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Monday, 17 October 2011

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5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 17 October 2011


Registration Opens
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Foyer (Hotel Zoso)

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011


Registration Continues Throughout the Conference
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Foyer (Hotel Zoso)

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 1
Welcome
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Cochairs: Timothy J. Brown, DRI; Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service
9:00 AM
1.1
Welcoming Remarks
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1.2
Integrating Science and Regional-Scale Fire Operations: Perspectives and Ideas based on the Historic 2011 Fire Season in the Southwest Area. Charles Maxwell, SCC, Albuquerque, NM
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM-10:15 AM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Foyer (Hotel Zoso)

10:15 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 2
Operational Forecasting
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University
10:15 AM
2.1
A Demonstration of Potential of GOES-R to Incident Meteorologists: Future Use of Satellites for Weather Support to Firefighters
Peter Roohr, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Stewart, S. Schranz, L. Grasso, B. Reed, and B. Sjoberg
Recorded Presentation

10:30 AM
2.2
Preliminary meteorological analyses of the 2011 ‘Texas Firestorms'
T. Todd Lindley, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and G. D. Skwira, G. P. Murdoch, and J. L. Guyer
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.6 MB)

10:45 AM
2.3
An update on the OK-FIRE program, Oklahoma's weather-based operational decision support system for wildland fire management
J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and S. Blackburn, R. Jabrzemski, and M. Wolfinbarger
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2.4
Uncertainty in Model-Generated Fire Weather Values: How Does Model Variability Influence the Reliability of Dry Thunderstorm Risk and Ignition Potential Predictions?
Stacy Drury, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and M. Rorig, K. Craig, N. Wheeler, S. Strenfel, and P. D. Bothwell

11:15 AM
2.5
Development of an objective methodology for diagnosing Santa Ana winds
Nicholas J. Nauslar, SPC, Norman, OK; and J. Abatzaglou and A. Joros
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2.6A
The use of analog guidance in forecasting Southern Plains wildfire outbreaks
Jeffrey D. Vitale, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and T. T. Lindley, C. M. Gravelle, and C. E. Graves
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (876.6 kB)

2.6
Probability based 7-day fire potential forecasts

12:00 PM
2.7
WRF forecasts of critical fire weather conditions in the San Francisco Bay Area
Rie Onodera, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and K. Clifford, S. Chiao, and C. B. Clements
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 3
Modeling I
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service
1:30 PM
3.1
Modeling biomass burnings by coupling a sub-grid scale plume model with Adaptive Grid CMAQ
Aika Yano Davis, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. T. Odman
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
Paper 3.2 has been moved. New poster number 23.

2:00 PM
3.2A
Examining the ability of numerical models to forecast pyrocumulus
Steven E. Peckham, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. Schranz, M. Fromm, and B. E. Potter

2:15 PM
3.3
The Kangaroo Island bushfires of 2007 A meteorological case study and WRF-fire simulation
Mika Peace, Adelaide University/Bureau of Meteorology, Adelaide, SA, Australia; and T. Mattner and G. Mills
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (5.3 MB)

2:30 PM
3.4
Large eddy simulation of canopy-structure effects on smoke dispersion from low-burning prescribed fires
Gil Bohrer, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, Ohio; and S. R. Garrity, E. K. Chatziefstratiou, and W. E. Heilman
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.5
Coupling Rabbit Rules with Daysmoke for simulating fire spread and plume rise for an RxCadre aerial ignition prescribed burn
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and Y. Liu and S. L. Goodrick
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
3.6
Examining Mountain Pine Beetle Impacts on Coupled Fire/Vegetation/Atmosphere Behavior in Lodgepole Pine Stands Using FIRETEC
Rodman Linn, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and C. H. Sieg, J. Winterkamp, R. Parsons, and C. Hoffman

