Sunday, 16 November 2003 |
| 9:30 AM-1:30 PM, Sunday Short Course Registration |
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| 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sunday Congress Registration |
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| 5:00 PM-8:00 PM, Sunday Ice Breaker Reception |
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Monday, 17 November 2003 |
| 9:00 AM-10:45 AM, Monday Plenary Session 1 Opening Plenary Session (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
| 9:00 AM | PL1.1 | Welcome and Call to Order Ronald E. Masters, Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL |
| 9:10 AM | PL1.2 | Opening Remarks from the Florida State Forester Michael Long, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL |
| 9:25 AM | PL1.3 | Welcome from AFE Representative Jan Van Wagtendonk, AFE, El Portal, CA |
| 9:35 AM | PL1.4 | Welcome from TNC Representative Jeff Hardesty, The Nature Conservatory's Global Fire Initiative, Gainesville, FL |
| 9:45 AM | PL1.5 | Welcome from AMS Representative Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, American Meteorological Society, Washington, DC |
| 9:55 AM | PL1.6 | Fire Ecology of the Recent Anthropocene (Keynote Address) Johann G. Goldammer, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Global Fire Monitoring Center, Freiburg, Germany |
| 10:35 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 11:00 AM-5:30 PM, Monday Joint Session 1G GIS/Remote Sensing: Part 1 (TRACK VII) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chairs: Skip Edel, Colorado State Forest Service, Boulder, CO; Dorothy Albright, USDA Foreest Service, McClellan, CA
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| 11:00 AM | J1G.1 | Using NDVI to determine green-up date for the National Fire Danger Rating System ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Paul M. Schlobohm, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID; and B. L. Hall and T. J. Brown |
| 11:30 AM | J1G.2 | Progress towards development of methods for evaluation of spatial fire potential indicators Jon M. Graham, University of Montana, Missoula, MT; and P. L. Andrews |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | J1G.3 | Phoenix—the new Forest Service airborne infrared fire detection and mapping system Paul H. Greenfield, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC; and W. Smith and D. C. Chamberlain |
| 2:00 PM | J1G.4 | Operational Detection of Fires in Brazil with EOS, GOES and NOAA Satellites Alberto W. Setzer, Center for Weather Forecast and Climatic Studies, S.J.Campos, SP, Brazil |
| 2:30 PM | J1G.5 | Measurement of the time-temperature and emissivity history of the burn scar for remote sensing applications ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Robert Kremens, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY; and J. Faulring and C. C. Hardy |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | J1G.6 | Monitoring wildland fire activity on a national-scale with MODIS imagery Brad Quayle, USDA Forest Service, Salt Lake City, UT; and K. Lannom, M. Finco, J. Norton, and R. Warnick |
| 4:00 PM | J1G.7 | Wildfire Risk Data Collection Using Handheld GPS and GIS Andrew W. Martin, South Alabama Regional Planning Commission, Mobile, AL |
| 4:30 PM | J1G.8 | Facts and History of NWCG’s Geospatial Task Group Susan Goodman, Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO |
| 5:00 PM | J1G.9 | ICS Fire Mapping Tools—A New Standard in Fire Mapping John Varner, USDA Forest Service , Rocky Mountain Region, Encampment, WY |
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| 11:00 AM-3:30 PM, Monday Joint Session 2 Fire and Atmosphere Interactions (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress) |
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI
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| 11:00 AM | J2.1 | Atmospheric Response and Feedback to Smoke Radiative Forcing from Wildland Fires Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA |
| 11:15 AM | J2.2 | Modeling interactions between fire and atmosphere in discrete fuel beds Rodman R. Linn, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and J. Winterkamp, C. Edminster, J. Colman, and M. Steinzig |
| 11:30 AM | J2.3 | Numerical Study of Effects of Atmosphere Temperature Profile on Wildfire Behavior Chunmei Xia, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Y. Hussaini, P. Cunningham, R. R. Linn, and S. L. Goodrick |
| 11:45 AM | J2.4 | Simulations of wildfire incidents using coupled atmosphere-fire modeling Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | J2.5 | Comparison of 2-D wind fields and simulated wildland fire growth Karl Zeller, USDA Forest Service, Ft. Collins, CO; and N. Nikolov, J. Snook, M. A. Finney, J. McGinley, and J. M. Forthofer |
| 1:45 PM | J2.6 | Predicting surface winds in complex terrain for use in fire growth models Jason M. Forthofer, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and B. W. Butler, K. S. Shannon, M. A. Finney, L. S. Bradshaw, and R. Stratton |
| 2:00 PM | J2.7 | Impact of released fuel moisture on atmospheric dynamics Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI |
