Alaska Fire Modeling Discussion Group

Fire behavior analysis is an ever-evolving field with new data, models, and information. Analysts can help fire managers to answer a variety of questions but it is difficult to stay informed on the tools available.

A proactive group of analysts, modelers, fuels specialists, and others have gathered to discuss these modeling tools and their application to fire management questions in Alaska. This informal group meets monthly and is open to anyone interested in learning more about fire behavior modeling.

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Related Previous Event

Alaska Fire Behavior Modeling Workshop: March 5-7, 2012

This workshop provided a great opportunity to discuss fire modeling and applications in Alaska and get hands on experience using modeling tools. The intent of this workshop was to start an open dialog amongst users, share and learn from each other's experiences, and work through modeling questions as a group. 

Workshop Invitation    |    Agenda     |    Handouts & Pubs

Previous Meetings

January 11, 2012	Calibration Watch the Webinar Podcast Download the Webinar Recording
December 8, 2011	WFDSS Modeling and Weather Watch the Webinar Podcast Download the Webinar Recording
November 10, 2011	Landscape Edits Watch the Webinar Podcast Download the Webinar Recording Other Meeting Supplements: Guidebook on LANDFIRE Fuels Data Acquisition, Critique, Modification, Maintenance, and Model Calibrations (Richard Stratton, Feb 2009, RMS-GTR-220) Conducting FSPro and STFB analyses in Alaska, 2010 (Laurie Kurth, et al.)  Fire modeling in Alaska during an extended dry fire season, 2009 (Laurie Kurth, et al.)  Use of masks to make changes to the WFDSS Alaska 2009 LCP (Rick Stratton)
August 22, 2011	Unfortunately, the webinar recording from this meeting was damaged and cannot be viewed. Here is a previous webinar recording, following a similar discussion format: Fire Behavior Overview 2011 Other Meeting Supplements: Running Near Term Fire Behavior in Alaska (Dan Minder) WDFSS Comparison (LANDFIRE 1.0 vs Refresh 2008) (Chris Moore) WFDSS Comparison Spreadsheet (Mitch)
July 18, 2011	Meeting Notes

Note: Please do not cite any information posted from this discussion group without consulting with the document creator. All data, graphs, discussion documents, etc. are for information purposes only and have not been through a peer review process.