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Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, PhD

Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, PhD

Research Meteorologist

Rocky Mountain Research Station

natalie.s.wagenbrenner@usda.gov

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Daisuke Seto, Charles Jones, David Siuta, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Callum Thompson, Nathan Quinn. 2025. Evaluation of HRRR wind speed forecast and WindNinja downscaling accuracy during Santa Ana wind events in Southern California
Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Loren Atwood, Jason M. Forthofer, Isaac C. Grenfell. 2024. Predicting terrain-induced wind turbulence for smokejumper parachute operations
Rebecca Jones, Jason M. Forthofer, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner. 2024. Fire Weather Alert System Mobile App (FWAS): Realtime data could save lives on the fireline
Loren Atwood, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner. 2022. A numerical investigation exploring the potential role of porous fencing in reducing firebrand impingement on homes
Natalie S. Wagenbrenner. 2021. Microscale wind modeling: WindNinja for fire management
Bret W. Butler, Steve Quarles, Christine Standohar-Alfano, Murray Morrison, Daniel Jimenez, Paul A. Sopko, Cyle Wold, Larry S. Bradshaw, Loren Atwood, Justin Landon, Joseph O’Brien, Benjamin Hornsby, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Wesley Page. 2019. Exploring fire response to high wind speeds: Fire rate of spread, energy release and flame residence time from fires burned in pine needle beds under winds up to 27 m s-1
Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Jason M. Forthofer, Wesley Page, Bret W. Butler. 2019. Development and evaluation of a Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes solver in WindNinja for operational wildland fire applications
Wesley Page, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Bret W. Butler, David L. Blunck. 2019. An analysis of spotting distances during the 2017 fire season in the Northern Rockies, USA
Wesley Page, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Bret W. Butler, Jason M. Forthofer, Chris Gibson. 2018. An evaluation of NDFD weather forecasts for wildland fire behavior prediction
Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Jason M. Forthofer, Chris Gibson, Abby Indreland, Brian K. Lamb, Bret W. Butler. 2018. Observations and predictability of gap winds in the Salmon River Canyon of Central Idaho, USA
Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, S. H. Chung, B. K. Lamb. 2017. A large source of dust missing in particulate matter emission inventories? Wind erosion of post-fire landscapes
Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Jason M. Forthofer, Brian K. Lamb, Kyle S. Shannon, Bret W. Butler. 2016. Downscaling surface wind predictions from numerical weather prediction models in complex terrain with a mass-consistent wind model
D. Finn, B. Reese, Bret W. Butler, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, K. L. Clawson, J. Rich, E. Russell, Z. Gao, H. Liu. 2016. Evidence for gap flows in the Birch Creek Valley, Idaho
Bret W. Butler, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Jason M. Forthofer, B. K. Lamb, Kyle S. Shannon, D. Finn, R. M. Eckman, K. Clawson, Larry S. Bradshaw, Paul A. Sopko, S. Beard, Dan M. Jimenez, Cyle E. Wold, Mark G. Vosburgh. 2015. High-resolution observations of the near-surface wind field over an isolated mountain and in a steep river canyon
Jason M. Forthofer, Bret W. Butler, Charles W. McHugh, Mark A. Finney, Larry S. Bradshaw, Richard D. Stratton, Kyle S. Shannon, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner. 2014. A comparison of three approaches for simulating fine-scale surface winds in support of wildland fire management. Part II. An exploratory study of the effect of simulated winds on fire growth simulations
Jason M. Forthofer, Bret W. Butler, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner. 2014. A comparison of three approaches for simulating fine-scale surface winds in support of wildland fire management: Part I. Model formulation and comparison against measurements
Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, M. J. Germino, B. K. Lamb, Randy B. Foltz, Pete R. Robichaud. 2011. Wind erosion of soils burned by wildfire
William J. Elliot, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner, Randy B. Foltz. 2011. Soil erosion model predictions using parent material/soil texture-based parameters compared to using site-specific parameters
Randy B. Foltz, Natalie S. Wagenbrenner. 2010. An evaluation of three wood shred blends for post-fire erosion control using indoor simulated rain events on small plots

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Washington State University, Ph.D., Biological Systems Engineering, 2013
Washington State University, M.S., Biological Systems Engineering, 2007
University of Missouri, Columbia, B.S., Biological Engineering, 2005

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