BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:8ca63305f0291a2e58a4e7b99bcb5f04
CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events
CREATED:20190806T124727
SUMMARY:Webinar: Incorporating Drought Information into Wildland Fire Management Applications: Recent Research and Tool Development in California and Nevada
DESCRIPTION:Incorporating Drought Information into Wildland Fire Management Application
 s: Recent Research and Tool Development in California and Nevada\nDan McEvo
 y, Desert Research Institute & Western Regional Climate Center\nMonday,
  12 August 2019\n11:00 a.m. AKDT\nDespite a clear link between drought and 
 wildfire, there is currently a lack of information for stakeholders at the 
 regional and local levels for improved wildfire risk management using droug
 ht early warning information. Fire managers and other specialized fire prof
 essionals, such as Incident Meteorologists, will increasingly need to effec
 tively use drought information in forecasts of fire behavior at fire incide
 nts, and in long-term planning (i.e., seasonal fire potential outlooks) as 
 the climate continues to warm along with shifts in the timing and duration 
 of fire seasons. This presentation will highlight recent efforts to incorpo
 rate drought-wildfire linkages into the National Integrated Drought Informa
 tion System (NIDIS) California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System. Researc
 h finds that drought indices which are both multi-scalar and incorporate ev
 aporative demand are most strongly correlated to fuel moisture and key resu
 lts will be presented. Testing of the Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDD
 I) was conducted by Predictive Services in Northern California during the 2
 018 fire season and feedback will be summarized. Finally, Dan will summariz
 e web tools that have been developed (and some that are still in developmen
 t) to access EDDI, other drought indices, and remote sensing data (often wi
 th global coverage) that can potentially benefit wildland fire management i
 n Alaska. This will focus on EDDI tools developed at NOAA’s Physical Scienc
 e Division and Climate Engine developed jointly between the Desert Research
  Institute and University of Idaho.\nThis webinar is jointly sponsored with
  the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and will use their webinar platform.\nF
 or more information about this webinar, including registration and instruct
 ions on how to join, go to:\nWebinar webpage (https://accap.uaf.edu/webinar
 /EDDI)\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Incorporating Drought Information into Wildland Fire Management 
 Applications: Recent Research and Tool Development in California and Nevada
 </strong><br />Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute &amp; Western Regional
  Climate Center<br /><strong>Monday, 12 August 2019</strong><br /><strong>1
 1:00 a.m. AKDT</strong></p><p>Despite a clear link between drought and wild
 fire, there is currently a lack of information for stakeholders at the regi
 onal and local levels for improved wildfire risk management using drought e
 arly warning information. Fire managers and other specialized fire professi
 onals, such as Incident Meteorologists, will increasingly need to effective
 ly use drought information in forecasts of fire behavior at fire incidents,
  and in long-term planning (i.e., seasonal fire potential outlooks) as the 
 climate continues to warm along with shifts in the timing and duration of f
 ire seasons. This presentation will highlight recent efforts to incorporate
  drought-wildfire linkages into the National Integrated Drought Information
  System (NIDIS) California-Nevada Drought Early Warning System. Research fi
 nds that drought indices which are both multi-scalar and incorporate evapor
 ative demand are most strongly correlated to fuel moisture and key results 
 will be presented. Testing of the Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) w
 as conducted by Predictive Services in Northern California during the 2018 
 fire season and feedback will be summarized. Finally, Dan will summarize we
 b tools that have been developed (and some that are still in development) t
 o access EDDI, other drought indices, and remote sensing data (often with g
 lobal coverage) that can potentially benefit wildland fire management in Al
 aska. This will focus on EDDI tools developed at NOAA’s Physical Science Di
 vision and Climate Engine developed jointly between the Desert Research Ins
 titute and University of Idaho.</p><p>This webinar is jointly sponsored wit
 h the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and will use their webinar platform.</
 p><p>For more information about this webinar, including registration and in
 structions on how to join, go to:<br /><a href="https://accap.uaf.edu/webin
 ar/EDDI">Webinar webpage</a></p>
DTSTAMP:20260427T103548Z
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190812T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190812T120000
SEQUENCE:0
TRANSP:OPAQUE
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR