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Reading Assignments |
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Aug 20 |
Overview and Introduction |
No readings |
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Aug 22 |
Introduction to heat, Combustion and Fire
Behavior
Lecture
Material: Concepts of fire behavior and heat
transfer PDF
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No readings |
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Aug 27 |
Introduction to Fire Regimes and Burn
Severity
Lecture Material:
Fire regimes and Burn Severity PDF
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Chapter 1 from
Edited by Neil G. Sugihara, Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Kevin E. Shaffer, Jo Ann
Fites-Kaufman and Andrea E. Thode
Fire in California's Ecosystems
university of California press |
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Aug 29 |
Field Measures of Burn
Severity
Lecture Material:
Field Measures and Burn Severity
PDF
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No readings |
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Sept 3 |
No Class |
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Sept 5 |
Landscape Measures of Burn
Severity
Lecture Material:
Landscape Measures of Burn Severity PDF
Assignment:
Estimating Burn Severity
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Miller, J.D. Thode, A.E. 2007. Quantifying burn severity in
heterogeneous landscape with a relative version of the delta Normalized Burn
ratio. remote Sensing of Environment 109 66-80
Lentile, L.B., Holden, Z., Smith A.M.S., Falkowski M.J., Hudak, A.T., Lewis
S.A., Morgan, P., Gessler, P.E. and Benson, N.C., 2006 Remote sensing
techniques to assess active fire and post-fire effects, International
Journal of Wildland Fire, 15,
3, 319-345 |
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Sept 10 |
Introduction to Fuels
Lecture Material:
Fuel Concepts and Principles PDF
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Brown, J.K., Reinhardt, E.D., Kramer, K. A. 2003. Course
woody Debris: Managing Benefits and fire hazard in the recovering forest.
Gen Tech. rep. RMRS-GTR-105. Ogden UT: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station. 16p |
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Sept 12 |
Assessing fuels and fire
effects
Lecture Material:
Assessing Fuels and Fire Effects
PDF
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Brown, J.K. 1974. Handbook for inventorying downed woody
material. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. GTR-INT-16
Woldendorp, G., Keenan, R.J., Barry, S. and Spencer, R.D.
2004. Analysis of sampling methods for coarse woody debris. Forest Ecology
and Management 198: 133-148 |
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Sept 17 |
Introduction to Air Quality
Lecture Material:
Introduction to Air Quality PDF
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Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8 From:
Sandburg, D.V. Ottmar, R.D. Peterson, J.L., Core, J. 2002. Wildland fire in
ecosystems: effects of fire on Air. Gen Tech Rep. RMRS-GTR-42 Vol 5. Ogden
Utah. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. |
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Sept 19 |
Remote Sensing of Air Quality
Guest Lecture
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No readings |
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Sept 24 |
Predicting Fuel Consumption
and Smoke
Lecture Material:
Predicting Fuel Consumption and Smoke
PDF
Assignment:
Fire
effects on fuels and smoke management
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No readings |
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Sept 26 |
NO CLASS ! |
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Oct 1 |
Fire Effects on Soil
Structure, Fauna
and Flora
Lecture Material:
Fire Effects on soil PDF
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Neary, D.G., Klopatek, C.C., DeBano, L.F., Ffolliott, P.F.
1999. Fire effects on belowground sustainability: a review and synthesis.
Forest Ecology and Management 122: 51-71 |
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Oct 3 |
Fire effects on soil nutrients
Lecture Material:
Fire effects on soil nutrients PDF
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No readings |
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Oct 8 |
Fire Effects on Water Quality
and Erosion
Lecture Material:
Fire effects on soils and water PDF
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Ice, G.G., Neary, D.G., Adams, P.W. 2004. Effects of
wildfires on soils and watershed Processes. Journal of Forestry September:
16 -20 |
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Oct 10 |
Predicting Soil Heating
Lecture Material:
Predicting fire effects on soils PDF
Assignment:
Quantifying fire effects on soils
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No readings |
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Oct 15 |
Predicting Erosion
Lecture Material:
Predicting fire effects on water quality and erosion PDF
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No readings |
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Oct 17 |
Group Assignment (Introduction)
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Oct 22 |
No Class |
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Oct 24 |
No Class |
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Oct 29 |
Fire Effects on Plants
Lecture Material:
Fire effects on plants PDF
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No readings |
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Oct 31 |
Measuring Fire Effects on
Plants
Lecture Material:
Measuring fire effects on plants
PDF
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No readings |
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Nov 5 |
Predicting Tree Mortality
Lecture Material:
Predicting tree mortality PDF
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Fowler, J.F. Sieg, C.H. 2004. Postfire mortality of ponderosa
pine and Douglas-Fir: A review of Methods to predict tree death. Gen. Tech.
Rep. RNRS-GTR-132. Fort Collins, CO. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain
Research Station. 25 p.
McHugh, C.W., Kolb, T.E. Willson, J.L. 2003. Bark Beetle
Attacks on Ponderosa Pine Following Fire in Northern Arizona. Population
Ecology Vol 32, no3. 510-522
Ryan, K.C., Reinhardt, E.D. 1988. Predicting postfire
mortality of seven western conifers. Canadian Journal of Forest research.
Vol 18 1291-1297
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Nov 7 |
Predicting fire effects on
Vegetation
Assignment:
Predicting tree mortality and vegetation responses
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No readings |
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Nov 12 |
Fire Effects on Wildlife
Lecture Material:
Fire effects on wildlife PDF
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No readings |
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Nov 14 |
No Class |
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Nov 19 |
No Class |
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Nov 21 |
No Class |
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Nov 26 |
Remote Sensing of Fire Effects on Soils
Guest Lecture
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No readings |
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Nov 28 |
Group Presentations
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No readings |
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Dec 3 |
Group Presentations |
No readings |
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Dec 5 |
Group Presentations |
No readings |
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