GFMC Meetings Calendar 2021
EGU General Assembly
19-30 April 2021 – Online
At EGU 2021, a dedicated session addressing landscape fires will be held
BG1.1 – Fire in the Earth System:
Interactions with Land, Atmosphere, and Society
Co-organized by AS4/CL4/NH7
Convener: Sander Veraverbeke
Co-conveners: Niels AndelaECS, Angelica Feurdean, Renata Libonati, Fang Li
Fire is an essential Earth system process that is rapidly changing in response to climate and human land use changes. Climate, vegetation and human activity regulate fire occurrence and spread, but fires also feedback to them in multiple ways. This session welcomes contributions on all aspects of linkages between fire, vegetation, 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 interactions between fire and (1) weather, climate, and atmospheric chemistry, (2) biogeochemical cycles, land water and energy budgets, and vegetation composition and structure, and (3) human land management (e.g. impact of fire on air and water quality, deforestation, human health, and economy). We also welcome contributions focusing on fire characterization, including (4) fire behavior and emissions (e.g. fire duration, intensity, emission factors, 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.
Abstract submission: https://administrator.copernicus.org/authentication.php
Meeting web page: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/38796
GFMC Contribution with WMO
Based on the WMO Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW) Report No. 235 (2018), led by GFMC
the WMO and the co-authors of the report present their findings between 01 April and 01 June 2021:
- https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-16504.html
- The WMO Vegetation Fire and Smoke Pollution Warning Advisory and Assessment System (VFSP-WAS): Concept, current capabilities, research and development challenges and the way ahead (Abstract, PDF, 0.3 MB)
- 26 April 2021: Introductory Session (online): https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/38796