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

3:30 PM-5:15 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 4
Climate
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Narasimhan K. ("Sim") Larkin, USDA Forest Service
3:30 PM
4.1
Towards a processed-based understanding of climate-fire relationships of the western United States
John T. Abatzoglou, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and C. A. Kolden, T. J. Brown, and K. L. Riley
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
4.2
Projections of future meteorological forest fire danger in the European Alps
Clemens Wastl, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany; and C. Schunk and A. Menzel
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
4.3
Climate change and fire danger rating in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Eastern Great Basin
Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and C. McHugh, L. S. Baggett, and L. S. Bradshaw
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
4.4
Future U.S. Wildfire Potential Trends Projected using Dynamically Downscaled Climate Change Scenarios
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and S. L. Goodrick and J. A. Stanturf

4:30 PM
4.5
Summertime rainfall events in eastern Oregon and Washington
Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and N. A. Bond, A. M. Chiodi, and J. Barbour

4:45 PM
4.6
The fallacy of area burned: Climate impacts on unburned area within fire perimeters
Crystal A. Kolden, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and J. Lutz, C. H. Key, J. V. W. van Wagtendonk, and J. Kane
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
4.7
Climate and Megafires
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. T. Abatzoglou and N. Nauslar
Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Tuesday, 18 October 2011


Poster Session 1
Posters
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service
1
Observations of atmospheric canopy layer turbulence generated by a low-Intensity prescribed fire
Xindi Bian, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, J. L. Hom, K. L. Clark, N. S. Skowronski, M. Gallagher, M. Patterson, S. Zhong, M. T. Kiefer, and R. P. Shadbolt

2
Development of a fine scale smoke dispersion modeling system: Part I—Validation of the canopy model component
Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, W. E. Heilman, J. J. Charney, X. Bian, and R. P. Shadbolt
Manuscript (193.1 kB)

3
A comparison of two coupled smoke modeling systems used for prediction of smoke dispersion and emissions from low-intensity wildland fires

P4 has been moved. New paper number 2.6A

5
Turbulence and energy fluxes during prescribed fires in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Kenneth L. Clark, USDA Forest Service, New Lisbon, NJ; and N. S. Skowronski, M. Gallagher, W. E. Heilman, J. L. Hom, M. Patterson, X. Bian, and R. P. Shadbolt

Handout (1.4 MB)

6
Encouraging Community Wildfire Awareness
Robyn Heffernan, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID; and C. H. Jones and K. Lynott

7
Fuel types and consumption associated with smoke emissions in southwestern U.S. fuels
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and J. Chong, G. Burke, B. Corcoran, and C. W. Miller

8
Carbon dioxide and methane efflux in burned versus unburned soils of western and central South Dakota
Frances A. Sewell, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD; and D. Clabo

9
NWS Fire Weather Decision Support—Now and in the Future
Robyn Heffernan, NOAA/NWS, Boise, ID; and H. Hockenberry and L. VanBussum

P10 has been moved. New paper number 3.2A

11
Development and validation of low level wind flow and fire weather parameters using a high resolution WRF model in the Black Hills
Daniel L. McKemy, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD

12
Expected impacts of climate change on live fuel moisture content in Mediterranean shrub species
Grazia Pellizzaro, CNR-IBIMET/National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and A. Ventura, B. Arca, T. Ghisu, P. Masia, and P. Duce

13
Near field pollutant and tracer dispersion during a prescribed pine forest burn
Eugene Allwine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and P. O'Keefe, R. Grivicke, T. Strand, V. Cruz, C. Clements, H. Thistle, and B. K. Lamb

14
Laboratory study of fire geometry and plume structure
Karen Perez, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL; and R. Breidenthal and B. E. Potter

15
Extreme Fire Behavior Synthesis and Review Summary
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and P. Werth, C. B. Clements, M. A. Finney, S. Goodrick, M. Alexander, M. Cruz, J. M. Forthofer, S. McAllister, R. D. Ottmar, W. M. Jolly, and R. Parsons

