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Ecosystem response to disturbance is a function of environmental factors interacting at a number of spatio-temporal scales. This research explored ecosystem response to wildfire as a function of local and broad-scale environmental factors using satellite based time-series remote…

Wildfires are a growing problem in the US and worldwide — in the last decade we witnessed some of the most destructive, costliest, and deadliest incidents in recorded history. Possible solutions include early fire detection and preventative scans of wildlands — tasks that can be…

Massive debris flows devastated Montecito, California, USA on January 9th, 2018. The damage from the flows resulted in 23 deaths and greater than 200 million in property damage. Given this destruction, the community fears the possibility of another event. Prior to this study, th…

Wildland fires pose an increasingly serious problem in our society. The number and severity of these fires has been rising for many years. Wildfires pose direct threats to life and property as well as indirect threats through ancillary effects like reduced air quality due to smo…

Wildfires play a vital role in natural ecosystems and are one of the most significant natural processes that shape the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Mountain Ranges in northeastern California. At the same time, across the American West, a history of fire suppressio…