| 2:15 PM | J2.8 | Analysis of space/time characteristics of errors in an integrated weather/fire spread simulation Charles Jones, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and P. E. Dennison, F. M. Fujioka, D. R. Weise, and J. W. Benoit |
| 2:30 PM | J2.9 | Infrared imagery applied for insights into wildland fire dynamics Janice L. Coen, NCAR, Boulder, CO |
| 2:45 PM | J2.10 | Mobile Radar Observations of the Big Elk (2002) and Roberts (2003) Fires Joshua Wurman, Center for Severe Weather Research, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM-5:15 PM, Monday Session 1 Mesoscale Meteorology I |
Chair: Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
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| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 1.1 | Comparison of Local Wind and Stability Fields with Synoptic-Scale Observations and Forecast Products at Fort Ord, California Wendall A. Nuss, NPS, Monterey, CA; and D. K. Miller and A. N. Barnett |
| 3:30 PM | 1.2 | Utilizing a biophysical model of ecosystem-atmosphere exchange to improve fire danger assessment and mesoscale meteorological forecasts N. Nikolov, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and K. F. Zeller |
| 3:45 PM | 1.3 | A Model based Analysis of the Role of an Upper-level Front and Stratospheric Intrusion in the Mack Lake Fire Tarisa K. Zimet, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. E. Martin |
| 4:00 PM | 1.4 | Forecasting dry lightning in the western United States Miriam Rorig, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. A. Ferguson and S. McKay |
| 4:15 PM | 1.5 | Low Level Jet Impacts on Fire Evolution in the Mack Lake and Other Severe Wildfires Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and X. Bian, B. E. Potter, and W. E. Heilman |
| 4:30 PM | 1.6 | High Resolution Simulations of the Island-Induced Circulations for the Island of Hawaii during HaRP Yang Yang, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and Y. L. Chen |
| 4:45 PM | 1.7 | A case study of sea-breeze convergence and lightning-initiated fire in Tampa Bay Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL; and C. H. Paxton |
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| 3:30 PM-5:30 PM, Monday Joint Session 3E Combustion Modeling: Part 1 (TRACK V) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chair: Barbara Bonefeld, USDA Forest Service, McCellan, CA
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| 3:30 PM | J3E.1 | Core Fire Science Caucus David V. Sandberg, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis, OR; and C. C. Hardy, D. R. Weise, R. Rehm, and R. R. Linn |
| 4:00 PM | J3E.2 | A new set of standard fuel models for use with Rothermel's spread model Joe H. Scott, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT; and R. Burgan |
| 4:30 PM | J3E.3 | NEXUS 2.0: not just a spreadsheet anymore Joe Scott, Systems for Environmental Management, Missoula, MT |
| 5:00 PM | J3E.4 | “Rabbit Rules”—an application of Stephen Wolfram’s “new kind of science” to fire spread modeling ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday Oral Sessions end for the day |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 1 Assessing and Predicting Climate Impacts on Landscapes II |
Chair: Sue A. Ferguson, USDA Forest Sevice, Seattle, WA
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| | P1.1 | Global Climate Model (GCM) projections of future mid-tropospheric flow and the relationship to future Canadian forest fire regimes Walter R. Skinner, MSC, Downsview, ON, Canada |
| | P1.2 | Using Climatic Anomalies to Forecast Wildfires in Pennsylvania Barry C. Lambert, NOAA/NWS, State College, PA; and R. H. Grumm |
| | P1.3 | Using a regional climate model to diagnose climatological and meteorological controls of wildfire in the western United States Steve W. Hostetler, U.S. Geological Survey, Corvallis, OR; and P. J. Bartlein, J. O. Holman, A. M. Solomon, and S. L. Shafer |
| | P1.4 | Cross-project synergy in developing decision support tools for wildland fire management Barbara Morehouse, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. J. Brown, G. Christopherson, M. Crimmins, G. G. Garfin, B. Orr, J. Overpeck, T. Swetnam, and S. Yool |
| | P1.5 | The weather of large fires in the Canadian boreal forest Brian D. Amiro, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and K. A. Logan, B. M. Wotton, M. D. Flannigan, J. B. Todd, B. J. Stocks, and D. L. Martell |
| | P1.6 | Post-wildfire flash flooding: An analysis of Colorado wildfires and the North American monsoon from 1995–2002 S. Jeffrey Underwood, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL; and T. A. Thomas |
| | P1.7 | Probabilistic Forecasts of Fire Occurrence Haiganoush K. Preisler, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and J. W. Benoit, F. M. Fujioka, D. R. Brillinger, and R. E. Burgan |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 2 Fire and Atmosphere Interactions II |
Chair: Sue A. Ferguson, USDA Forest Sevice, Seattle, WA
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| | P2.1 | Numerical simulation of buoyant plumes from annular heat sources in a crossflow Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and P. Cunningham, M. Y. Hussaini, C. Xia, and R. R. Linn |
| | P2.2 | Non-local chemistry implementation in HIGRAD/FIRETEC Jonah J. Colman, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and R. R. Linn |