16
How well does the growing season index correspond to the start of fire season?
Matthew Anaya, San Antonio College, San Antonio, TX; and B. E. Potter and N. K. Larkin
Manuscript (451.5 kB)

17
Identifying the potential for Arctic transport of smoke
Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. Brown, K. Craig, J. DeWinter, S. Raffuse, T. Strand, P. Roberts, and R. Solomon

18
BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework development
Robert Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. Strand, N. Larkin, S. Raffuse, K. Craig, D. Sullivan, D. Pryden, S. Drury, J. Stilley, J. DeWinter, and F. Y. Leung

19
Wildland Fire Decision Support System air quality tools
Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. J. Brown, P. Lahm, S. Raffuse, M. Rorig, T. Strand, A. Healy, R. Solomon, and T. Zimmerman

20
Understanding how well satellites detect fires
Sean Raffuse, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and S. Strenfel and N. K. Larkin

21
Monitoring CO, PM2.5, CO2 from low-intensity fires for the development of modeling tools for predicting smoke dispersion
John L. Hom, USDA, Newtown Square, PA; and W. E. Heilman, M. Patterson, K. L. Clark, N. S. Skowronski, X. Bian, N. Saliendra, M. Gallagher, T. Strand, R. Mickler, C. Clements, and D. Seto

22
A simplified model for the study of smoke plume dispersion from grassfires and a methodology for forecasts validation with satellite images
Joaquin Esteban Blanco Sr., Servicio Meteorologico Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and G. J. Berri
Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (1.8 MB)

23
A numerical study of high frequency velocity and temperature perturbations induced by a low-intensity prescribed fire
Xindi Bian, USDA Forest Service, Lansing, MI; and M. Katurji, S. Zhong, W. E. Heilman, and J. J. Charney


Formal Poster Viewing and Reception
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 5
Field Studies
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service
8:30 AM
5.1
Observed fire-atmosphere interactions during a low-intensity prescribed fire in a forested environment
Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, Lansing, MI; and X. Bian, J. L. Hom, K. L. Clark, N. Skowronski, S. Zhong, J. J. Charney, M. Gallagher, M. Patterson, M. T. Kiefer, and R. P. Shadbolt
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
5.2
Turbulence velocity spectra and cospectra measured during fire front passage
Daisuke Seto, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and C. B. Clements, F. Snively, and W. E. Heilman
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
5.3
Weather and Air Quality Observations Before and During a Wildfire on Deep Organic Soils
Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and R. Mickler, C. Krull, and M. Moore
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
5.4
Sub-Canopy Smoke Dispersion: Measurements of fire-behavior, fuels, consumption, emissions, plume rise and dispersion near and in a prescribed fire-source
Tara Strand, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited, Rotorua, WA, New Zealand; and E. Allwine, F. Alonso Garcia, V. Cruz Chercon, D. Seto, R. Mickler, B. Lamb, R. Solomon, X. Bian, C. B. Clements, H. Thistle, and M. Rorig

9:30 AM
5.5
Fire plume kinematic structure observed using Doppler wind lidar
Allison Charland, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and D. Seto and C. B. Clements
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
5.6
The Grass Fires on Slopes Experiment
Craig B. Clements, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA; and D. Seto and W. E. Heilman
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 6
Model II
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Rodman R. Linn, LANL
10:30 AM
6.1
Toward a rule-driven model for winds over complex terrain for fire spread modeling
Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
6.2
A laboratory-scale comparison of rate of spread model predictions using chaparral fuel beds—preliminary results
David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and E. Koo, X. Zhou, and S. Mahalingam
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
6.3
Integrating high-resolution static data into WRF for real fire simulations
Jonathan D. Beezley, University of Colorado, Denver, CO; and A. Kochanski, V. Y. Kondratenko, and J. Mandel
Manuscript (397.6 kB)

11:15 AM
6.4
A wildland fire modeling and visualization environment
Jan Mandel, University of Colorado, Denver, CO; and J. D. Beezley, A. Kochanski, V. Y. Kondratenko, L. Zhang, E. Anderson, J. Daniels II, C. T. Silva, and C. Johnson
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.5 MB)

