Case Study Library: "Florida Wildfire: 19-22 June 1998" Now Available

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• Subject: Case Study Library: "Florida Wildfire: 19-22 June 1998" Now Available
• From: Yuan Ho <yuanho@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:05:33 -0600 (MDT)

            -------Case Study Library: Florida Wildfires--------
                                (19-22 June 1998)


SUMMARY:

The wildfires that occurred in late spring and early summer of 1998 in the
state of Florida were unprecedented in scale and impact on the state. Over
2,300 fires burned approximately half a million acres at a cost of over
$620 million. The major outbreak was characterized by high levels of
instability and moisture for deep convection, weak surface pressure
gradients, quasi-stationary eastern sea breeze converging with opposing
sea breeze, and weak vertical wind shear. Copious lightning was the single
largest cause of fires and fire spread was closely tied to movement of
thunderstorm downdrafts.


OBJECTIVE:    This case allows in-depth study of a fire weather


                      ------RESOURCES-----

This case is developed by Arlene Laing and Charlie Paxton from Univ. of
South Florida, for a detailed description of this case
and to order  data, please go to:

"http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/casestudies/UserCases/ucs001/index.html";

Additional case studies and other case studies handling this type of
event can be found at:


"http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/casestudies/ofInterest/";


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Yuan Ho
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