Spring 2002 Meeting of the American Geophysical Union

This special session session was devoted to a wide range of fire-related studies including remote and in situ observation of all fire attributes (hot spots, burned scars, and smoke particulate and gas emissions) and applications of the observations inunderstanding fire impact on, and interaction with, weather, climate, environment and ecosystem; modeling fire spread and smoke transportation; as well as policy issuesrelated to wildfire management