by Kian Brouwer | Jul 31, 2023 | Weather and Fire Environment
Read the article: https://www.news.ucsb.edu/2023/021109/taming-fire-controlled-burns-can-be-boon-our-landscape “Flames torched the hillside, igniting the dry chaparral at Sedgwick Reserve in California’s Santa Ynez Valley. Sagebrush and yucca caught fire like...
by Nic Elmquist | Jan 6, 2023 | Fire History Of Santa Barbara, Resources, Weather and Fire Environment
The study and report was completed after the January 9, 2018 debris flow. It is part of a long-term debris flow assessment and mitigation study to improve the resiliency and increase protection of the residents and property of Santa Barbara coastal communities.
by Nic Elmquist | Jan 3, 2023 | Fire History Of Santa Barbara, Resources, Weather and Fire Environment
UCSB’s Ed Keller book presenting the complex natural history and environment of Santa Barbara.
by Nic Elmquist | Jan 25, 2022 | Weather and Fire Environment
ACCELERATING SOLUTIONS FOR WILDFIRE AND CLIMATE We can reduce forest fire risk and counter many of the impacts of climate change through fast action based on science. The Climate and Wildfire Institute brings existing climate and wildfire science to policy and...
by Nic Elmquist | Jul 7, 2020 | Weather and Fire Environment
This paper explains the new Hot-Dry-Windy Index which will replace the Haines Index, which has been in place since 1988, to predict days with weather conditions present to contribute to extreme fire behavior.
by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment
If We Imagine A Layer Of Vegetation Added To The Topography, We Have The Second Influence-the Fuel. It Is The Source Of Thermal Energy And The Driving Force Behind The Phenomena Of Fire Behavior.