| | P2.3 | MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF LARGE FOREST FIRE INITIATION Valeri A. Perminov, Belovo Branch of Kemerovo State Univ., Belovo, Kemerovo, Russia |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 3 Fire and Drought Indexes II |
Chair: Sue A. Ferguson, USDA Forest Sevice, Seattle, WA
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| | P3.1 | A risk index for mediterranean vegetation based on micrometeorological and ecophysiological measurements Donatella Spano, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy; and T. Georgiadis, P. Duce, F. Rossi, A. Delitala, C. Dessy, and G. Bianco |
| | P3.2 | Using surface renewal analysis to develop a fire risk index Richard L. Snyder, University of California, Davis, CA; and D. Spano, D. Baldocchi, P. Duce, L. Xu, and K. T. Paw U |
| | P3.3 | Enhancement of the National Fire Danger Rating System for the New Jersey Pine Barrens Kenneth L. Clark, USDA Forest Service, New Lisbon, NJ; and J. L. Hom, W. Heilman, and J. Charney |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 4 Predictive Services and Operational Forecasting II |
Chair: Sue A. Ferguson, USDA Forest Sevice, Seattle, WA
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| | P4.1 | FX-Net, New Operational Technology for the Incident Meteorologist Robert P. Nester, NOAA/NWS, Missoula, MT; and L. Vanbussem |
| | P4.2 | Improving Prescribed Burn Planning with NWS Digital Forecast Database Tools Michael P. Murphy, NOAA/NWS, Rapid City, SD |
| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | P4.3 | Use of asynoptic upper-air data to improve fire weather forecasts at wildland fires Paul G. Witsaman, NOAA/NWS Southern Region Headquarters, Fort Worth, TX |
| | P4.4 | Future of All-Risk Incident Meteorology Margaret A. Querciagrossa-Sand, Northtree Fire International, Monterey, CA; and J. Stutler, S. Goldwater, and G. Bennett |
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| 5:30 PM, Monday Poster Session 5 Mesoscale Meteorology III |
Chair: Sue A. Ferguson, USDA Forest Sevice, Seattle, WA
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| | P5.1 | Assessing the value of increased model resolution in forecasting fire danger Jeanne Hoadley, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and M. Rorig, K. Westrick, L. Bradshaw, S. A. Ferguson, S. L. Goodrick, and P. Werth |
| | P5.2 | Evaluating fire-weather parameters predicted by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model William Y. Y. Cheng, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and W. J. Steenburgh |
| | P5.3 | The Role of a Stratospheric Intrusion in the Evolution of the Double Trouble State Park Wildfire Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and X. Bian, B. E. Potter, and W. E. Heilman |
| | P5.4 | Application of the BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework to the Rex Creek Wildfire Candace M. Berg, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. M. O'Neill, S. A. Ferguson, and J. W. Adkins |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2003 |
| 8:00 AM-10:30 AM, Tuesday Session 2 Predictive Services and Operational Forecasting |
Chair: Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA
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| 8:00 AM | 2.1 | Predictive Services: A New Tool for Proactive Wildland Fire Management ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Richard Ochoa, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID |
| 8:15 AM | 2.2 | ROMAN—Realtime Observation Monitoring and Analysis Network ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Edward Delgado, Eastern Great Basin Coordination Center, Salt Lake City, UT; and T. Mathewson and J. Horel |
| 8:30 AM | 2.3 | Further Applications of ROMAN to Fire Weather ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) John Horel, NOAA/CIRP and Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. Splitt, J. Pechmann, and B. Olsen |
| 8:45 AM | 2.4 | High resolution diagnostics and short term prognostics in support of fire weather forecast operations at NWS Melbourne, FL Peter F. Blottman, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL; and J. C. Pendergrast, S. M. Spratt, and D. W. Sharp |
| 9:00 AM | 2.5 | FX-Net, An Expandable Fire Weather Workstation ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sher W. Schranz, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and S. Madine |
| 9:15 AM | 2.6 | FARSITE Weather Streams from the NWS IFPS System ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Chris Gibson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT; and C. Gorski |
| 9:30 AM | 2.7 | Using short range ensemble model data in national fire weather outlooks ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Sarah J. Taylor, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK; and D. R. Bright, G. Carbin, P. Bothwell, and R. Naden |
| 9:45 AM | 2.8 | New methods for providing high-resolution weather information to wildfire managers ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Daran L. Rife, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. T. Warner, Y. Liu, and J. Coen |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 6E Combustion Modeling: Part 2 (Track V) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chairs: Patricia L. Andrews, USDA Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT; Jolie Pollet, USDI Bureau of Land Management, Salt Lake City, UT