11:30 AM
6.5
A multiscale dynamic downscaling technique for application in fire weather forecasting
Hongli Jiang, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and Y. Xie, J. H. Teng, F. Moeng, and S. Schranz
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
6.6
The diagnosis of mixed-layer characteristics and their relationship to meteorological conditions above eastern U.S. wildland fires
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and D. Keyser
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Recording files available
Conference Luncheon with Guest Speaker: Jan van Wagtendonk
Location: Marquis Ballroom (Hotel Zoso)
12:00 PM
IAWF: Francis Fujioka

12:15 PM
Mark Schroeder: Chuck Bushey
Recorded Presentation

12:30 PM
Federal Fire Policy: A Personal Odyssey: Jan W. van Wagtendonk
Recorded Presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 7
Smoke I
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Vera Martins, University of Aveiro
1:30 PM
7.1
Development of a fine scale smoke dispersion modeling system: Part II—Case study of a prescribed burn in the New Jersey Pine Barrens
Michael T. Kiefer, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; and W. E. Heilman, S. Zhong, J. J. Charney, X. Bian, R. P. Shadbolt, J. L. Hom, K. L. Clark, N. S. Skowronski, M. Gallagher, and M. Patterson
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (2.7 MB)

1:45 PM
7.2
Modeling and laboratory measurements of the development of superfog
Christian Bartolome, Riverside, CA; and M. Princevac, A. Venkatram, S. Mahalingam, G. Achtemeier, and D. R. Weise
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
7.3
Meteorology and Air Quality Modeling of a 2009 Prescribed Burn Event
Zion Wang, University of California, Riverside, CA; and C. J. Chien and G. Tonnesen

2:15 PM
7.4
Analysis of High-Resolution Model Output for the Yakima Smoke Intrusion Case Study, 28 September 2009
Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and R. Solomon, C. Krull, J. Peterson, and B. Potter
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
7.5
Remote sensing of wildfires from the MISR instrument on the polar-orbiting NASA Terra satellite using the MINX software tool
Michael J. Garay, Raytheon Corporation, Pasadena, CA; and D. L. Nelson, R. Kahn, and D. J. Diner
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
7.6
Satellite and radar views of unprecedented smoke plume altitude and persistence after the 7 February 2009 Victoria pyrocumulonimbus storms
Michael D. Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 8
Improvements to fire danger and fire behavior systems
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Matthew C. Brewer, University of Washington
3:30 PM
8.1
Great Lakes Fire and Fuels Web Portal
John D. Horel, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and J. Pechmann, C. Galli, and R. Ziel
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
8.2
Evaluation of fire danger rating systems in moderate fire regimes
Christian Schunk, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany; and C. Wastl, M. Leuchner, and A. Menzel
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
8.3
An investigation of the differences between Real Time Mesoscale Analysis and observed meteorological conditions at RAWS stations in the northeast United States
Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and S. Zhong, M. T. Kiefer, G. S. Soter, and A. B. Cinderich
Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM
8.4
Improving computational predictions of wind field by automatic optimization
Tiziano Ghisu, CNR National Research Council, Sassari, Italy; and B. Arca, G. Pellizzaro, A. Arca, A. Ventura, and P. Duce
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
8.5
Use of a prototype fire perimeter database for determining weather conditions conducive to large fire growth
Faith Ann Heinsch, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and L. T. Hollingsworth, L. L. Kurth, and L. Macholz
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
8.6
Weather/fire modeling for fire risk assessment
Francis Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, PSW Research Station, Oxnard, CA; and A. Gonzalez-Caban, S. C. Chen, and J. Benoit
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM
8.7
Development of a Gridded Surface Weather Dataset forWildfire Analysis and Planning
Beth L. Hall, Towson University, Towson, MD; and T. J. Brown
Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM
8.8
What is the Appropriate RAWS Network?
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, Nevada; and J. D. Horel, G. McCurdy, and M. G. Fearon
Recorded Presentation

