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The workshop is designed to bring together diverse multi-disciplinary communities working in research on operational forecasting and impacts of fire weather, communicating risks of fire weather, economic impacts of fire, and strategies for land management and prevention of fire. The workshop is organized around four themes: 1) fire forecasting; 2) subseasonal to seasonal variation of and climatology of fires; 3) tools, operational needs, emergency management and communication; and 4) impacts/land management/ecology. Overview talks on the first day of the workshop are designed to emphasize what is state of art in each theme, what are existing problems and uncertainties in each theme, what are impediments to solving those problems or reducing uncertainties, and what resources are needed to overcome those uncertainties. Some topics are covered by multiple speakers in order to hear a diversity of opinions. A poster session combined with a reception on the first evening will ensure that all workshop participants are able to present their views on the relevant topic areas.
Oral Presentations
Session 1
- Introduction to CIWRO and Goals of Workshop, Greg McFarquhar, CIWRO
- Challenges and opportunities for short-range fire weather forecasting, Thomas Jones, CIWRO/NSSL
- Weather forecasting needs and challenges for prescribed fire, Brian Potter, USDA Forest Service
- SPC Activities in Fire Weather, David Jahn, CIWRO/SPC
- NOAA's New Fire Weather Testbed, Zach Tolby, NOAA
- Enhancing the Unified Forecast System Capabilities through Integration of a Coupled FireAtmosphere Model, Masih Eghdami, U.S. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Session 2
Zoom Recording- Science to Service: Collaborative Research to Operations in Southern Plains Fire Meteorology, Todd Lindley, WFO Norman
- Partnered Power: Connecting Science and Operations in Real Time, Drew Daily, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Services
- New NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Products for Wildland Fire Applications, Michael Pavolonis, NOAA
- Overview of the NSF I/UCRC Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center: Research to Operations, Craig Clements, SJSU
- Leveraging radar observations to advance our understanding of wildfire plume dynamics, Neil Lareau, University of Nevada Reno
- NOAA's New Fire-Weather Observing Facilities, Dave Turner, NOAA
Session 3
Zoom Recording- Moving Towards a More Integrated Fire Environment Decision Support System, Nicholas Nauslar, Bureau of Land Management
- Fire Management and Risk Perception Through an Organizational Lens, Monica Mattox, Oklahoma Climatological Survey
- Importance of Soil Moisture in Understanding and Predicting Fire Danger: A review of Some Recent Research, J.D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University
- Multimodal Data, Generative AI, and Ensemble Machine Learning for Fuel Types and Loads Prediction, Riyaaz Shaik, University of California at Los Angeles
- Supporting Access to Meteorological and Fuel State Conditions for Wildland Fire Managers in the Great Lakes and Alaska Regions, John Horel, University of Utah
- Advances in Refining Future Fire Risk, David Saah, University of San Francisco
Session 4
Zoom Recording- Presenting advancements of sub-seasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) fire weather forecasts, Pratik Shukla, University of Maryland Baltimore County
- Examining Oklahoma Emergency Manager's Use of Fire Weather Forecast Information, David Hogg, CIWRO/NSSL
- An Introduction to OK-FIRE: An Operational Decision-Support System for Wildland Fire Management in Oklahoma, J.D. Carlson, Oklahoma State University
- The Impact of Land Management Activities on Post Wildfire Recovery, Shima Shams, U.S. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Microscale Fire Weather and Event Prediction, Janice Coen, U.S. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Breakout Session Wrap-Up
Zoom Recording