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| 8:00 AM | J6E.1 | Fire spread around a forest clearing site in the Brazilian Amazonia João A. Carvalho Jr., Universidade Estadual Paulista, Guaratinguetá, Brazil; and C. A. G. Veras, E. C. Alvarado, D. V. Sandberg, E. R. Carvalho, R. Gielow, and J. C. Santos |
| 8:30 AM | J6E.2 | The influence of weather on combustion limits in a longleaf pine forest ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Casey Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. A. Ferguson, M. Rorig, K. Heirs, S. McKay, M. Moore, D. Olson, D. Wright, C. Wright, R. E. Vihnanek, and R. D. Ottmar |
| 9:00 AM | J6E.3 | Fire spread in chaparral—“go or no-go?” ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and X. Zhou, L. Sun, and S. Mahalingam |
| 9:30 AM | J6E.4 | Preliminary height to crown base models for Giant Sequoia Groves Samantha J. Gill, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | J6E.5 | Modeling fire risk in post fuels treatment areas James T. Hutton, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown, CA; and T. S. Bradley |
| 11:00 AM | J6E.6 | The peripheral reduction in burn probability around recent burns in the boreal forest Marc-André Parisien, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and V. G. Kafka, J. B. Todd, K. G. Hirsch, and S. Lavoie |
| 11:30 AM | J6E.7 | Neighborhood-scale Fire Spread ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Ronald Rehm, National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD; and D. Evans, W. Mell, S. Hostikka, K. McGrattan, G. Forney, C. Bouldin, and E. Baker |
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| 8:00 AM-11:30 AM, Tuesday Joint Session 4G GIS/REMOTE SENSING: PART 2 (TRACK VII) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chairs: Joe Frost, USDA Forest Service, Boise, ID; Ken Bottle, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, CO
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| 8:00 AM | J4G.1 | A Multivariate Approach to Mapping Forest Vegetation and Fuels Using GIS Databases, Satellite Imagery, and Forest Inventory Plots Michael C. Wimberly, University of Georgia, Athens, GA; and J. L. Ohmann, K. B. Pierce, M. J. Gregory, and J. S. Fried |
| 8:30 AM | J4G.2 | Preliminary evaluation of vegetation change on a large prescribed burn in Alaska ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Thomas F Paragi, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK; and D. D. Smart, G. T. Worum, and D. A. Haggstrom |
| 9:00 AM | J4G.3 | k-NN Mapping of Fire Fuel Parameters Using Satellite Imagery and Field Data from Forest Inventory Plots Michael D. Fleming, SAIC, Anchorage, AK; and Z. Zhu and M. Hoppus |
| 9:30 AM | J4G.4 | Mapping Crown Fuels Using Lidar Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman, USDA Forest Service, Nevada City, CA; and B. Peterson, P. Hyde, R. Dubaya, C. Hunsaker, W. Walker, and L. Pierce |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | J4G.5 | Florida Fire Management Information System Bill Beers, URS Corporation, Tallahassee, FL; and J. D. Brenner and S. Esner |
| 11:00 AM | J4G.6 | How Enhancements in GIS Technology Can Address Challenges to Wildland Fire Management Jeff Baranyi, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc., Broofield, CO; and F. Dahl and J. Young |
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| 8:30 AM-4:30 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 5D Risk Assessment and Decision Support (TRACK IV) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chair: J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL
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| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | J5D.1 | Bridging the Gap—A Practitioner’s Approach to Mid-scale Air Quality Assessments for Land Management Planning Deirdre Dether, Boise National Forest, Boise, ID; and A. Acheson and B. Schoeberl |
| 8:30 AM | J5D.2 | Optimizing Prescribed Burning Policies to Minimize the Economic Impacts of Wildfire in Florida D. Evan Mercer, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC; and J. P. Prestemon, D. T. Butry, and J. M. Pye |
| 9:00 AM | J5D.3 | Spatial Modeling Tools for Prioritizing Limited Prescribed Fire Resources J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL; and J. H. Furman and S. C. Laine |
| 9:30 AM | J5D.4 | Fire Management Decision Support System at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA J. Kevin Hiers, Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL; and J. H. Furman and W. Gooding |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | J5D.5 | Florida's Communities At Risk ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Susan McLellan, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL; and J. D. Brenner |
| 11:00 AM | J5D.6 | A Scaleable System for Wildland Fire Risk Assessment and Fuels Management James L. Smith, Space Imaging, Jacksonville, FL; and J. Coen |
