Session 11B Field Studies of Fire-atmosphere Interactions

Thursday, 15 October 2009: 1:30 PM-2:45 PM
Ballroom B (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair:
Sharon Zhong, Michigan State University, Department of Geography, East Lansing, MI

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