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Fuel Dynamics
| Research | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| California tree mortality |
Changes in fuel loading and conifer mortality risk factors due to bark beetles and drought in California. |
| Canopy Fuels Project |
An extensive exploration of field, analysis, and modeling methods to describe and quantify fuels for operational fire management. |
| FUELDYN - Fuel accumulation |
Measuring surface fuel litterfall and decomposition in the Northern Rocky Mountains, USA |
| MASTIDON - Masticated fuel characteristics |
Surface fuel characteristics, temporal dynamics, and fire behavior of masticated mixed-conifer fuelbeds of the Rocky Mountains |
| Photoload - Visually estimating fuel loading |
A new fuel loading sampling method is developed to quickly and accurately estimate loadings for six surface fuel components using downward-looking and oblique photographs depicting sequences of graduated fuel loadings by fuel component. |
| TCEF Grid - Monitoring wildland fuels |
Monitoring wildland fuel characteristics on a 330 m grid across the entire TCEF |
| LANDFIRE Prototype - Mapping fuels |
Development of the tools, protocols, methods, and data products for the National LANDFIRE Project. |
| FPARDY - Fuel PARticle DYnamics |
Exploring surface and canopy fuel characteristics at the particle, layer, and fuelbed levels across major forest ecosystem types of the US northern Rocky Mountains. |
| STIX - New fuel sampling methods |
Designing fuel sampling methods that accurately and efficiently assesses fuel loads at relevant spatial scales requires knowledge of each sample method’s strengths and tradeoffs. |
| iMast - Effects of mastication |
An integrated study investigating effects of mastication fuel treatments on fuel and fire behavior. |
| FUELVAR -Fuel variability |
Describing the spatial variability of wildland fuel properties. |
| Mapping and modeling fuels and fire at the Sycan Marsh, Oregon |
Mapping, modeling, and connecting fuels and fire behavior effects at the Sycan Marsh, Oregonp An ongoing research project focused on multi-scale integration of fire and fuel datasets collected before, during, and following management prescribed fires. |
| Lubrecht Fire-Fire Surrogate Study |
Fuel treatment impacts in ponderosa pine - Douglas-fir forests in the Northern Rockies. |
| Lodgepole Pine Restoration |
Using silvicultural treatments and prescribing burning to restore multi-aged lodgepole pine forests |
| Ponderosa Pine Restoration at Lick Creek |
Lick Creek Demonstration-Research Forest: 25-year fire and cutting effects on vegetation and fuels |
| Camp Swift research burns |
The overall goal for the project is to evaluate the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Dynamics Simulator (WFDS), a physics-based fire behavior model, using data collected in a full-scale prescribed fire setting. |
| Climate Change on Global Fire Danger |
Wildfires occur at the intersection of dry weather, available fuel, and ignition sources. Weather is the most variable and largest driver of regional burned area. |
| LANDFIRE ReMap |
LANDFIRE After Action Review and Scoping In Preparation for Comprehensive Remapping |
| Live Fuels and Fire Behavior Research |
Exploring linkages between live wildland fuels, ignition, combustion and potential fire behavior |
| Fires in Northern Eurasia |
Impacts of Black Carbon from Fires in Northern Eurasia |
| Peatland Fire |
Studying Peatland Fire Dynamics |
| Western Spruce Budworm |
Western Spruce Budworm Alters Crown Fire Behavior through Reduced Canopy Density |
| Spring Dip |
Physiological Drivers of the ‘Spring Dip’ in Red Pine and Jack Pine Foliar Moisture Content and Its Relationship to Crown Fire in the Great Lakes |
| Describing Wildland Fuels |
Describing and Scaling Physio-chemical Properties of Live and Dead Fuels to Parameterize Physics-based Fire Behavior Models |
| Evaluating Fuel Treatment Effectiveness |
Using STANDFIRE to test whether fuel treatments are effective in changing fire behavior |
| Mountain Pine Beetle |
Quantifying the Potential Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle on Wildland Fire Behavior |
| Foliar Moisture Content |
Analyzing the ‘spring dip’ in foliar moisture content and its relationship to crown dire activity in the Great Lakes |