GC44C:
The Role of Fire in the Earth System: Understanding Drivers, Feedbacks, and Interactions with the Land, Atmosphere, and Society II


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Session ID#: 59129

Session Description:
Anthropogenic and natural fires are an important component of the Earth system. Geographic location, fuel type, seasonality and intensity of fire largely determine the sign and magnitude of feedbacks on the Earth system. The aim of this session is to explore links between fire, vegetation, climate, and humans from the local to the global scale and determine how these interactions will change in a warming world. We encourage abstracts that explore the interactions of fires with the terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere using remote sensing, in situ observations, modeling, or an integrated approach with an emphasis on (1) impacts of fire on weather and climate, atmospheric chemistry and air quality, (2) the role of fires in the carbon cycle and ecosystem functioning, (3) the influence of humans on fire (and vice versa), and (4) the changing nature of fire over millennia, and predictions for the future.
Primary Convener:  Mika Tosca, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Conveners:  Brendan M Rogers, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States, Guido van der Werf, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands and Xanthe J Walker, Northern Arizona University, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Flagstaff, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mika Tosca, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Chairs:  Mika Tosca, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States and Brendan M Rogers, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Brendan M Rogers, University of California Irvine, Irvine, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
Index Terms:

0315 Biosphere/atmosphere interactions [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0439 Ecosystems, structure and dynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0468 Natural hazards [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1631 Land/atmosphere interactions [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Emissions, Transport, and Chemistry of Smoke from the Oct. 2017 Northern California Fires (421257)
Megan Bela, University of Colorado, Boulder, United States, Stuart A McKeen, NOAA ESRL/CSL and CU Boulder/CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, Rainer M Volkamer, University of Colorado Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Department of Chemistry, Boulder, United States, Natalie Kille, University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States, Ravan Ahmadov, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, United States, R. Bradley Pierce, NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Application and Research, Madison, United States, Christopher C. Schmidt, University of Wisconsin-Madiso, Madison, WI, United States, Saulo R Freitas, CPTEC Center for Weather Forecasts and Climate Research, Grupo de Modelagem da Atmosfera e Interfaces - GMAI, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil, Gabriel Pereira, Federal University of São João Del Rei, São João Del Rei, Brazil, Michael Trainer, Chemical Sciences Laboratory, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories, Boulder, CO, United States, Wayne M Angevine, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Gregory J Frost, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States, Christine Wiedinmyer, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Susan O'Neill, US Forest Service, Seattle, WA, United States, Xiaoyang Zhang, South Dakota State University, Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE), Department of Geography & Geospatial Sciences, Brookings, United States, Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, United States, Amber Jeanine Soja, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, United States and Hyundeok Choi, National Institute of Aerospace, Hampton, VA, United States
Evidence for a larger contribution of smoldering combustion to boreal forest fire emission factors from tower observations in Alaska (462925)
Elizabeth Brooke Wiggins1, James Tremper Randerson2, Charles E Miller3, John B Miller4, Arlyn Andrews5 and Colm Sweeney4, (1)University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, (2)University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States, (3)California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (4)NOAA, Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (5)SilverLining, Washington, DC, United States
New insights into the changing relationships between fire, humans, and climate in the Yosemite region of California’s Sierra Nevada (379343)
Richard S Vachula, Auburn University, Department of Geosciences, Auburn, United States, James M Russell, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, United States and Yongsong Huang, Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Providence, RI, United States
Overview of the Western Wildfire Experiment for Cloud Chemistry, Aerosol Absorption and Nitrogen (WE-CAN) (Invited) (416307)
Emily V Fischer1, Jeffrey Lee Collett Jr1, Amy Sullivan1, Paul J DeMott1, Susan C van den Heever2, Russ S Schumacher3, Shane M Murphy4, Joel A Thornton5, Lu Hu6, Frank M Flocke7, Prof. Darin W Toohey, PhD8, Cynthia H. Twohy9, Sonia M Kreidenweis1 and Delphine Farmer10, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)University of Wyoming, Atmospheric Science, Laramie, WY, United States, (5)University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, Seattle, United States, (6)Univ of MN-Soil, Water, & Clim, St. Paul, United States, (7)NCAR, Boulder, United States, (8)Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (9)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (10)Colorado State University, Department of Chemistry, Fort Collins, United States
Remote sensing of fire-drought relationships in a prescribed fire landscape: global insights from Florida government records (431627)
Holly Nowell1, Christopher D Holmes1, Kevin Robertson2, Casey Teske3 and J. Kevin Hiers2, (1)Florida State University, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (2)Tall Timbers Research Station, Tallahassee, FL, United States, (3)Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, Tallahassee, United States
The Big Burn: centennial-scale precedence and ecological consequences of the record-setting fires of 1910 in the U.S. northern Rocky Mountains (401148)
Kyra D Clark Wolf1, Philip E Higuera1, David P Pompeani2, Kendra K McLauchlan3, Barrie Chileen4 and Big Burns Project Team, (1)University of Montana, Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences, Missoula, MT, United States, (2)Kansas State University, Department of Geology, Manhattan, KS, United States, (3)Kansas State University, Department of Geography, Manhattan, KS, United States, (4)Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
The Role of Fire in the Late-Glacial Decline of Spruce Forests Across the Midwestern U.S. (414230)
Allison M Jensen, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Claire B Rubbelke, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, United States, Katherine Hayes, University of Oregon, Eugene, United States, Joe Bevington, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, United States, David Fastovich, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geography, Madison, United States, Benjamin I Watson, University of Wisconsin, Department of Geography, Madison, WI, United States, Stephen T Jackson, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, James Russel, Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Brown University, Providence, United States and Jack Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geography, Madison, WI, United States

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