Wednesday, 22 Apr 2009 Room: 21 Chairperson: Dr Allan Spessa
13:30–14:00
EGU2009-669 D. Bachelet, D. Conklin, J. Lenihan, R. Neilson, M. McGlinchy, B. Rogers, and R. Drapek Can current models reproduce the increase in Western United States Wildfires and project a reliable future trend? (solicited)
14:00–14:15
EGU2009-6544 M. Finney Simulation of Burn Probabilities and Fire Size Distributions for the Western United States
14:15–14:30
EGU2009-13243 W.J. de Groot, D.J. McRae, and A. Cantin Modeling boreal fire and forest dynamics
14:30–14:45
EGU2009-13291 M. Cardoso, C. Nobre, G. Sampaio, M. Hirota, D. Valeriano, and G. Câmara Modelling of the decrease of tropical-forest resilience in Amazonia as affected by deforestation and fires
14:45–15:00
EGU2009-10068 K. Thonicke, A. Rammig, M. Gumpenberger, K. Vohland, B. Poulter, and W. Cramer A vicious circle of fire, deforestation and climate change: an integrative study for the Amazon region
COFFEE BREAK
Chairperson: Dr Oliver Wild
15:30–15:45
EGU2009-6641 J. Beringer, L. B. Hutley, N. J. Tapper, L. A. Cernusak, A. H. Lynch, K. Görgen, D. Abramson, and P. Uotila Fire in Australian Savannas: from leaf to landscape
15:45–16:00
EGU2009-6439 J L Gomez-Dans, P Lewis, M Wooster, and A Spessa Using burned area data to explore fire spread in coupled fire and ecosystem models
16:00–16:30
EGU2009-664 M. Val Martin, J. Logan, S. Freitas, D. Nelson, C. Ichoku, R. Kahn, D. Diner, and F.-Y. Leung Characterization of fire plume heights over North America: Merging MISR and MODIS data into modeling (solicited)
16:30–16:45
EGU2009-10049 AI Miranda, V Martins, E Sá, A Carvalho, JH Amorim, and C Borrego Did the summer 2003 forest fires in Portugal affect air quality over Europe?
16:45–17:00
EGU2009-2082 P. Fabian, R. Rollenbeck, and N. Spichtinger Biomass Burning:Significant Source of Nitrate and Sulfate for the Andean Rain Forest in Ecuador