Modeling post‐wildfire hydrologic response: Review and future directions for applications of physically based distributed simulation

BA Ebel, ZM Shephard, MA Walvoord… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfire is a growing concern as climate shifts. The hydrologic effects of wildfire, which
include elevated hazards and changes in water quantity and quality, are increasingly …

Building water resilience in the face of cascading wildfire risks

MF Belongia, C Hammond Wagner, KQ Seipp… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Severe wildfire is altering the natural and the built environment and posing risks to
environmental and societal health and well-being, including cascading impacts to water …

Growing impact of wildfire on western US water supply

AP Williams, B Livneh, KA McKinnon… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Streamflow often increases after fire, but the persistence of this effect and its importance to
present and future regional water resources are unclear. This paper addresses these …

Hydromechanical modeling of evolving post-wildfire regional-scale landslide susceptibility

M Abdollahi, F Vahedifard, BA Leshchinsky - Engineering Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Post-wildfire mass wasting is a major problem throughout many regions worldwide. Recent
dramatic increases in global wildfire activities coupled with a shift in wildfire-prone elevation …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term impacts of wildfire and post-fire mulching on ecosystem multifunctionality in a semi-arid pine forest

MD Carmona-Yáñez, M Francos, I Miralles… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Straw and wood chips have been widely used as mulch materials to control post-fire erosion
in burned forests. However, their effects on ecosystem multifunctionality (EMF) have been …

Prolonged drought in a northern California coastal region suppresses wildfire impacts on hydrology

ME Newcomer, J Underwood… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Wildfires naturally occur in many landscapes, however they are undergoing rapid regime
shifts. Despite the emphasis in the literature on the most severe hydrological responses to …

Effects of prescribed fire on the post‐fire hydrological processes in agro‐forest ecosystems: A systematic review and a meta‐analysis

DA Zema, ME Lucas‐Borja - Hydrological Processes, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Prescribed fires are one of the most effective tools to reduce the risk of wildfires but this
treatment may negatively affect the hydrological and erosive response of soil, with …

Interdependencies between wildfire‐induced alterations in soil properties, near‐surface processes, and geohazards

F Vahedifard, M Abdollahi… - Earth and Space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The frequency, severity, and spatial extent of destructive wildfires have increased in several
regions globally over the past decades. While direct impacts from wildfires are devastating …

Using random forest and multiple-regression models to predict changes in surface runoff and soil erosion after prescribed fire

DA Zema, M Parhizkar, PA Plaza-Alvarez, X Xu… - Modeling Earth Systems …, 2024 - Springer
Prescribed fire is a viable practice to reduce the wildfire risk in forests, but its application may
lead to increased surface runoff and soil erosion. Several hydrological and erosive models …

A novel Budyko-based approach to quantify post-forest-fire streamflow response and recovery timescales

TB Hampton, NB Basu - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent increases in the incidences of wildfires have necessitated the development of
methodologies to quantify the effect of these fires on streamflows. Climate variability has …