Session 6 Impacts of Weather and Climate on Wildfire

Wednesday, 14 October 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair:
Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Lansing, MI

Papers:
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

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