Timothy J. Brown

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Dr. Brown conducts research in applied climatology and meteorology, with emphasis on the application of data analysis, statistical methods and scientific visualization to atmospheric sciences data. His primary research topics include analysis of wildland fire-climate and fire-weather relationships and applications product development for wildland fire management planning and decision-making. Dr. Brown established and is director of the Desert Research Institute Program for Climate, Ecosystem and Fire Applications (CEFA). He is graduate faculty in the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Nevada, Reno.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Lenart, M., T. Brown, R. Ochoa, H. Hockenberry, and G. Garfin, 2005:

National Seasonal Assessment Workshop: Western States and Alaska. Final Report, May 2005, 29 pp. Available at: http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/climas/conferences/NSAW/west05/NSAWwestproceedings.pdf.

Lenart, M., T. Brown, H. Hockenberry, and G. Garfin, 2005:

National Seasonal Assessment Workshop: Eastern & Southern States. Final Report, February 2005, 31 pp. Available at: http://www.ispe.arizona.edu/climas/conferences/NSAW/east05/05east_proceedings.pdf.

Reinbold, H.J., J.O. Roads, and T.J. Brown, 2004:

Evaluation of ECPC's fire danger forecasts with RAWS observations. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 14, 19-36.

Westerling, A.L., D.R. Cayan, T.J. Brown, B.L. Hall and L.G. Riddle, 2004:

Climate, Santa Ana winds and autumn wildfires in southern California. EOS, 85 (31), 289; 296.

Brown, T.J., B.L. Hall, and A.L. Westerling, 2004:

The impact of twenty-first century climate change on wildland fire danger in the western United States: an applications perspective. Climatic Change, 62, 365-388.

Westerling, A.L., A. Gershunov, T.J. Brown, D.R. Cayan, and M.D. Dettinger, 2003:

Climate and wildfire in the western United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84, 595-604.

Brown, T.J., 2003:

The application and utilization of climate information for fire management and policy. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Wildland Fire Conference, Sydney, Australia, October 2003, 10 pp.

Brown, T.J., B.L. Hall, C.R. Mohrle, and H.J. Reinbold, 2002:

Coarse Assessment of Federal Wildland Fire Occurrence Data, Report for the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, CEFA Report 02-04, December 2002, 30 pp.

Brown, T.J., B.L. Hall, and G.D. McCurdy, 2002:

Quality Control of California Historical RAWS Data. Report prepared for the California Firescope Weather Working Group, CEFA Report 02-01, March 2002, 27 pp.

Brown, T.J., and J.L. Betancourt, 2000:

Effect of climate variability and forecasting on fuel treatment schedules in the western U.S. Proceedings Joint Fire Science Conference and Workshop, Vol. II, Boise, ID, 15-17 June 1999, University of Idaho and the International Association of Wildland Fire, 167-172.

Division of Atmospheric Sciences
Desert Research Institute
2215 Raggio Parkway
Reno, NV 89512-1095
Tel: 775-674-7090
Email: Tim.Brown@dri.edu