Wildfire

Facing a Top Climate Factor of Our Time

wildfire interdisciplinary research center truck with radar sits in fieldThe multi-disciplinary approach to fire science and management at 鲍鱼直播 displays a commitment to understanding and mitigating the physical and social effects of fire as one of the most critical emerging environmental factors of our time. Leading-edge tools and policies created at 鲍鱼直播 are in use worldwide. Below is a rotating selection of our standout investigators in this area.

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Selected Publications

Brewer, M. and Clements, C. (2019). . Atmosphere, 11(1).

Dhar, S. and Gao, J. (2023). . International Journal of Disaster Response and Emergency Management, 6(1).

Diallo I., et al. (2024). . Climate Dynamics, 62(4).

Kochanski, A., et al. (2023). . Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6.

Russell, W. and McBride, J. (2003). . Landscape and Urban Planning, 64(4).

Wilkin, K., Stasiewicz, S., Kocher (2023). Journal of Fire Ecology.

Award Highlights

Clements, Tohidi, Wilkin, Kochanski, Stasiewicz, 鈥淚UCRC Phase I, San Jose State University: Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC)鈥 鈥 NSF, 2021

Kochanski, 鈥淒istributed Spacecraft with Heuristic Intelligence to Monitor Wildfire Spread for Responsive Control鈥 鈥 NASA through the Bay Area Research Institute, 2023

Kochanski, Clements, 鈥淓valuating and Improving Live and Dead Fuel Moisture Models for Use in Gridded Forecast Systems鈥 鈥 U.S. Forest Service, 2023

Wilkin, Staciewicz,  鈥淭he Central Coast Prescribed Fire Monitoring Program鈥 鈥 California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), 2023

Yang, Wilkin, 鈥淣ASA Bridge Program, FireSage: 鲍鱼直播-NASA" 鈥 NASA, 2023

Affiliates

 


Featured Faculty

clements
Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science
Fire Weather, Wildfire Observations, Extreme Fire Behavior, Mountain Meteorology
ORCID: 0000-0001-9999-8621

dharSubhankar Dhar
Professor of Information Systems and Technology
Data Science, AI, Mobile Computing, Ad Hoc Networks, Smart Cities, Big Data Analytics
ORCID: 0000-0003-1493-451X

dialloIsmaila Diallo
Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science
Climate Modeling, Land/Atmosphere Interaction, Climate Dynamics, Extreme Climate Events, Artificial Intelligence for Earth Systems, Wildfire and Climate Change
ORCID: 0000-0003-1209-4107

kochanski
Associate Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science
Wildfires, Air Quality, Fire Modeling, Smoke, Fire Risk, Machine Learning, Smoke Forecasting, Satellite Fire Detections, Dire Forecasting, WRF-SFIRE, WRFx
ORCID: 0000-0001-7820-2831

russellWill Russell
Professor of Environmental Studies
Forest Disturbance and Recovery, Fire Ecology Ecosystem Restoration, Environmental Education
ORCID: 0000-0003-3778-3734

willkin
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences

Fire Ecology and Management, Home Ignition Zones, Fuels Treatments, Prescribed Fire
ORCID: 0000-0002-4928-3879

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