Hydrology of forests after wildfire.

Post-fire soil hydrology, water erosion and restoration strategies in ...

Along with disturbances related to land use and vegetation change, wildfires can lead to severe alterations of the hydrological and erosional ...

A Simulation Study to Estimate Effects of Wildfire and Forest ...

At the watershed scale, the increase in water yield from pre-treatment to post-treatment conditions ranged from 0.7% to 5.6% on hillslopes delivering 10% to 50% ...

Predicting the hydrological impacts of bushfire and climate change ...

water yield of several forested catchments in south-eastern Australia and on the impact of bushfire on ecological changes post-fire: e.g. is the forest type.

Fire effects on infiltration rates after prescribed fire in Northern Rocky ...

Keywords: Water repellent; Rainfall simulation; Forest fire; Hydraulic conductivity. 1. Introduction. Water infiltration is defined as the flow of water from ...

Economic Analysis of Wildfire Impacts to Water Quality: A Review

Following both the 2017 Tubbs Fire and 2018 Camp Fire, unsafe levels of benzene and other volatile organic compounds were found within local ...

Hydrological impact of forest fires and climate change ... - HAL ENPC

Based on historical events and post-fire experience, a methodology to interpret the impacts of forest fire in terms of rainfall-runoff model ...

Parsing Weather Variability and Wildfire Effects on the Post-Fire ...

Determining wildland fire impacts on streamflow can be problematic as the hydrology in burned watersheds is influenced by post-fire weather conditions.

Restoring a Natural Fire Regime Alters the Water Balance of a ...

Since the early twentieth century, a policy of fire suppression in the mountains of the western United States has increased forest density in many areas.

Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply

to leverage several decades worth of data and knowledge on post-fire hydrology. ... hydrologic recovery after wildfire and post-fire forest management in the ...

A review of wildfire impacts on stream temperature and turbidity ...

Forested watersheds are at risk of impacts of wildfires that alter land cover, and hydrological processes, and influence drinking water quality ...

Eight Important Facts You Should Know About Post-Fire Restoration

Following such a fire, storm events or spring runoff on denuded slopes can cause ravaging floods and debris flows, which may damage structures, roads, trails, ...

Forest Fires Could Boost Western U.S. Water Supplies - Eos.org

Parched landscapes are difficult to cultivate and are more susceptible to devastating wildfires. Paradoxically, such blazes could increase the ...

Tag: Watershed & Hydrology - Southwest Fire Science Consortium

Working Paper 43 by Dan Binkley, Adjunct Faculty, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University Forests and soils interact so strongly that any major change ...

A call for strategic water-quality monitoring to advance assessment ...

Post-wildfire hydrologic and water-quality effects tend to be greatest in the first 3 years after wildfire, though in some regions debris flow ...

Long-term effects of wildfires on river water quality - IWA Publishing

After wildfires, the loss of the humus layer leads to increased runoff and pollutants entering rivers. This study examined the long-term ...

Effects of Wildfires on Runoff and Erosion

“Soil water repellency: a key factor in post-fire erosion?” In. Restoration Strategies after Forest Fires, edited by A. Cerda and P.R. Robichaud, Science ...

Wildfire in the Watershed: Post-Fire Hydrology

The risk of flooding and erosion increase greatly after a wildfire and can have both short- and long-term impacts on water supplies, ...

Hydrological impact of forest-fire from paired-catchment and rainfall ...

However, the hydrologists focused only on the years immediately following the fire, and no study attempted to assess the hydrological impact of the recovery of ...

Short-term Effects of Forest Fire on Aquatic Systems

Direct effects of fire on soils and vegetation, for example, can influence the quantity and quality of water in these systems long after the flames have passed.

Wildfire, forest management, and its impact on healthy watersheds

In a fire-suppressed landscape, the high density of trees can negatively impact the supply of water reaching streams, as densely spaced smaller ...