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.
by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment
Along the Pacific coastline, beneath the ridges and canyons of the Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara, California enjoys some of the earth’s most favorable weather.
by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment
Ethnographic interviews and historical literature reviews provide evidence that for many tribes of California, chaparral plant communities were a rich source of food, medicines, and technologies and that they supplemented natural fires with deliberate burning of...
by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment
This summary of climate and climate driven trends in southern California is a product of the Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region Ecology Program.
by sbfirescadmin | May 8, 2020 | Resources, Weather and Fire Environment
Mediterranean climate regimes are particularly susceptible to rapid shifts between drought and flood—of which, California’s rapid transition from record multi-year dryness between 2012 and 2016 to extreme wetness during the 2016–2017 winter provides a dramatic...
