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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
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips Sep 6, 2022 (All day) to Sep 7, 2022 (All day) EDT POSTPONED: DOI Wildland Fire Workshop (online)
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Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips Nov 18, 2021 Arctic Urban Risks & Adaptations (AURA) Workshop
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Nov 9, 2021 Webinar - Wildfire and Wine Science Pub
Conferences and Symposia Oct 19, 2021, Oct 21, 2021 2021 Alaska Interagency Fall Fire Review and Fire Science Workshop
Conferences and Symposia Oct 19, 2021, Oct 21, 2021 2021 Alaska Interagency Fall Fire Review and Fire Science Workshop
Meeting Oct 14, 2021 Funding Announcements: JFSP FOAs
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Jul 13, 2021 Webinar - Using a random forest model to predict historical PM2.5 in Alaska
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Jun 8, 2021 Webinar - Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Jun 2, 2021 Using the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center Maps and Dashboards
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations May 17, 2021 Alaska Fire Modeling and Analysis Committee (FMAC) Spring Refresher
Meeting May 11, 2021, May 13, 2021 ABoVE 7th Science Team Meeting


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Alaska's Changing Wildfire Environment

An intensified pattern of wildfire is emerging in Alaska as rapidly increasing temperatures and longer growing seasons alter the state's environment. Both tundra and Boreal forest regions are seeing larger and more frequent fires. The impacts of...
Presenter(s): Zav Grabinski
Type: Webinar
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence
Date: June 8, 2021

Mapping Fire Emissions: A review of the Wildland Fire Emissions Inventory System and Explanation of Recent Updates

The Wildland Fire Emissions Inventory System (WFEIS) came out of a NASA Applied Science program focused on creating maps of regional-scale wildland fire carbon emissions using the Consume emissions model and the Fuel Characteristic...
Presenter(s): Nancy H. F. French , Michael Billmire
Type: Webinar
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Date: May 6, 2021

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