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Postfire debris flows may become predictable


Postfire debris flows may become predictable, thanks to a new study

Postfire debris flows may become predictable, thanks to a new study · Scientists at Los Alamos have developed a model framework to better ...

Los Alamos National Laboratory on LinkedIn: Postfire debris flows ...

These #sediment deposits can create a bottleneck, restricting flow and potentially leading to catastrophic over-topping and eventually washing ...

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Scientific Background - Landslide Hazards Program - USGS.gov

Post-fire debris-flow likelihood, volume, and combined hazards are estimated at both the drainage-basin scale and in a spatially distributed manner along the ...

Predicting dangerous... - Los Alamos National Laboratory | Facebook

Predicting dangerous landslides after a fire — before the fire even sparks? It's ... Postfire debris flows may become predictable, thanks to a new study.

Postfire Debris Flows Strike in a Puzzling Pattern - Eos.org

California geologists are improving their understanding and forecasting of which slopes in wildfire-burned areas might fail during heavy rainstorms.

Predicting burn severity for integration with post-fire debris-flow ...

Conclusion: Predicted burn severity can serve as an input to post-fire debris-flow models before wildfires occur, antecedent to standard post- ...

A Prefire Approach for Probabilistic Assessments of Postfire Debris ...

Evaluation of PFDF hazards prior to fire can help strategize interventions lessening the negative effects of future fires. However, debris-flow ...

A landscape scale model to predict post-fire debris flow impact zones

The aim of this work, therefore, was to develop a post-fire debris flow model that could characterise both the occurrence frequency and ...

Probabilistic assessment of postfire debris-flow inundation ... - NHESS

Communities downstream of burned steep lands face increases in debris-flow hazards due to fire effects on soil and vegetation.

Post Fire Burn Scar - Debris Flow & Flash Flooding

The extraordinary wildfire season of 2022 has had some lasting effects on the landscape, both in the immediate area and locations that may be several miles away ...

Impacts of wildfire on debris-flow hazards in Oregon's ... - YouTube

In this talk, we'll summarize what we have learned about postfire debris-flow hazards in Oregon's western Cascade Range.

Postfire Sediment Mobilization and Its Downstream Implications ...

In southern California, postfire sediment erosion is dominated by debris flows, which are a liquefied mix of rock, mud, and soil, and no clear ...

Evaluating post-wildfire debris-flow rainfall thresholds and volume ...

As wildfire increases in the western United States, so do postfire debris-flow hazards. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed two ...

THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF POST-FIRE DEBRIS FLOWS IN ...

Our findings suggest that debris-flow processes and threshold rainfall required for debris-flow initiation may be tuned to local hydroclimate, with implications ...

Time Since Burning and Rainfall Characteristics Impact Post-Fire ...

debris-flow properties can be predicted by simple met- rics that summarize rainfall characteristics, such as the peak 15-minute average rainfall intensity ...

Toward Probabilistic Post-Fire Debris-Flow Hazard Decision ...

Abstract Post-wildfire debris flows (PFDF) threaten life and property in western North America. They are triggered by short-duration, high-intensity ...

Black Post-Fire USGS Debris-Flow Hazards Assessment Completed

USGS models estimate the probability and volume of debris flows that may be produced by a storm in a recently burned area, using a model with characteristics ...

SWED: Fire Information Page - LA County Public Works

Flooding and debris flows can occur during storm events. The potential for debris flows can occur in and below the areas where fire has denuded of vegetation ...

Post-fire debris flows in relation to observed rainfall anomalies

A range of flow types can be observed in steep, recently-burned terrain, but predicting the spatial distribution of debris flows resulting ...