Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) will be presenting the 2020 Fall Fire Science Workshop Online in association with the Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group Interagency Fall Fire Review (October 19-23).
Agenda:
8:30 Welcome and AFSC updates - Sarah Trainor, Alison York, and Zav Grabinski, AFSC (15 min)
8:45 Overwintering fires in boreal North America - R. Scholten, R. Jandt, E. Miller, B. Rogers, S. Veraverbeke, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
9:05 When does a lightning strike start a fire in Alaska? - T. Hessilt, G. van der Werf, R. Scholten, S. Veraverbeke, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
9:25 Break
9:40 Fire Occurrence Prediction – An Example from British Columbia - Steve Taylor, Canadian Forest Service
10:00 McKinley fire video - Jen Schmidt, UAA
10:15 Wrap up and Evaluation - Alison York, AFSC
10:30 Adjourn