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Joint Action Group for National Wildland Fire Weather Needs Assessment - Agency Needs

Joint Action Group for National Wildland Fire Weather Needs Assessment - Agency Needs. USDA Forest Service Research and Development / Fire & Aviation Mngt. Contact: A.R. Riebau, PhD. Pete Lahm ariebau@fs.fed.us plahm@fs.fed.us 703 605 5280 202 205 1084

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Joint Action Group for National Wildland Fire Weather Needs Assessment - Agency Needs

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  1. Joint Action Group for National Wildland Fire Weather Needs Assessment - Agency Needs USDA Forest Service Research and Development / Fire & Aviation Mngt. Contact: A.R. Riebau, PhD. Pete Lahm ariebau@fs.fed.us plahm@fs.fed.us 703 605 5280 202 205 1084 24 Jan 06 USDA Forest Service

  2. USDA FS is a large agency with many viewpoints on this matter… FS Mission: Protecting the land and serving the people. Fire Mission: Protecting resources and returning fire to its natural role on the public lands in a manner that serves the public interest.

  3. What fire management decisions/processes require fire weather and climate information? • Fire fighting • Prescribed fire • Wildland use fire • Planning • Resources allocation and deployment • Air quality management (smoke) • Suppression strategies • budgeting

  4. Who are your users and stakeholders of fire weather information? • Field fire management officials/technicians • GACCs • State and local air quality bureaus • Public

  5. Which TOR functional areas would your agency consider to be a priority? • Data collection • Resource Considerations • Weather forecast products and services • Air Quality • Fire weather research and development • Modeling, prediction, and data assimilation

  6. As relates to the wildland fire weather ‘system’ what are best practices? • New uses of mesoscale models and applying these to augment traditional ways of calculation of fire weather ‘indices’ • Use of trained IMETS • Use f fire weather forecasts for fire behavior • Use of mesoscale models for smoke

  7. What are our operational deficiencies or needs? • Assessment of fire season severity in advance of the season (R&D) • Smoke emissions, transport, and potential impacts • Improved fire danger and behavior (R&D) • Spatial forecast products with displayed uncertainties • An improved RAWS network

  8. What is the required operational capability we hope to achieve? • More accurate spatial (4 KM or less) forecasts 72 hours or more into the future with displayed uncertainties. • Improved smoke tools • Seasonal forecasts for fire danger and severity by watershed or ecoregion.

  9. Are there specific questions we would like to see addressed? • What are the standards for mesonet station site location? • What are the standards for sensors and sensor calibration? • What are the standards for fire weather data QA/QC? • Does the WUI present specific and differing needs for products? • How will we better address smoke?

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