| 11:30 AM | J5D.7 | The Fire Research And Management Exchange System (FRAMES) Tools Project: accessing, comparing, and developing wildland fire tools Greg Gollberg, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; and P. Morgan |
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| 1:30 PM | J5D.8 | Web-based Mapping Applications in Response to Wildland Fires Elizabeth L. Lile, USGS, Denver, CO; and C. Inbau |
| 2:00 PM | J5D.9 | Evaluating designs for fuel management projects: application of a multi-attribute framework Donald G. MacGregor, MacGregor-Bates, Inc., Eugene, OR; and C. Dammann and J. Anderson |
| 2:30 PM | J5D.10 | Western Fire Ignition and Area Time Series Cross-Sectional Models Jeffrey P. Prestemon, USDA Forest Service, Research Triangle Park, NC; and D. T. Butry, K. L. Abt, T. P. Holmes, D. E. Mercer, and J. M. Pye |
| 3:00 PM | | COFFEE BREAK
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| 3:30 PM | J5D.11 | Assessing the ecological implications of FireSmart forest management Ana C. Espinoza, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and W. Cui and D. L. Martell |
| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | J5D.12 | A fire load index for comparative analysis Al Tithecott, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Sault Ste Marie, ON, Canada; and R. McAlpine |
| 4:00 PM | J5D.13 | An Event-Frame Model for Decomposition and Reconstruction of Large-Fire Decision Processes Donald G. MacGregor, MacGregor-Bates, Inc., Eugene, OR; and A. Gonzalez-Caban |
| 4:30 PM | J5D.14 | Identifying forests in need of fuel reduction and fire restoration Bo Wilmer, The Wilderness Society, Seattle, WA; and G. Aplet |
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| 10:30 AM-1:30 PM, Tuesday Session 3 Atmospheric Stability and Fire Behavior |
Chair: Joseph J. Charney, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI
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| 10:30 AM | 3.1 | Dynamics of fire plumes in vertical shear Philip Cunningham, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Goodrick, M. Y. Hussaini, R. R. Linn, and C. Xia |
| 10:45 AM | 3.2 | Numerical simulations of fire behavior in the presence of vertical wind shear Philip Cunningham, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. R. Linn and J. Reisner |
| 11:00 AM | 3.3 | Using a simple parcel model to investigate the Haines Index Mary Ann Jenkins, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada; and S. K. Krueger and R. Sun |
| 11:15 AM | 3.4 | Combining the Haines Index and turbulent kinetic energy for fire-weather predictions ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and X. Bian, J. J. Charney, and B. E. Potter |
| 11:30 AM | 3.5 | Effects of Near-Surface Atmospheric Stability and Moisture on Wildfire Behavior and Consequences for Haines Index Ruiyu Sun, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and M. A. Jenkins |
| 11:45 AM | 3.6 | Relationship between atmospheric stability and area burned during the 1998 Florida wildfires ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 8 Smoke Management and Air Quality (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chairs: Susan M. O'Neill, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; N. K. Larkin, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
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| 1:30 PM | J8.1 | Adaptive Grid Modeling for Predicting the Air Quality Impacts of Biomass Burning ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Alper Unal, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and M. T. Odman |
| 1:45 PM | J8.2 | COMBINING WILDFIRE EMISSIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY SMOKE EMISSIONS MODEL (CSEM) WITH A REGIONAL-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODEL ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Michael G. Barna, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. G. Fox |
| 2:00 PM | J8.3 | A natural fire experiment in central Russia: meteorology, radiative and optical properties of atmosphere and resulting effects on sub-boreal forest plants ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Nataly Ye. Chubarova, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; and N. G. Prilepsky, A. R. Riebau, A. W. Shoettle, R. Musselman, N. N. Uliumdzhieva, A. Y. Yurova, B. E. Potter, A. N. Rublev, P. Y. Zhmylev, and E. A. Karpuhina |
| 2:15 PM | J8.4 | Spatial and Temporal Variability of Wildland Fire Emissions over the U.S Yongqiang Liu, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA |
| 2:30 PM | J8.5 | Real time high resolution fire/smoke signature prediction model in coastal chaparral Joe Rawitzer, Fire Spec Systems, Carmel, CA |
| 2:45 PM | J8.6 | Recent results from PB-Piedmont—a model to simulate smoke on the ground at night ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | J8.7 | The BlueSky Smoke Modeling Framework (www.BlueSkyRAINS.org) ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Susan M. O'Neill, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. A. Ferguson, J. Peterson, and R. Wilson |
| 3:45 PM | J8.8 | Assessing accuracy of the BlueSky smoke modeling framework during wildfire events ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) J. Westbrook Adkins, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and S. M. O'Neill, M. Rorig, S. A. Ferguson, C. M. Berg, and J. L. Hoadley |
