Session: Formal Poster Reviewing with Icebreaker Reception (Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology (12-15 October 2009))

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

Big Sky Ballroom (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)

Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology

Chair:

Edward D. Delgado, National Interagency Fire Center, National Predictive Services, Boise, Idaho

Papers:

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