Assessing the Relationship between Forest Structure and Fire Severity on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

Assessing the Relationship between Forest Structure and Fire Severity on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon

While operational fire severity products inform fire management decisions in Grand Canyon National Park (GRCA), managers have expressed the need for better quantification of the consequences of severity, specifically forest structure. In this study we computed metrics related to the forest structure...

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Main Authors: Valentijn Hoff, Eric Rowell, Casey Teske, LLoyd Queen, Tim Wallace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Fire
Subjects:
forest structure
fire severity
wildfire
LiDAR
fire management
Kaibab Plateau
Grand Canyon National Park
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/2/1/10

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