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Wildfires

Using Infrared Imaging Used to Track Wildfires

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Katrina Sharonin, Wildland Fire program area
Wildfires
Disasters

RECOVERing after the Woolsey Fire

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Marissa Kunerth, Earth Applied Sciences Writer
Evaporative Stress Index (ESI) processed imagery from ECOSTRESS data, captured on October 4, 2021, for Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area. Darker regions have a higher ESI value, signifying moister conditions, while lighter regions are drier. Vegetative moisture has a significant impact on fire severity and understanding localized moisture conditions can inform the county’s fire suppression efforts. Land outside of Marin County shows NDVI processed imagery derived from Sentinal-2A data.

Examining Fuel Load and Land Cover Change to Inform Fire Prevention and Suppression Decisions in Marin County, CA

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Wildfires
Marin County Wildland Fires (2023 Spring) Team: Suhani Dalal (Project Lead), Katera Lee, Chandler Ross, Gabriel Rosenstein Summary: Heightened occurrence of severe wildfires in the...
Canopy cover in the greater Ben Delatour Scout Ranch region from a 2013 NAIP Image with a slope and aspect layer derived from a 10-meter digital elevation model (DEM). This image illustrates how elevation-derived variables are used to inform classification models to map canopy cover. Canopy is displayed as red, and the map illustrates that there are higher concentrations of canopy on northern aspects- illustrating the nature of tree density in our study region. ​

Evaluating the Efficacy of Remote Sensing Imagery in Monitoring Forest Fuels Treatment Methods

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Wildfires
Front Range Wildland Fires (2023 Spring) Team: Nora Carmody (Project Lead), Lillian Gordon, Nathan Teich, Josh Virene Summary: Over the last several decades, wildfire frequency...
Sophie Krautmann smiles, wearing her grey National Park Ranger buttoned shirt and brown hat. She stands in a high place with the red rock formations visible in the canyon behind her.
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Wildfires
Climate
Capacity Building
Ecological Conservation
Health & Air Quality
Water Resources

Getting Satellite Data into the Hands of Park Rangers

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Wildfires
Disasters

Mapping Erosion Risks After Fire

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Megan Gannon, Applied Sciences Program Writer
Wildfires
Disasters

Facebook Data Shows Evacuation Patterns

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Megan Gannon, Applied Sciences Program Writer
This is a visualization of ECOSTRESS’ Evaporative Stress Index in Marin County, CA. The data is an average of summer months from 2018 – 2022. Scores closer to 0, or red/orange areas, indicate plants are in stress, meaning they are not meeting their potential evapotranspiration, while scores closer to 1, or blue areas, indicate plants are thriving and closer to reaching potential evapotranspiration.

Improving Fire Suppression Modeling to Inform Fire Prevention and Suppression Decisions in Marin County, CA

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DEVELOP
Wildfires
Marin County Wildland Fires II (2023 Summer) Team: Harrison Raine (Project Lead), Katherine Scott, Nikitha Shivakumar, Tiffany Mar, Anai Tene Summary: A future of increased...

Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge in California

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Applied Sciences
Wildfires
Equity and Environmental Justice
Capacity Building
Water Resources
This project explores the potential of Remote Sensing (RS) and spatial data to advance Environmental Justice, with a focus on tribal land and water resources...

Assessment of Wildland Fire-Related Environmental Exposure Issues​ Impacting Vulnerable Populations in California

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Wildfires
Equity and Environmental Justice
Disasters
Team Members: Miriam Marlier (University of California, Los Angeles), Claire Schollaert (University of Washington), Diane Garcia-Gonzales (University of California, Los Angeles), Michael Jerret (University of...

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