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Webinars, Seminars and Presentations May 17, 2021 11:00 am AKDT Alaska Fire Modeling and Analysis Committee (FMAC) Spring Refresher
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips May 18, 2021 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, May 19, 2021 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT DOI Wildland Fire Workshop (online)
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips May 18, 2021 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm, May 19, 2021 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm EDT DOI Wildland Fire Workshop (online)
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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May 17, 2021 11:00 am AKDT Alaska Fire Modeling and Analysis Committee (FMAC) Spring Refresher
May 19, 2021 (All day) Time Zone Not Indicated Wildfires Conference Series: Air Quality, Health Effects, and Smoke Management Progress 3 of 3
May 19, 2021 12:00 pm PDT Webinar - Wildfire Wednesdays: A Land of Fire
Jun 2, 2021 12:00 pm PDT Webinar - Wildfire Wednesdays: When Fire Hits
Jun 15, 2021 4:00 pm PDT Webinar - Overview of WUI Fires in Texas
Jun 15, 2021 7:00 pm EST Webinar - Overview of WUI Fires in Texas
Jun 16, 2021 12:00 pm PDT Webinar - Wildfire Wednesdays: After the Fire
Aug 5, 2021 12:00 pm CDT Webinar - The Prairie Project: Coupling Fire & Grazing
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Meeting May 11, 2021 to May 13, 2021 ABoVE 7th Science Team Meeting
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations May 6, 2021 Webinar - Mapping Fire Emissions: A review of the Wildland Fire Emissions Inventory System and explanation of recent updates
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations May 6, 2021 Webinar - Overwintering Fires in Boreal Forests -and- Lightning Will Spark Future Increases in Boreal Forest Fires
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Apr 23, 2021 Dissertation Defense: Caribou, Fire, and Landscape Disturbance in Eastern Alaska to Northwestern Canada
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Apr 22, 2021 Webinar - Alaska Wildfire and Mental Health Study
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Mar 26, 2021 Thesis Defense: Meteorological Drivers of Lightning in Alaska on Seasonal and Sub-Seasonal Timescales
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips Mar 24, 2021 2021 AFSC Spring Fire Science Workshop
Conferences and Symposia Mar 22, 2021 to Mar 26, 2021 2021 Alaska Interagency Spring Operations Meeting
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Mar 9, 2021 Webinar - Firewatch: Fire landscapes from air and space
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Mar 3, 2021 Thesis Defense: Exploring the Use of Machine Learning for Daily Wildfire Forecasting in Alaska


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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