Third Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
    

Session 6

 Weather Data and Forecasts for Fire Behavior Applications
 Organizer: Chris Gibson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT
8:00 AMSession Introduction: Chris Gibson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT  
8:15 AM6.1Development of a seasonal fire severity forecast for the contiguous United States  
John O. Roads, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA; and S. C. Chen, F. M. Fujioka, and R. E. Burgan
8:30 AM6.2Producing 1-km resolution atmospheric forecasts for a prototype gridded National Fire Danger Rating System  
Timothy W. Barker, NOAA/NWS, Missoula, MT
8:45 AM6.3Verification and Assessment of Automated NFDRS Forecasts Based on Gridded Weather Forecasts and Satellite Derived Fuel Parameters  
Larry S. Bradshaw, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and T. W. Barker and R. E. Burgan
9:00 AM6.4A high resolution fire danger rating system for Hawaii  
Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and D. R. Weise and R. E. Burgan
9:15 AM6.5The Northeast fire danger index system  
Lawrence Bach, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY; and A. Cacciola
9:30 AM6.6An Index for Assessing the Potential Escape of a Prescribed Burn  
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and C. Fontana
9:45 AM6.7FireFamily Plus: Fire Weather and Fire Danger Climatology at your Fingertips  
Larry S. Bradshaw, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Stations, Missoula, MT; and S. Brittain
10:00 AMCoffee Break  
10:30 AM6.8Model predicted spread rates for the Sydney January 1994 fires  
Milton S. Speer, Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; and L. M. Leslie, W. Catchpole, R. Bradstock, and R. Bunker
10:45 AMDiscussion  

Wednesday, 12 January 2000: 8:00 AM-11:15 AM

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