BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9571d95875be3749f37a8ec4e8b71d0f CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20161101T074608 SUMMARY:Workshop on Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science LOCATION:Fairbanks\, Alaska DESCRIPTION:Workshop on Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science April 4-6, 2017 University of Alaska Fairbanks\nThis is to alert this comm unity of an upcoming workshop on the application of remote sensing to borea l and arctic wildfire management, organized by the Alaska Fire Science Cons ortium April 4-6, 2017 in Fairbanks, AK.\nPlease see https://www.frames.gov /partner-sites/afsc/events/previous-events/workshops/2017-rs-workshop/ (htt ps://www.frames.gov/partner-sites/afsc/events/previous-events/workshops/201 7-rs-workshop/)  to submit abstracts and travel support requests. Please di stribute widely.\nBackground and objectives: With support from NASA, the Al aska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) is organizing an international workshop to advance remote sensing tools and data for operational and scientific ap plications by high northern latitude fire ecology and management communitie s. Participants will include interagency fire managers as well as scientist s with an interest in remote sensing and a variety of disciplines.\nTopics of interest include:\nPotential fire risk: Can remotely sensed data (e.g., daily snow extent, others) estimate spring soil moisture and surface and su bsurface fuel moisture and fuel conditions, and thus provide critical input s for fuel moisture indices used to predict fire danger and risk?\nNear rea l-time fire behavior: Which remotely sensed data are best and most timely f or fire detection, plume tracking of fire emissions, fire behavior modeling , mapping of flaming fronts, fire intensity, active fire perimeters, and re sponse for ongoing fires?\nPost-fire effects: Can we improve analytical met hods for remotely sensed data to assess fire severity, consumption/CO2 bala nce, active-layer changes, and successional trajectories of high latitude v egetation communities?\nThe outcomes of this workshop are expected to inclu de co-developed investigations into new management and scientific uses of r emote sensing data, increasing the scientific foundation and operational ef ficiency of northern fire management; improving understanding of climate-in duced changes in northern fire regimes and ecosystem components and potenti al feedbacks to the global climate system; and leading to expanded applicat ion and use of remotely sensed data for fire management and fire science in high latitudes.\nAFSC will publish workshop proceedings, including present ation abstracts, results, and consensus recommendations. This project is a contribution to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee’s Wildfire Collaboration Team (http://www.iarpccollaborations.org/teams/Wildfires). P lease see Intensification of Wildfire in High Latitudes: Research Prioritie s to Help Fire Managers (images/sultanbaeva/Fire-in-high-latitudes-research -priorities_1.docx) and Satellite and Airborne Fire Sensor Systems for Arct ic Wildfire Observations (https://www.frames.gov/files/8614/7251/8636/wildf ire-sensor-systems_v5.pdf) for additional background.\nGuide for authors: A bstracts of up to 500 words for both oral and poster presentations are welc ome. The deadline to submit abstracts is November 15, 2016. To submit abstr acts, click here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDS9ldxjHrFp06E 2IjOxzEfxAa7jz10zNZx9O5M0CWPhZO0w/viewform).\nApplications for travel suppo rt: Limited funding is available to offset selected presenters’ travel expe nses, with priority given to students and other young investigators. Applic ations for travel support are available here (https://docs.google.com/forms /d/e/1FAIpQLSdQW1P4VABErh8uwU9d4qI0j00zyr6mnylOgGfy9ShJFcWehQ/viewform?c=0& amp;w=1) and are due November 15, 2016.\nAssociated training opportunity: W ith sufficient interest, NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) (ht tp://arset.gsfc.nasa.gov/) project and/or Short-term Prediction Research an d Transistion Center (SPoRT) (http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/) will off er an optional day of hands-on training for integrating NASA Earth Science data into wildland fire science, decisionmaking, and management. Please ind icate your interest in this opportunity on the submission form.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Workshop on Remote Sensing in Borea l/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science April 4-6, 2017 University of Alas ka Fairbanks

This is to alert t his community of an upcoming workshop on the application of remote sensing to boreal and arctic wildfire management, organized by the Alaska Fire Scie nce Consortium April 4-6, 2017 in Fairbanks, AK.

Please see https://ww w.frames.gov/partner-sites/afsc/events/previous-events/workshops/2017-rs-wo rkshop/  to submit abstracts and travel support requests. Please distri bute widely.
Background and objectives: With support from NASA, the Alaska Fire Science Consortium (AFSC) is organizing an inter national workshop to advance remote sensing tools and data for operational and scientific applications by high northern latitude fire ecology and mana gement communities. Participants will include interagency fire managers as well as scientists with an interest in remote sensing and a variety of disc iplines.

Topics of interest incl ude:

Potential fire ris k: Can remotely sensed data (e.g., daily snow extent, others) esti mate spring soil moisture and surface and subsurface fuel moisture and fuel conditions, and thus provide critical inputs for fuel moisture indices use d to predict fire danger and risk?
Near real-time fire behavio r: Which remotely sensed data are best and most timely for fire de tection, plume tracking of fire emissions, fire behavior modeling, mapping of flaming fronts, fire intensity, active fire perimeters, and response for ongoing fires?
Post-fire effects: Can we improve ana lytical methods for remotely sensed data to assess fire severity, consumpti on/CO2 balance, active-layer changes, and successional trajectories of high latitude vegetation communities?

The outcomes of this workshop are expected to include co-develop ed investigations into new management and scientific uses of remote sensing data, increasing the scientific foundation and operational efficiency of n orthern fire management; improving understanding of climate-induced changes in northern fire regimes and ecosystem components and potential feedbacks to the global climate system; and leading to expanded application and use o f remotely sensed data for fire management and fire science in high latitud es.

AFSC will publish workshop proceedin gs, including presentation abstracts, results, and consensus recommendation s. This project is a contribution to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee’s W ildfire Collaboration Team. Please see Intensi fication of Wildfire in High Latitudes: Research Priorities to Help Fire Ma nagers and Satellite and Airborne Fire Sensor Systems for Arc tic Wildfire Observations for additional background.

Guide for authors: Abstracts of up to 500 words for both o ral and poster presentations are welcome. The deadline to submit abstracts is November 15, 2016. To submit abstracts, click here.

Appl ications for travel support: Limited funding is available to offset selecte d presenters’ travel expenses, with priority given to students and other yo ung investigators. Applications for travel support are available here and are due November 15, 2016.

Associated training oppor tunity: With sufficient interest, NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) project and/or Short-term Prediction Research and Transi stion Center (SPoRT) will offer an optional day of hands-on training fo r integrating NASA Earth Science data into wildland fire science, decisionm aking, and management. Please indicate your interest in this opportunity on the submission form.

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