Session 7 |
| | Use of Forecasts for Fire Planning, Execution and Suppression |
| | Organizer: Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, CA
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| 1:30 PM | | Session Introduction: Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Riverside, CA
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| 1:45 PM | 7.1 | The September 2, 1998 Firestorm: Saving Lives Through Effective Communication
Mark Moede, NOAA/NWS, San Diego, CA; and P. Curran |
| 2:00 PM | 7.2 | The North Central Nebraska Prairie Fire of 16 March 1999
John W. Stoppkotte, NOAA/NWS, North Platte, NE |
| 2:15 PM | 7.3 | Providing meteorological information for controlled burns at the Savannah River Site
Robert L. Buckley, Savannah River Technology Center, Aiken, SC; and C. H. Hunter |
| 2:30 PM | 7.4 | Long-range fire assessments: procedures, products, and applications
G. Thomas Zimmerman, USDA Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM; and M. Hilbruner, P. Werth, T. Sexton, and R. Bartlette |
| 2:45 PM | 7.5 | Experimental daily NCEP Eta model smoke management forecasts
Matthew G. Fearon, DRI and Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV; and T. J. Brown |
| 3:00 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:30 PM | 7.6 | Prospects Of Long-Lead Seasonal Wildland Fire Predictions For Oahu, Hawaii
Pao-Shin Chu, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and W. Yan and F. M. Fujioka |
| 3:45 PM | 7.7 | The relationship between area burned by wildland fire in Canada and circulation anomalies in the mid-troposphere
Walter R. Skinner, AES, Toronto, ON, Canada; and B. J. Stocks, D. L. Martell, B. Bonsal, and A. Shabbar |
| 4:00 PM | 7.8 | Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures and their relation to Area Burned in Canada
Mike D. Flannigan, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and B. Todd, M. Wotton, W. R. Skinner, B. J. Stocks, and D. L. Martell |
| 4:15 PM | | Discussion
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| 4:30 PM | | Symposium Closing Remarks: Dave Goens and Sue Ferguson
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