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Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips Mar 28, 2018 2018 AFSC Spring Fire Science Workshop
Meeting Feb 12, 2018 Applying Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Alaska
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Nov 21, 2017 Webinar - Living with Wildland Fires: What We Learned from the 2016 Horse River Wildfire
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Oct 30, 2017 Thesis Defense: Satellite remote sensing of active wildfires in Alaska's boreal forest
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Oct 27, 2017 Thesis Defense: Shrinking boreal lakes as agents of change: Untangling structure and function in hydrologically-coupled lake and wetlands
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Oct 27, 2017 Thesis Defense: Post-fire variability in Siberian alder in interior Alaska: Distribution patterns, nitrogen fixation rates, and ecosystem consequences
Webinars, Seminars and Presentations Oct 24, 2017 Webinar - Assessment of the Application of Climate Information in Wildfire Management in Alaska: Experiences from the Alaska Fire Science Consortium
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips Oct 10, 2017 2017 AFSC Fall Fire Science Workshop
Meeting Oct 10, 2017 to Oct 13, 2017 AWFCG Interagency Fall Fire Review
Workshops, Trainings and Fieldtrips May 2, 2017 to May 4, 2017 Alaska Spring 2017 Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop

2020 AFSC Spring Fire Science Workshop

Association for Fire Ecology 2019 Conference

2019 Fall Fire Review and Science Workshop

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JFSP National Consortia Evaluation Project - Alaska Results

A summary of a JSFP survey presented by Sarah Trainor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, at the 2011 Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Presenter(s): Sarah F. Trainor
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Outreach, Planning
Date: October 7, 2011

Comparisons of the Overwintered Drought Code

The benefits and drawbacks of overwintering weather stations continues to be a topic of interest in the fire management community. This presentation looks at specific weather stations and how overwintering effects the Drought Code.
Presenter(s): Sharon Alden
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Models, Weather
Date: April 2, 2014

New Fires and Old Fires - Fuel Barriers or Not?

What factors may influence new fires burning into or being slowed by previous fire scars? How long can we consider fire scars a fuel barrier? More and more area in Alaska seems to be burning in close succession, or "repeat burns."
Presenter(s): Jennifer L. Barnes , Robert Ziel
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Weather
Date: April 2, 2014

Fuel Treatment Effectiveness: Fairbanks-North Star Borough CWPP Risk Assessment Update and Plan Evaluation

Presented at 2014 Fall Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Presenter(s): K. T. Pyne , Robert Ziel
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models
Date: October 9, 2014

Use and Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments During the 2014 Funny River Fire, Alaska

The Funny River Fire (AK-KKS-403140) was ignited by humans on May 19, 2014, and burned almost 200,000 acres on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, by early June. Most of the fire was within the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, but it threatened adjacent...
Presenter(s): Lisa B. Saperstein
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Planning
Date: October 9, 2014

Atmospheric Dispersion of Alaska Wildfire Pollutants as Predicted by the WRF-Chem Model and Observations

The WFR-Chem model can produce valuable smoke emissions and fire spread information along with up to a 72 hour smoke forecast. This model can be used by fire and resouce managers, city and borough personnel and others. Feedback is needed for...
Presenter(s): Martin Steufer
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Date: October 12, 2012

Using the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System: a Review of the Fire Weather Index (FWI) and Fire Behavior Prediction (FBP) Subsystems

A brief refresher of CFFDRS from the 3-day Summit, held October 28-30 in Fairbanks.
Presenter(s): Robert Ziel
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Weather
Date: October 18, 2014

Webinar - Incorporating Drought Information into Wildland Fire Management Applications: Recent Research and Tool Development in California and Nevada

Presented by Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute and Western Regional Climate Center, Reno, NVDespite a clear link between drought and wildfire, there is currently a lack of information for stakeholders at the regional and local levels for...
Presenter(s): Daniel J. McEvoy
Type: Webinar
Topic(s): Climate, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Date: August 12, 2019

High-elevation & high-latitude conifer forest response to climate warming & novel fire regimes in western N. America

Climate and disturbance regimes are expected to change profoundly in 21st century forests. Whether and where forests may succumb to projected trends and shift to different ecosystem states is poorly resolved but essential for anticipating both...
Presenter(s): Winslow D. Hansen
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Climate, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Occurrence
Date: December 2015

Climate Scale Predictability and Variability of Alaska Wildfire Seminar

Presented by Peter BieniekWildfire in Interior Alaska is a key natural driver of the landscape and can be a hazard at the wildland-urban interface. Years with extreme wildfire activity in Alaska have increased in frequency in recent decades and are...
Presenter(s): Peter A. Bieniek
Type: Presentation
Topic(s): Climate, Fire Behavior, Models, Weather
Date: June 12, 2019