Trends in Wildfire Severity: 1984 to 2010 in the Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau, and Southern Cascades, California, USA

Title
Trends in Wildfire Severity: 1984 to 2010 in the Sierra Nevada, Modoc Plateau, and Southern Cascades, California, USA
Abstract
Wildfire severity in the Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment area indicates that the percentage of total high severity fires in pine and mixed-conifer forests increased over the date range, and that the area burned has also increased.
Purpose
An update of previous studies, now using satellite-derived imagery to estimate fire severity in the specified date ranges.
Begin Date
2015-08-21
Originator Name
Jay D. Miller and Hugh Safford
Ordering Information
Fire Ecology
Links
fireecologyjournal.org/journal/abstract/?abstract=173
Keywords
Fire, Fire Severity, Forest, Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment Area, Wildfire
Resource Type
Document
Resource Owner
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