| 4:00 PM | J8.9 | On the origins of “Superfog”—a combination of smoke and water vapor that produces zero visibility over roadways Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA |
| 4:15 PM | J8.10 | Smoke measurements during experimental field fires Ana Isabel Miranda, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; and J. Ferreira, J. Valente, P. Santos, J. H. Amorim, and C. Borrego |
| 4:30 PM | J8.11 | A comparison of real-time particulate monitors for smoke management Suraj Ahuja, U.S. Forest Service, Willows, CA; and T. Proctor, P. Padgett, and B. Plymale |
| 4:45 PM | J8.12 | Biomass burning of eucalypt savannas and respiratory illness in the Australian monsoon tropics David M. J. S. Bowman, Northern Territory University, Darwin, Northern Territo, Australia; and F. H. Johnston |
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| 1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday Joint Session 7G Wildfire Burn Severity Mapping (Special Session) (TRACK VII) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chair: Randy A. McKinley, USGS and SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD
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| 1:30 PM | J7G.1 | Supporting the Mapping Needs of Burned Area Emergency Response Teams with Satellite Imagery Randy A. McKinley, USGS and SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD; and K. Lannom and A. Parsons |
| 2:00 PM | J7G.2 | Evaluating Fire Impacts with Landsat Data: A Comparison of Two Methodologies Stephen M. Howard, SAIC and USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and A. Orlemann and C. H. Key |
| 2:30 PM | J7G.3 | Data acquisition timing for burned area remote sensing and relationships to measures of burn severity Carl H. Key, USGS, West Glacier, MT; and N. Benson, D. Ohlen, S. Howard, and Z. Zhu |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | J7G.4 | Using the Composite Burn Index to field validation meso-scale burn severity assessment Nathan C. Benson, National Park Service, Homestead, FL; and C. Key |
| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | J7G.5 | Assessment of burn severity in northern Arizona using Landsat ETM+ imagery and ground data Allison E. Cocke, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ; and P. Z. Fulé |
| 4:00 PM | J7G.6 | Assessing Landscape Patterns of Fire Severity and Fire Regimes using Burn Severity Mapping for the Sierra Nevada, CA Andrea E. Thode, University of California, Davis and US Forest Service, Tahoe National Forest, McClellan, CA; and N. Sugihara, L. Levien, and J. F. Quinn |
| 4:30 PM | J7G.7 | Assessing Impacts of Scaling on Burn Severity Mapping and Derived Fire Effects Zhiliang Zhu, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD |
| 5:00 PM | J7G.8 | Burn Mapping of Wildland Fires within Different Ecosystems Using Field Verified Satellite Data Donald Ohlen, SAIC and USGS/EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, SD; and C. Key, N. Benson, and Z. Zhu |
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| 5:15 PM, Tuesday Sessions end for the day |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2003 |
| 8:00 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Joint Session 9 Assessing and Predicting Climate Impacts on Landscapes (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress) |
Chairs: Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB Canada
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| 8:00 AM | J9.1 | Contemporary climate changes in high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere cause an increasing potential forest fire danger ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Pavel Ya. Groisman, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and R. W. Knight, R. R. Heim, V. N. Razuvaev, B. G. Sherstyukov, and N. A. Speranskaya |
| 8:15 AM | J9.2 | Forest Fires and Climate in Alaska and Sakha: Forest Fires Near Yakutsk Hiroshi Hayasaka, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
| 8:30 AM | J9.3 | The impacts of climate on prescribed fire ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Crystal A. Kolden, University of Nevada, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown |
| 8:45 AM | J9.4 | The Southwest Monsoon and the relation to fire occurrence ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Charlene R. Mohrle, DRI, Reno, NV; and B. L. Hall and T. J. Brown |
| 9:00 AM | J9.5 | Characterizing extreme dry-spell and forest fire events in the province of Ontario, Canada Jennifer L. Beverly, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; and D. L. Martell |
| 9:15 AM | J9.6 | Wildfire-Climate Interactions Across Southeast Arizona ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Michael A. Crimmins, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. C. Comrie |
| 9:30 AM | J9.7 | A fire scenario builder for coarse-scale modeling of current and future fire effects Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and D. McKenzie and S. M. O'Neill |
| 9:45 AM | | Discussion
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| 10:30 AM | J9.8 | Characteristic Composite Charts Associated With Peak Fire Season In Vermont Eric C. Evenson, NOAA/NWS, South Burlington, VT |