Thursday, 20 October 2011

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8:15 AM-10:15 AM: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 9
Smoke II
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Tara Strand, New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited
8:15 AM
9.1
Evaluation of Daysmoke Plume Rise Simulations
Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and G. Achtemeier and S. L. Goodrick
Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM
9.2
A thermodynamic approach to estimating smoke plume heights
Kerry R. Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and A. Pankratz
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.6 MB)

8:45 AM
9.3
Uncertainties in prescribed fire emissions and their Impact on smoke dispersion predictions
Aika Yano, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. T. Odman, R. D. Ottmar, S. L. Goodrick, Y. Liu, and B. Gullett
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
9.4
A description and evaluation of WRF/Chem prediction of biomass burn emissions
Martin Stuefer, Geophysical Institute/Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and G. Grell and S. R. Freitas
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
9.5
Uncertainties in modeling smoke impacts from wildland fire
Narasimhan K. Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and T. Strand, R. Solomon, S. Drury, S. Raffuse, S. Huang, and S. Strenfel
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
9.6
BlueSky Playground: interactive smoke modeling on the web
Sean Raffuse, Sonoma Technology, Inc., Petaluma, CA; and N. K. Larkin, A. Healy, R. Solomon, M. Rorig, T. Strand, and J. Peterson
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
9.7
Blending Existing Fire Research To Operationally Support Incident Management Teams And Their Ability To Respond To Wildfire Smoke Issues—A Case Study of the Pains Bay Fire/Dare County/Stumpy Point, North Carolina
Gary M. Curcio, North Carolina Divison Of Forest Resources, Kinston, NC; and E. Welker and J. J. Reardon
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM
9.8
Challenges in Addressing Air Quality Impacts of Wildfires
Pete Lahm, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC
Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 20 October 2011


Coffee Break
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom West (Hotel Zoso)

10:45 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 10
Model III
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service
10:45 AM
10.1
The fluid dynamics of steady-state fireline propagation
Mary Ann Jenkins, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Kochanski and S. K. Krueger
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (1.4 MB)

11:00 AM
10.2
Coupled atmosphere-fire simulations of the FireFlux experiment: Impacts of model resolution on its performance
Adam Kochanski, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. A. Jenkins, S. K. Krueger, J. Mandel, J. D. Beezley, and C. B. Clements
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (3.3 MB)

11:15 AM
10.3
A stochastic simulation model, Fire-Scenario Builder, to predict daily fire events at regional scales
E. Natasha Stavros, University of Washington, School of Forest Resources, Seattle, Wa; and D. McKenzie, N. K. Larkin, and T. Strand
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
10.4
Ember transport sensitivity to wind field and source size distribution
Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and H. Charalambous

11:45 AM
10.5
Application of two modelling systems to estimate the impact of forest fires on air quality in an urban area
Vera Martins, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and S. Strada, A. I. Miranda, J. H. Amorim, C. Mari, C. Borrego, J. B. Filippi, and F. Bosseur
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
10.6
Coupled Fire/Atmosphere Behavior in Highly Heterogeneous Woodlands and the Impacts of Tree Mortality on Fire Spread
Carolyn Hull Sieg, USFS, Flagstaff, AZ; and R. R. Linn, C. Hoffman, J. Winterkamp, and J. McMillin

12:15 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 20 October 2011


Lunch Break

1:45 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 20 October 2011

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Session 11
Weather and Climate Impacts
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Chair: Daisuke Seto, San Jose State University
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

3:45 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 20 October 2011

Recording files available
Session 12
Closing Remarks
Location: Grand Zoso Ballroom Center (Hotel Zoso)
Host: Ninth Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
3:45 PM
12.1
Closing Remarks: Timothy Brown
Recorded Presentation

Friday, 21 October 2011

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9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Friday, 21 October 2011


Joshua Tree National Park Field Trip
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