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Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Mar 3, 2021 2:00 pm AKST Thesis Defense: Exploring the Use of Machine Learning for Daily Wildfire Forecasting in Alaska
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Mar 9, 2021 7:00 pm AKDT Webinar - Firewatch: Fire landscapes from air and space
Conferences and Symposia Mar 22, 2021 (All day) to Mar 26, 2021 (All day) AKDT 2021 Alaska Interagency Spring Operations Meeting
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips Mar 24, 2021 1:00 pm AKDT 2021 AFSC Spring Fire Science Workshop
Meeting May 10, 2021 (All day) to May 13, 2021 (All day) AKDT ABoVE 7th Science Team Meeting
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips May 13, 2022 (All day) to May 14, 2022 (All day) AKDT Postponed: Research to Operations (R2O) workshop: Using ABoVE Data in Fire and Resource Management
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Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Feb 26, 2021 Thesis Defense: Advancing wildfire fuel mapping and burn severity assessment in Alaskan boreal forest using multi-sensor remote sensing
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Feb 16, 2021 Webinar Series - Alaska Drought
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Jan 27, 2021 Webinar - The 10% Rule of Thumb for Estimating Wildfire ROS from Wind Speed: Derivation and Limits of Application
Conferences and Symposia Dec 8, 2020 to Dec 15, 2020 AGU 2020: Alaska Fire Science
Conferences and Symposia Nov 16, 2020 to Nov 17, 2020, Nov 17, 2020 to Nov 18, 2020 Bonanza Creek LTER Virtual Symposium
Conferences and Symposia Nov 16, 2020 to Nov 17, 2020, Nov 17, 2020 to Nov 18, 2020 Bonanza Creek LTER Virtual Symposium
Conferences and Symposia Nov 5, 2020 Kenai Peninsula All Lands All Hands - Virtual Conference
Conferences and Symposia Nov 4, 2020 AFSC Fall Fire Science Workshop part 2: EPSCoR Boreal Fires project updates.
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Nov 4, 2020 Webinar - 2020 Fall Fire Environment Post Season Lessons Learned
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Oct 23, 2020 Thesis Defense - Born to burn: characterizing fuel loads, flammability and plant traits across spatio-temporal gradients of black spruce dominated communities


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The McKinley Fire: Rebuilding and Lessons Learned

The 2019 McKinley Fire devastated a 10-mile stretch of homes along Alaska's Parks Highway. This video describes the fire and its aftermath through interviews with residents and fire professionals, and discusses ways to protect structures from...
Type: Video
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Outreach, Safety, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Date: September 28, 2020

Arctic Urban Risks and Adaptations and Forest Health Updates

In 2019 the National Science Foundataion (NSF) funded a Navigating the New Arctic project called "Arctic Urban Risks and Adaptations (AURA): a co-production framework for addressing multiple changing environmental hazards". This...
Presenter(s): Jennifer I. Schmidt
Type: Webinar
Topic(s): Climate, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Date: April 1, 2020

Hollings Scholar Presentations: Exploration of the Hot Dry Windy Index and Wildfire; Climate Change and Overnight Fire Growth

Speakers: Clairisse Reiher & Emily McCutchan, 2020 Hollings ScholarsDuring the summer of 2020 ACCAP and the Alaska Fire Science Consortium hosted two Ernest F. Hollings scholars for the summer internships. Because of COVID-19...
Presenter(s): Clairisse Reiher , Emily McCutchan
Type: Webinar
Topic(s): Climate, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Weather
Date: July 24, 2020

Land surface modeling and assimilation of SMAP soil moisture

Powerpoint talk presented by Dr. Clay Blankenship, Universities Space Research Association (USRA)/NASA Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT)Soil moisture is a critical variable for agriculture and for predicting fire risk, and...
Presenter(s): Clay Blankenship
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Climate, Mapping, Models, Weather
Date: November 7, 2019

The North American Wildland Fuels Database (NAWFD): Improved Information on Fuel Loading for Fire and Smoke Modeling in Research and Operations

The Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) has supported the development of a new resource for defining fuel loading across the variable landscapes of the US. The work entailed compiling existing data on fuel loadings categorized by Existing Vegetation...
Presenter(s): Nancy H. F. French , Susan J. Prichard , Maureen C. Kennedy , Michael Billmire
Type: Webinar
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models
Date: December 3, 2019

Bridging the gap takes a long-term perspective: lessons from climate change in Alaska

Presented by: Alison York, Alaska Fire Science ConsortiumNovember 20th, 2019Powerpoint presentation from Special Session Bridging the Gap: Lessons from the First Ten Years of the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network. Presented as part of the 8th...
Presenter(s): Alison D. York
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Communications, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Outreach
Date: November 20, 2019

Success stories from investments in fire science and communication

Presented by: David Godwin, Southern Fire ExchangeNovember 20th, 2019Powerpoint presentation from Special Session Bridging the Gap: Lessons from the First Ten Years of the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network. Presented as part of the 8th...
Presenter(s): David R. Godwin
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Communications, Fire Ecology, Outreach, Social Science
Date: November 20, 2019

Models and examples of FSEN science co-production

Presented by: Andrea Thode, Southwest Fire Science ConsortiumNovember 20th, 2019Powerpoint presentation from Special Session Bridging the Gap: Lessons from the First Ten Years of the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network. Presented as part of the 8th...
Presenter(s): Andrea E. Thode
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Communications, Outreach, Social Science
Date: November 20, 2019

The JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network: origin, impact and future possibilities

Presented by: Ed Brunson, Joint Fire Science ProgramNovember 20th, 2019Powerpoint presentation from Special Session Bridging the Gap: Lessons from the First Ten Years of the JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network. Presented as part of the 8th...
Presenter(s): Ed Brunson
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Administration, Communications, Outreach
Date: November 20, 2019

Fire self-regulation in the North American boreal forest and the implications for fire management in Alaska

Presented by: Xanthe Walker, Northern Arizona UniversityNovember 20th, 2019Powerpoint presentation from Special Session Fire in the Last Frontier: 21st Century Fire Patterns, Behavior, and Pyroecology of North American Boreal Forests and Tundra...
Presenter(s): Xanthe J. Walker
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects
Date: November 20, 2019