| 10:45 AM | J9.9 | Fire Danger Forecasts John Roads, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and S. Chen, F. M. Fujioka, and R. Burgan |
| 11:00 AM | J9.10 | Long lead statistical forecasts of wildland fire suppression costs Anthony L. Westerling II, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA; and K. Gebert, G. Jones, K. Abt, J. Prestemon, and A. Gershunov |
| 11:15 AM | J9.11 | Verification of ECPC’s fire climate and fire danger Forecasts ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Hauss J. Reinbold, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, J. O. Roads, and B. L. Hall |
| 11:30 AM | J9.12 | The 2003 National Seasonal Assessment Workshop: A Proactive Approach to Preseason Fire Danger Assessment ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Gregg M. Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and T. Wordell, T. J. Brown, R. Ochoa, and B. J. Moorehouse |
| 11:45 AM | | Discussion
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| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 8:00 AM-1:30 PM, Wednesday Joint Session 10D Landfire (Special Session) (TRACK IV) (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chair: Melanie Miller, USDI Bureau of Land Management, Missoula, MT
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| 8:00 AM | J10D.1 | LANDFIRE: A nationally consistent and locally relevant interagency fire, fuels, and risk assesment ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Matthew G. Rollins, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and R. E. Keane, Z. Zhu, J. Menakis, W. Hann, and A. Shlisky |
| 8:30 AM | J10D.2 | Developing the spatial programs and models needed for implementation of the LANDFIRE Project ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Robert E. Keane, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and M. Rollins and R. Parsons |
| 9:00 AM | J10D.3 | Biophysical Settings -- linking landscape patterns to ecophysiological processes Lisa Holsinger, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and R. Parsons, M. Rollins, E. Karau, and A. Keyser |
| 9:30 AM | J10D.4 | A Repeatable Consistent National vegetation Mapping strategy Zhiliang Zhu, USGS, Sioux Falls, SD; and J. Vogelmann and C. Huang |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | J10D.5 | Preliminary Landfire vegetation products in the Wasatch Range-Uinta Mountain area of Utah ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Chengquan Huang, USGS and SAIC, Sioux Falls, SD; and J. Vogelmann, B. Tolk, and Z. Zhu |
| 11:00 AM | J10D.6 | Predictive Mapping of Fire Regimes Russell A. Parsons, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and R. E. Keane and M. G. Rollins |
| 11:30 AM | J10D.7 | Potential Management Applications of the LANDFIRE Products Donald Long, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and M. Rollins and W. Hann |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM-4:30 PM, Wednesday Joint Session 11 Fire and Drought Indices (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress) |
Chairs: Richard Ochoa, Bureau of Land Management, Boise, ID; Larry S. Bradshaw, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT
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| 1:30 PM | J11.1 | Development of a statistical validation methodology for fire weather indices ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and S. L. Goodrick and T. J. Brown |
| 1:45 PM | J11.2 | Drought Indexes as Indicators of Fire Activity Patricia L. Andrews, USDA Forest Service Research, Missoula, MT |
| 2:00 PM | J11.3 | A comparison of precipitation and drought indices related to fire activity in the US ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown |
| 2:15 PM | J11.4 | Validating the Overwintering Effect on the Drought Code in Elk Island National Park ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Kerry Anderson, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and S. Otway |
| 2:30 PM | J11.5 | Independent field verification of a next-generation model for dead fuel moisture ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) J. D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK; and L. S. Bradshaw, R. M. Nelson, and R. R. Bensch |
| 2:45 PM | J11.6 | A comparison of 3 models of 1-hr time lag fuel moisture in Hawaii ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) David R. Weise, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and F. M. Fujioka and R. M. Nelson |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | J11.7 | The Validity of the Keetch/Byram Drought Index in the Hawaiian Islands ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Klaus P. Dolling, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and P. S. Chu and F. M. Fujioka |
| 3:45 PM | J11.8 | A Climatological Study of the Keetch/Byram Drought Index in the Hawaiian Islands ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Pao-Shin Chu, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI; and K. P. Dolling and F. M. Fujioka |
| 4:00 PM | J11.9 | Exhausting relative greenness: Inaccurate Fire Potential Index for Florida? ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Carter Stone, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Goodrick and D. E. Hanley |
