Weather and Fire Environment
Much has been written regarding the impacts current weather patterns and future climate change will have on the local fire environment. We have compiled a collection of resources, including published papers from local scientist such as Board Director Max Moritz, devoted to the science of predicting these changes.
Climate & Wildfire Institute
ACCELERATING SOLUTIONS FOR WILDFIRE AND CLIMATE We can reduce forest fire risk...
The Hot-Dry-Windy Index: A New Tool for Forecasting Fire Weather
This paper explains the new Hot-Dry-Windy Index which will replace the Haines...
The Fire Environment Concept
If We Imagine A Layer Of Vegetation Added To The Topography, We Have The...
Sundowner winds
Along the Pacific coastline, beneath the ridges and canyons of the Santa Ynez...
Native Peoples’ Relationship to the California Chaparral
Ethnographic interviews and historical literature reviews provide evidence...
Critical live fuel moisture in chaparral ecosystems: a threshold for fire activity and its relationship to antecedent precipitation
Increase Precip Volatility SwainetIncreasing precipitation volatility in twenty-first- century Californiaal 2018
Mediterranean climate regimes are particularly susceptible to rapid shifts...
HEALTH, WILDFIRES, & CLIMATE CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA
This white paper makes recommendations for action to reduce the serious health...
Impact of anthropogenic climate change on wildfire across western US forests
Increased forest fire activity across the western continental United States...
Cumulative effects of fire and drought in Mediterranean ecosystems
The occurrence of multiple disturbances can jointly affect the recovery...
Effect of Tree-to-Shrub Type Conversion in Lower Montane Forests of the Sierra Nevada (USA) on Streamflow
Higher global temperatures and increased levels of disturbance are...
The dangers of disaster-driven responses to climate change
Low-probability, high-consequence climate change events are likely to trigger...
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