Effect of Recent Prescribed Burning and Land Management on Wildfire Burn Severity and Smoke Emissions in the Western United States

Effect of Recent Prescribed Burning and Land Management on Wildfire Burn Severity and Smoke Emissions in the Western United States

Abstract Wildfires in the western US increasingly threaten infrastructure, air quality, and public health. Prescribed (“Rx”) fire is often proposed to mitigate future wildfires, but treatments remain limited, and few studies quantify their effectiveness on recent major wildfires. We investigate the...

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Main Authors: Makoto Kelp, Marshall Burke, Minghao Qiu, Iván Higuera‐Mendieta, Tianjia Liu, Noah S. Diffenbaugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-06-01
Series:AGU Advances
Subjects:
wildfires
prescribed fires
fine particulate matter (PM2.5)
land management
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2025AV001682
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