| 4:15 PM | J11.10 | National standardized energy release component (ERC) forecasts ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Beth L. Hall, DRI, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown, L. S. Bradshaw, W. M. Jolly, and R. Nemani |
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| 4:30 PM-5:30 PM, Wednesday Session 4 Mesoscale Meteorology II |
Chair: Scott L. Goodrick, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA
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| 4:30 PM | 4.1 | Validations of the NCEP MSM Coupled with the NOAH LSM over the Hawaiian Islands ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Yi-Leng Chen, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and Y. X. Zhang, S. Y. Hong, K. Kodama, and H. M. H. Juang |
| 4:45 PM | 4.2 | An initial analysis of relationships between 2- and 10-minute averaged winds at 10, 6, and 1.8 meters: implications for fire behavior and danger applications ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Larry S. Bradshaw, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and E. Petrescu and I. Grenfell |
| ![](http://ams.confex.com/static/images/flag.png) | 4.3 | Fire weather network analysis for British Columbia Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and J. Beck and E. Meyer |
| 5:00 PM | 4.4 | Lightning detection for Forestry use in Florida ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Deborah E. Hanley, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL |
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| 5:30 PM, Wednesday Sessions end for the day |
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| 6:30 PM, Wednesday Symposium and Congress Banquet |
Lecturer: Henry Lewis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada
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Thursday, 20 November 2003 |
| 8:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday Joint Session 12 Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (Joint between the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology and the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress) |
Chair: Brian E. Potter, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI
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| 8:00 AM | J12.1 | Fire Consortia for Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke—FCAMMS: A National Paradigm for Wildland Fire and Smoke Management ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Allen R. Riebau, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC; and D. G. Fox |
| 8:30 AM | J12.2 | A consortium for comprehensive mesoscale weather analysis and forecasting to monitor fire threat and support fire management operations ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Karl Zeller, USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; and J. McGinley, N. Nikolov, P. Schultz, B. Shaw, S. Albers, and J. Snook |
| 8:45 AM | J12.3 | Real-Time Mesoscale Model Forecasts for Fire and Smoke Management: 2003 Sue A. Ferguson, USDA Forest Sevice, Seattle, WA |
| 9:00 AM | J12.4 | The California and Nevada Smoke and Air Committee (CANSAC)—An interagency partnership to meet decision-making needs ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and F. M. Fujioka and C. Fontana |
| 9:15 AM | J12.5 | The Southern High-Resolution Modeling Consortium—a source for research and operational collaboration ![wrf recording](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif) Gary L. Achtemeier, USDA Forest Service, Athens, GA; and S. L. Goodrick and Y. Liu |
| 9:30 AM | J12.6 | National Fire Plan—Eastern Area Modeling Consortium: Research, product development, and partnerships Warren E. Heilman, USDA Forest Service, East Lansing, MI; and B. E. Potter, J. J. Charney, and X. Bian |
| 9:45 AM | | Discussion
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| 10:30 AM-1:30 PM, Thursday Panel Discussion 1 Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
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| 12:00 PM, Thursday Lunch Break (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
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| 1:30 PM, Thursday Open Discussion with Panel Discussion: Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services |
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| 3:30 PM-5:05 PM, Thursday Plenary Session 2 Closing Plenary Session (Joint between the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress and the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology) |
Chair: Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV
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| 3:30 PM | PL2.1 | Understanding Tropical Fire Regimes: Research Needs, Management Implications Sally Horn, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN |
| 4:00 PM | PL2.2 | Temperate Ecosystems Scott Stephens, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
| 4:30 PM | PL2.3 | Forest Fire Research in the Boreal Zone: Current Status and Future Direction Brian Stocks, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and E. S. Kasischke, D. J. McRae, S. G. Conard, A. D. McGuire, J. G. Goldammer, M. D. Flannigan, B. D. Amiro, A. I. Sukhinin, and G. A. Ivanova |
| 5:00 PM | PL2.4 | Closing Remarks Tim Brown, DRI, Reno, NV |
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