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1 & 2 December 2021

Singapore

William P. Mahoney III: Speaking at the The Heat and Fire Expo Asia

William P. Mahoney III

Director, Research Applications Laboratory  -  National Center for Atmospheric Research

Advancements in Predicting Wildfire Behavior

Extreme wildland fire behavior is caused by the interaction of dry and abundant fuels, wind, and low humidity. Two-way interactions between the heat and moisture released from the wildfire and atmosphere can result in localized extreme weather conditions that drive dangerous fire conditions. This talk will describe a new wildland fire behavior prediction system that is designed to capture this fire-weather interaction.

About William P. Mahoney III

William (Bill) Mahoney is the Director of the Research Applications Laboratory (RAL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), in Boulder, Colorado. He has led weather related research and development programs at NCAR for more than 34 years on a variety of topics including aviation, surface transportation, social sciences, intelligent forecast systems, wildland fire behavior prediction, and renewable energy. His experience includes scientific research, program development, strategic planning, communications, facilitating inter-disciplinary science, technology commercialization, system design, moving research-to-operations, administration, project management and budgeting, science advocacy (federal, state, international), education and outreach, and extensive professional community service.

Bill received his M.S. degree in Atmospheric Science from the University of Wyoming in 1983 and received his B.S. degree in Aeronautics from Miami University of Ohio in 1981. He has written or co-authored more than 50 papers and frequently presents NCAR’s work at national and international conferences and seminars. Bill is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA), American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), and the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG).

Bill served as the Chair of the AMS Board on Enterprise Economic Development, was a member of the AMS Economic Development Committee, is the past Commissioner of the AMS Commission on the Weather, Water and Climate Enterprise, and is an AMS Fellow.