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Final Report Table of Contents Theme and Objectives..............................................................................1s Organizing Committee..............................................................................2e EEEaaassstttFFFIIIRRREEE CCCooonnnfffeeerrreeennnccceee Conference Schedule ...............................................................................3 Plenary Sessions Plan ............................................................................4 Town Meeting ..........................................................................................5 EastFIRE Experts Panel .........................................................................6 Johnson Center Floor Maps....................................................................7 Wildland Fire Research Session 1A-1...........................................................................................9 Session 2A ............................................................................................10 in the Eastern United States Session 2B ............................................................................................11 Session 1A-2.........................................................................................12 Session 3B-1.........................................................................................13 Session 3A ............................................................................................14 Session 3B-2.........................................................................................15 Session 1B-1.........................................................................................16 Session 1C............................................................................................17 Session 3C-1.........................................................................................18 Session 1B-2.........................................................................................19 Session 2C............................................................................................20 Session 3C-2.........................................................................................21 Poster Sessions ....................................................................................22 Session Chair Information .....................................................................26 Conference Contact Information ...........................................................27 Conference Products..............................................................................28s Maps and Directions...............................................................................29s Conference venue/Hotel Shuttle Schedule ...........................................29 Parking Information ...............................................................................30 Conference Hotel Information ...............................................................31 Directions to Fairfax Campus................................................................32 CUE Bus Schedule ...............................................................................33 Local Restaurants .................................................................................35 GGGeeeooorrrgggeee MMMaaasssooonnn UUUnnniiivvveeerrrsssiiitttyyy Acknowledgements ................................................................................36 MMMaaayyy 111111---111333,,, 222000000555 EEEaaassstttFFFIIIRRREEE MMMiiissssssiiiooonnn....................................................................................38 I II Theme and Objectives Organizing Committee For the last century, North American forest communities have been vitally Executive Committee concerned with wildland fires. They have tried to eliminate wildland fires • Ronald Birk, Program Director, Applied Sciences Program entirely, to reduce fire intensity, to thin and burn, and even to return to a Sun-Earth Systems Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA more naturally occurring wildland fire regime. Urban and suburban • George Foster, Director of Wildlife, Fish, Water, and Air Research, growth through the 20th century has dramatically increased the USDA Forest Service association of housing and people with wildlands, increasing the • Menas Kafatos, Dean, School of Computational Sciences, (SCS), complexity of fuel management and fire fighting activities. Since George Mason University (GMU) topography, climate, ecosystems, and development patterns are all so different in east and west, it is time for a focused look at these issues from • Robert Szaro, Chief Scientist, USGS, Biological Resources an eastern perspective. Discipline The EastFIRE Conference brings together researchers, subject matter General Chair experts, technicians, vendors, and decision makers