International Journal of Wildland Fire Update

The most recent issue (Vol.18, No. 7) of the Journal is now available. IAWF members can access all Journal abstracts and articles online for free.

The featured paper within this issue is "Climate, lightning ignitions, and fire severity in Yosemite National Park, California, USA" (Lutz, et al.), which examines the relationship between snowpack and the ignition and size of fires that occurred within Yosemite National Park between 1984 and 2005. The authors' research suggests that decreased spring snowpack within the park may increase the number of lightning-ignited fires, with an increase in annual area burned at high severity.

This most recent issue includes the following research:

"An overview of mountain meteorological effects relevant to fire behaviour and bushfire risk," by Jason J. Sharples.
"Factors influencing the pattern of fire severities in a large wildfire under extreme meteorological conditions in the Mediterranean basin," by Imma Oliveras, Marc Gracia, Gerard Moré and Javier Retana.
"Climate, lightning ignitions, and fire severity in Yosemite National Park, California, USA," by James A. Lutz, Jan W. van Wagtendonk, Andrea E. Thode, Jay D. Miller and Jerry F. Franklin.
"Validation of FIRETEC wind-flows over a canopy and a fuel-break," by François Pimont, Jean-Luc Dupuy, Rodman R. Linn and Sylvain Dupont.
"The efficacy of fire and fuels reduction treatments in a Sierra Nevada pine plantation," by Leda N. Kobziar, Joe R. McBride and Scott L. Stephens.
"A surface fuel classification for estimating fire effects," by Duncan C. Lutes, Robert E. Keane and John F. Caratti.
"Estimation of grassland biophysical parameters using hyperspectral reflectance for fire risk map prediction," by D. Gianelle, L. Vescovo and F. Mason.
"Number of sensors versus time to detection in wildfires," by Pablo I. Fierens.
"Detection of clusters using space-time scan statistics," by Marj Tonini, Devis Tuia and Frédéric Ratle.
"Burn-scar patterns and their effect on regional burnt-area mapping in insular South-East Asia," by Jukka Miettinen and Soo Chin Liew.
"Estimation of fire severity using pre- and post-fire LiDAR data in sagebrush steppe rangelands," by Cheng Wang and Nancy F. Glenn.
"Post-fire survival and flushing in three Sierra Nevada conifers with high initial crown scorch," by Chad T. Hanson and Malcolm P. North.
"Flame interactions and burning characteristics of two live leaf samples," by Brent M. Pickett, Carl Isackson, Rebecca Wunder, Thomas H. Fletcher, Bret W. Butler and David R. Weise.
"Spectral emission of flames from laboratory-scale vegetation fires," by P. Boulet, G. Parent, A. Collin, Z. Acem, B. Porterie, J. P. Clerc, J. L. Consalvi and A. Kaiss.
"An experiment to test the potential for glass fragments to ignite wildland fuels," by Klaus-Peter Wittich and Tanja Müller.