
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. T. Abatzoglou
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 11B
Field Studies of Fire-atmosphere Interactions
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University
1:30 PM
11B.1
Observed Water Vapor Enhancement in Smoke Plumes
Caroline Kiefer, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and C. Clements, S. Strenfel, and B. E. Potter

1:45 PM
11B.2
Fire Whirl Formation During a Valley Wind Reversal
Daisuke Seto, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and C. Clements, S. Strenfel, W. E. Heilman, and X. Bian
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
11B.3
The Unknown Story of Pyrocumulonimbus
Michael Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC; and D. T. Lindsey and R. Servranckx
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
11B.4
Use of a Mini-UAV Platform for In situ Monitoring of Fire Plumes
Craig B. Clements, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and C. Kiefer and B. E. Potter
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
11B.5
Field Measurements of PM2.5 and Carbon Emissions from Prescribed Fires
Scott Strenfel, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and C. Clements, C. Kiefer, and J. K. Hiers
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM-3:15 PM: Thursday, 15 October 2009


Coffee Break
Location: Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

3:15 PM-4:45 PM: Thursday, 15 October 2009

Recording files available
Session 1
Workshop: Fire Meteorology Research Roundtable
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Presider: Timothy J. Brown, DRI
3:15 PM
W1.1
NOAA's Fire Weather Research and Services Improvement Initiative
Sher Schranz, NOAA/ERL/FSL and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and H. Hockenberry and E. Jacks
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
Group Discussion

4:45 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 15 October 2009


Session 12
Symposium Closing Remarks
Location: Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Cochairs: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service; Timothy J. Brown, DRI
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