to share information on using remote sensing (RS), decision support systems and simulation to • John Qu, GMU, SCS better manage wildland fire in the eastern United States. Planned products of this conference will capture the significant outcomes for Technical Committee determining future plans of action. • Stan Coloff, USGS, BRD • Al Riebau, USDA Forest Service, Research and Development • Ruixin Yang, GMU, SCS The primary objectives of the Workshop are: • Develop bridging approaches that link ecology and the physical sciences at local, landscape, state, and regional scales for wildland fire Editorial Board in the east. • Doug Fox, Colorado State University (CSU), Cooperative Institute • Suggest decision support views of integrated data for policy makers and for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) front-line decision-makers. • John Qu, GMU, SCS • Share information on new technologies and techniques which address • Al Riebau, USDA Forest Service, Research and Development eastern states fire management issues. • Ruixin Yang, GMU, SCS • Create new understanding of the challenges ahead for eastern states wildland fire management and how remote sensing might better address them. Logistics Committee • Create appreciation for geographic scale issues in wildland fire • Beth Grohnke, GMU, Office of Events Management management and rehabilitation in the east, and descriptions of • Hank Wolf, GMU, SCS experiences in applying remote sensing and simulation modeling to • Manny Smith, GMU, SCS these issues. • Lingli Wang, GMU, SCS 1 2 Conference Schedule Plenary Sessions Plan Room: Cinema (G30) Day Time Program May 11, 2005 Plenary Session 1: Session Chair -- Menas Kafatos (GMU/SCS) 8:00-9:00 Registration Desk Opens Time Program 9:00-9:05 Welcome to EastFIRE 9:00-9:05 Welcome to EastFIRE Menas Kafatos (GMU) 9:05-9:10 GMU President’s Address 9:05-9:10 Introduction Alan Merten (President, GMU) 9:10-9:15 Opening of Conference 9:10-9:15 Opening of Conference William Sommers (GMU) Wildland Fire in the Eastern States: Issues and 9:15-10:40 Plenary Session One 9:15-9:35 Challenges John Carroll (VA Associate Forester) May 11 10:40-11:00 Break 9:35-9:55 LandFIRE Kevin Ryan (USDA/FS/RMRS) Wed Fire Weather, Climate and Air Quality for Eastern States 11:00-12:30 Concurrent Sessions: 1A-1, 2A, 2B 9:55-10:20 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break Wildland Fire Leroy Spayd (NOAA) 10:20-10:40 Synopsis William Sommers (GMU) 13:30-15:00 Concurrent Sessions: 1A-2, 3B-1 15:00-15:30 Break May 12, 2005 Plenary Session 2: Session Chair -- Sam Foster (USDA/FS) 15:30-17:00 Concurrent Sessions: 3A, 3B-2 Time Program 17:00-19:00 Poster Session (Reception) 9:00-9:05 Introduction Sam Foster (USDA/FS) 09:00-10:40 Plenary Session Two Climate Change and Variability in the Eastern States 9:05-9:30 10:40-11:00 Break Jim Kinter III(GMU/COLA) Wildland Fire and Eastern States Diversity 9:30-9:55 11:00-12:30 Concurrent Sessions: 1B-1, 1C, 3C-1 William Sommers (GMU) 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break GoFC/GOLD and Fuels Management May 12 9:55-10:20 Chris Justice (UMD) Thu 13:30-15:00 Concurrent Sessions: 1B-2, 2C, 3C-2 10:20-10:40 Synopsis Sam Foster (USDA/FS) 15:00-15:30 Break 15:30-17:00 EastFIRE Conference Town Meeting May 13, 2005 Posters, food, and drinks Plenary Session 3: Session Chair -- Bob Szaro (USGS) 17:30-20:00 (EastFIRE Conference Hosted Social**) Time Program 09:00-10:40 Plenary Session Three 9:00-9:05 Introduction Bob Szaro (USGS) Meso-scale to Fine Scale Weather Modeling in Fire 9:05-9:30 May 13 10:40-11:00 Break Applications Zafer Boybeyi (GMU) Fri 11:00-12:30 EastFIRE Experts Panel Meeting Eastern States Demographics and the WUI 9:30-9:55 12:30 EastFIRE Adjourns John Stanturf (USDA/FS/SRS) Decision Support Systems and Wildland Fire 9:55-10:20 Ron Birk (NASA/HQ) **Social Event sponsored by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) 10:20-10:40 Synopsis Bob Szaro (USGS) 3 4 Town Meeting EastFIRE Experts Panel Room: Cinema (G30) Room: Cinema (G30) May 12 3:30-5:00PM May 13 11:00-12:30 The main goals of the EastFIRE Town Meeting are to provide reports The EastFIRE Experts panel will provide an opportunity for senior from each session to all the attendees and to solicit responses to managers from various organizations to assess the research issues, challenges issued by the keynote speakers, as well as gain attendee trends, and potential impacts identified over the course of the reactions to issues raised, trends detected, research issues identified, conference. It will be an excellent chance for the experts to put the and possible future directions. A chair from each session will brief issues into perspective as they pertain to their individual organizations attendees on their session’s significant results, followed by open and to decide
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