Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions
Abstract Fine‐scale estimation of burn severity in the Canadian Rocky Mountain region with mixed‐severity fires is of substantial implications but still lacking. We investigated satellite‐derived burn severity from 1985 to 2015 at 30‐m resolution in three mountain national parks in Canada: Banff, Ko...
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| description | Abstract Fine‐scale estimation of burn severity in the Canadian Rocky Mountain region with mixed‐severity fires is of substantial implications but still lacking. We investigated satellite‐derived burn severity from 1985 to 2015 at 30‐m resolution in three mountain national parks in Canada: Banff, Kootenay, and Yoho National Parks. Results show that fuel type had the most significant influence on burn severity, whereas the three groups of continuous variables (topography, vegetation, and climate) contributed equally to the model, indicating the complex mechanism of environmental controls on fire behavior in this heterogeneous mountain region. The predicted burn severity potentials of the whole parks in 2002 and 2012 showed overall consistent spatial patterns, and lightning‐caused fires produced more high‐severity burn areas than prescribed fires. Generally, local communities in the intensive fire management zone were predicted to have relatively low burn severity, reflecting the fire management effectiveness. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-13a6a76a40b94408b758eb22e55ec11f2025-01-22T14:38:16ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072022-06-014912n/an/a10.1029/2022GL097945Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and PredictionsWeiwei Wang0Xianli Wang1Wanli Wu2Futao Guo3Jane Park4Guangyu Wang5National Parks Research Centre Department of Forest Resources Management Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia Vancouver BC CanadaNorthern Forestry Centre Canadian Forest Service Natural Resources Canada Edmonton AB CanadaNational Parks Research Centre Department of Forest Resources Management Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia Vancouver BC CanadaCollege of Forestry Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou ChinaBanff Field Unit Banff National Park Parks Canada Agency Banff AB CanadaNational Parks Research Centre Department of Forest Resources Management Faculty of Forestry University of British Columbia Vancouver BC CanadaAbstract Fine‐scale estimation of burn severity in the Canadian Rocky Mountain region with mixed‐severity fires is of substantial implications but still lacking. We investigated satellite‐derived burn severity from 1985 to 2015 at 30‐m resolution in three mountain national parks in Canada: Banff, Kootenay, and Yoho National Parks. Results show that fuel type had the most significant influence on burn severity, whereas the three groups of continuous variables (topography, vegetation, and climate) contributed equally to the model, indicating the complex mechanism of environmental controls on fire behavior in this heterogeneous mountain region. The predicted burn severity potentials of the whole parks in 2002 and 2012 showed overall consistent spatial patterns, and lightning‐caused fires produced more high‐severity burn areas than prescribed fires. Generally, local communities in the intensive fire management zone were predicted to have relatively low burn severity, reflecting the fire management effectiveness.https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097945differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR)fire modelingremote sensingCanadian rocky mountainsfire management |
| spellingShingle | Weiwei Wang Xianli Wang Wanli Wu Futao Guo Jane Park Guangyu Wang Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions Geophysical Research Letters differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR) fire modeling remote sensing Canadian rocky mountains fire management |
| title | Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions |
| title_full | Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions |
| title_fullStr | Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions |
| title_short | Burn Severity in Canada's Mountain National Parks: Patterns, Drivers, and Predictions |
| title_sort | burn severity in canada s mountain national parks patterns drivers and predictions |
| topic | differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR) fire modeling remote sensing Canadian rocky mountains fire management |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097945 |
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