Session 6 Weather Data and Forecasts for Fire Behavior Applications

Wednesday, 12 January 2000: 8:00 AM-11:15 AM
Host: Third Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology
Organizer:
Chris Gibson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

Papers:
8:00 AM
6.1
Development 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

8:15 AM
6.2
Producing 1-km resolution atmospheric forecasts for a prototype gridded National Fire Danger Rating System
Timothy W. Barker, NOAA/NWS, Missoula, MT

8:30 AM
6.3
Verification and Assessment of Automated NFDRS Forecasts Based on Gridded Weather Forecasts and Satellite Derived Fuel Parameters
Larry S. Bradshaw, U.S. Forest Service, Missoula, MT; and T. W. Barker and R. E. Burgan

8:45 AM
6.4
A high resolution fire danger rating system for Hawaii
Francis M. Fujioka, USDA Forest Service, Riverside, CA; and D. R. Weise and R. E. Burgan

9:00 AM
6.5
The Northeast fire danger index system
Lawrence Bach, NOAA/NWS, Albany, NY; and A. Cacciola

9:15 AM
6.6
An Index for Assessing the Potential Escape of a Prescribed Burn
Timothy J. Brown, DRI, Reno, NV; and C. Fontana

9:30 AM
6.7
FireFamily 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

9:45 AM
6.8
Model 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

10:00 AM
6.0a
Session Introduction: Chris Gibson, NOAA/NWS, Salt Lake City, UT

10:15 AM
6.7a
Coffee Break

10:45 AM
6.8a
Discussion

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