Session 11 Weather and Climate Impacts

Thursday, 20 October 2011: 1:45 PM-3:30 PM
Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair:
Daisuke Seto, San Jose State University, Deptartment of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose, CA

Papers:
1:45 PM
11.1a
American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the STAC: The relationship to the meeting
Mary M. Cairns, Retired, San Diego, CA
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
11.1
Active Forest Fires Occurred Under Severe Lightning in Alaska
Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan; and M. A. Farukh
Recorded Presentation

11.2
Progress towards understanding springtime fire weather extremes in Tasmania, Australia

2:15 PM
11.3
Explosive wildfire growth and the west coast thermal trough
Matthew C. Brewer, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. F. Mass
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
11.4
Early recognition of drought potential resulting in enhanced interagency collaboration during the 2010/11 Texas wildfire season
Kurt M. Van Speybroeck, NOAA, Houston, TX; and G. P. Murdoch, T. T. Lindley, and P. G. Witsaman
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.6 MB)

2:45 PM
11.5
Synoptic weather regimes associated with wildfire outbreaks in the southern Great Plains
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
11.6
Using variable column precipitable water as a predictor for large fire potential
Darren Clabo, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and M. J. Bunkers
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (295.0 kB)

3:15 PM
11.7
Convective energy sensitivity to temperature and moisture perturbations
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and J. Petalio
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
11.8
Extreme wildfire events in the Mediterranean and spatio-temporal patterns of relative humidity
Paolo Fiorucci, CIMA Research Foundation, Savona, Italy; and L. Molini, A. Parodi, and M. D'andrea
Recorded Presentation

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