Fire and Drought:
2002 Fire Weather Season
Outline
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http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/reports/billionz.html#LIST
Trend in # Fires and Total
Yearly Acreage
Fires: 1981-2000
http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/rsgis_fire/
Top Ten Fire Years:
1960-2002
Selected Major Historical
Fires
Peshtigo, Wisconsin Fire
Fire Triangle
Drought in the West
Fuel/Vegetation
Evolution of Greenness: 2002
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Hayman Fire
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Aftermath: January 7, 2003
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Rodeo-Chediski
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"QLCA3"
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Biscuit Fire
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Aug. 16: http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/fire_maps.html
Weather
Seattle Times Thursday, December 12, 2002
NOAA Cooperative Institute
for Regional Prediction (CIRP)
http://www.met.utah.edu/mesowest
Local Data Assimilation
ADAS Surface Analysis: 2 km
Resolution
ROMAN:
www.met.utah.edu/roman
ROMAN
Las Vegas County Warning
Area
Station Interface
Current Weather Summary
Trend Monitor
Max/Min Temperature
Weather Monitor
Precipitation Summary
Weather Near Fires
Weather Near Biscuit Fire
Plan for 2003 Fire Season
Outlook for the 2003 Fire
Season
Wildlife Need Flood Like
Noah's
Salt Lake Tribune Jan. 27, 2003
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Snowpack
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El Nino
ENSO and the PDO
1977: Analogue Year?
Climate Prediction Center:
Spring ‘03
Climate Prediction Center:
Summer ‘03
Drought and Fire Outlook
Summary
Variability in Great Salt
Lake Level
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