Session 3 Fire and Drought Impacts 2011-2012

Tuesday, 8 January 2013: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Ballroom E (Austin Convention Center)
Host: Impacts: Weather 2012
Chair:
Renee Curry, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO

This session reviews the 2012 fire season in the United States, review the Waldo Canyon Fire, the Bastrop Fire and the impacts of the ongoing drought in Texas.

Papers:
1:30 PM
3.1
U.S. and Global Wildfire Impacts in 2012
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
3.2A
Anomalous 2012 Summer Season conditions measured over Dakar Senegal
Mamadou Drame, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal; and G. Jenkins, A. Gaye, M. diop, and D. Badiane

3.2
Drought Impacts from 2011-2012 on Texas Forests

2:00 PM
3.3
Weather Effects Contributing to the Bastrop Complex Wildfire and Community Impacts
Monte C. Oaks, NOAA/NWS, New Braunfels, TX; and G. P. Murdoch
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
3.4
Weather Impacts on the June 2012 Colorado Waldo Canyon Fire Disaster
Richard H. Johnson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. S. Schumacher and D. T. Lindsey
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3.5
NWS Decision Support Services Before, During and AFTER the Waldo Canyon Wildfire
Jennifer Stark, NOAA/NWSFO, Pueblo, CO
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.6
The Waldo Canyon Fire: Communication Successes and Challenges as The Station Scientist
Matt Meister, KRDO-TV NewsChannel 13, Colorado Springs, CO

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