GFMC Meetings Calendar 2020

EGU General Assembly

03-08 May 2020. Vienna, Austria

Physical Meeting in Vienna cancelled due to COVID-19 – see

https://egu2020.eu/about_and_support/vienna_cancelled.html

At EGU 2020, a dedicated session addressing landscape fires will be held: BG3.17

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

Programme Groups: Biogeosciences

Co-Organized Groups: AS4, CL2, NH7

Session Description

Fire is an essential feature of terrestrial ecosystems and an important component of the Earth system. Climate, vegetation characteristics, and human activity regulate fire occurrence and spread, but fires also feedback to them in multiple ways. The mechanisms of interactions between fire, land, atmosphere, and society are complicated and remain poorly understood quantitatively. This session welcomes contributions on all aspects of links between fire, biosphere, climate, and humans to share recent advances and foster interdisciplinary discussions. We encourage all abstracts that explore the role of fire in the Earth system at any temporal and spatial scale using modeling, field and laboratory observations, and/or remote sensing, with an emphasis on studies that advance our understanding on (1) impacts of fire on weather, climate, and atmospheric chemistry, (2) interactions between fire, biogeochemical cycles, land water and energy budgets, and vegetation composition and structure, (3) influence of humans on fire and vice versa (e.g., impact of fire on air and water quality, human health, and economy), (4) fire characteristics (e.g. fire duration, emission factor, emission height, smoke transport), (5) spatial and temporal changes of fires in the past, present, and future, (6) fire products and models, and their validation and error/bias assessment, and (7) analytical tools designed to enhance situational awareness among fire practitioners and early warning systems, addressing specific needs of operational fire behavior modeling.

Deadline for abstract submission: 15 January 2020

Session Viewer Link: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/session/35224