Session 4 |
| | Application of Mesoscale Weather Modeling for Fire Management |
| | Organizer: Elizabeth Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO
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| 8:00 AM | | Session Introduction: Elizabeth Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO
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| 8:15 AM | 4.1 | Operational use of mesoscale models in fire weather forecasting
Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and M. P. Meyers, M. Chamberlain, and R. McAnelly |
| 8:30 AM | 4.2 | Numerical weather prediction for fire hazards on Oahu/Hawaii
Duane E. Stevens, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and D. Funayama and F. M. Fujioka |
| 8:45 AM | 4.3 | Development of an Objective Spot Forecasting Tool Using a Mesoscale Model
Scott L. Goodrick, Florida Division of Forestry, Tallahassee, FL |
| 9:00 AM | 4.4 | Real-Time Mesoscale Model Forecasts for Fire and Smoke Management: An Update
Sue A. Ferguson, Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Seattle, WA |
| 9:15 AM | 4.5 | Mesoscale numerical forecasting of wind changes in support of fire-fighting operations
Graham A. Mills, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Vic., Australia |
| 9:30 AM | 4.6 | Very high resolution model forecasts of fire weather for the January 1994 Fires
Lance M. Leslie, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and M. S. Speer and R. Bunker |
| 9:45 AM | 4.7 | Numerical modeling of the Santa Barbara Sundowner of 27 June, 1990
Chris MacFarland, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA; and C. Jones and J. Michaelsen |