Session 3 Improvements to Fire Danger and Fire Behavior Systems Related to Meteorology

Tuesday, 13 October 2009: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
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, Fire, Fuel and Smoke Science Program, Missoula, MT

Papers:
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

Presentation PDF (577.9 kB)

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)

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