Session 4A Climate Change Impacts

Tuesday, 13 October 2009: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Lake McDonald/ Swift Current/ Hanging Gardens (Red Lion Inn Kalispell)
Host: Eighth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair:
Crystal A. Kolden, DRI, Reno, NV

Papers:
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
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
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

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