USDA Forest Service Joint Action Group for National Wildland Fire Weather Needs Assessment - Agency Needs USDA Forest Service Research and Development.

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USDA Forest Service 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 Jan 06

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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?