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The REBURN Model: Simulating Forest and Fuel Succession and Disturbance Dynamics of Large Landscapes
Prichard, HessburgThe landscape of eastern Washington, USA is comprised of common temperate forest and nonforest vegetation types distributed along broad topo-edaphic gradients. This landscape acts as the large testbed for presenters Susan Prichard and Paul Hessburg…
Year: 2024
Type: Media
Stevens, Dillon, Manley, Povak, Nepal
Introduction to SCIENCE x Day 4, brief overview by Jens StevensDelivering wildfire risk information targeted to the community level, presented by Greg DillonJuggling risks and tradeoffs toward a more resilient future: the known, unknown, unknowable…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
The SCIENCEx webinar series brings together scientists and land management experts from across U.S. Forest Service research stations and beyond to explore the latest science and best practices for addressing large natural resource challenges across…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Smail, Martin
A practitioner-oriented overview of LANDFIRE with a focus on fuels and how they react to modeling techniques. The subject area of discussion is the 2022 Cooks Peak fire located in northern New Mexico. This webinar is technical in its application and…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Wilder, Jarnevich, Franklin, Betancourt
In the southwestern United States, non-native grass invasions have increased wildfire occurrence in deserts and the likelihood of fire spread to and from other biomes. Wildfires were historically small and infrequent in the warm deserts of western…
Year: 2023
Type: Media
Freeborn
Wildfire activity typically subsides sufficiently enough at night to provide firefighters with opportunities to rest and recover. However, nighttime fire operations are not uncommon. Whilst favorable conditions may enable better fire management…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
McHugh
This webinar provides an introduction and overview of the FlamMap modeling system and its new capabilities in version 6.2, with focus on several new additions. Hosted by the Northern Rockies Fire Science Network, a regional fire science exchange…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
La Puma
Inga La Puma, Fire Scientist & Technical Lead* discusses the nuanced role that LANDFIRE plays as it provides foundational data for multiple tools within the natural resource community.
0:00 Intro
0:58 What's LANDFIRE?
1:29 LANDFIRE Milestones
2…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Hedayati, Gorham
IBHS test chamber is a unique facility to study the effects of wind on fire. The test chamber area is equal to four basketball courts which allows researchers to perform large scale wind and fire tests. The test chamber is equipped with 105 fans…
Year: 2022
Type: Media
Elhami-Khorasani
Destructive wildfires are now a real threat in regions across the country and beyond what was once considered as the fire season, examples of which are the 2016 Gatlinburg Fire in the Southeast and the 2021 Marshall Fire in late December. Existing…
Year: 2022
Type: Media