Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Daniele Rege Cambrin, Luca Colomba, Paolo Garza
Summary: Forest wildfires have caused significant damage to the environment and humanity in recent decades. The development of tools to automatically identify burned areas plays a crucial role in continuously monitoring and mitigating the aftereffects of such catastrophic events. The combination of satellite acquisitions and computer vision techniques is a significant step towards achieving this goal.
IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING MAGAZINE
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
David Bernard, Emily Trousil, Paul Santi
Summary: Prediction of possible inundation areas is critical for debris-flow hazard management and was achieved in this research by developing runout parameters specific to post-wildfire debris flows. Using data from flows triggered by a storm in 2003, equations were modified to best estimate post-wildfire data, providing values within certain prediction intervals. These values are expected to apply to post-wildfire debris flows in Southern California mountain ranges.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Xichao Cao, Xiewen Hu, Mei Han, Tao Jin, Xiangbin Yang, Ying Yang, Kun He, Yan Wang, Jian Huang, Chuanjie Xi, Bo Liu
Summary: This study analyzed post-fire hillslope erosion using various methods, developed a predictive model, and evaluated the model performance. The results show that fire severity, soil properties, rainfall, and topography are the main factors affecting hillslope erosion, and the new predictive model has a good performance.
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jose J. Hernandez Ayala, Jenna Mann, Elisabeth Grosvenor
Summary: The study found that in most wildfire seasons in California, precipitation and vegetation growth before the wildfires were generally above average, and in seasons with more wildfire activities, there were high positive correlations between precipitation and vegetation. This suggests that antecedent rainfall fueled vegetation growth, leading to significant impacts on wildfire burned areas.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Chenchen Qiu, Lijun Su, Xueyu Geng
Summary: This study proposes a machine learning-based approach to generate high-resolution precipitation in data-scarce areas, providing an effective solution for debris-flow warning systems in mountainous regions. The results show that the approach can successfully downscale TRMM data, and the calibrated data performs better in rainfall warning than the original and downscaled data. The developed warning model offers dynamic warnings at a regional scale to reduce debris-flow casualties.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jon J. Major, Daniel Bertin, Thomas C. Pierson, Alvaro Amigo, Andres Iroume, Hector Ulloa, Jonathan Castro
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2016)
Article
Geology
Jon J. Major, Luis E. Lara
Article
Geology
Jon J. Major, Thomas C. Pierson, Richard P. Hoblitt, Hugo Moreno
Review
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Thomas C. Pierson, Jon J. Major
ANNUAL REVIEW OF EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, VOL 42
(2014)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Thomas C. Pierson, Jon J. Major, Alvaro Amigo, Hugo Moreno
BULLETIN OF VOLCANOLOGY
(2013)
Article
Geochemistry & Geophysics
J. J. Major, D. Dzurisin, S. P. Schilling, M. P. Poland
EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS
(2009)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas C. Pierson, Jon J. Major, William E. Scott
JOURNAL OF VOLCANOLOGY AND GEOTHERMAL RESEARCH
(2013)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Andrew C. Wilcox, Jim E. O'Connor, Jon J. Major
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2014)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
J. J. Major, S. Zheng, A. R. Mosbrucker, K. R. Spicer, T. Christianson, C. R. Thorne
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
J. J. Major, K. R. Spicer, A. R. Mosbrucker
Summary: The cataclysmic eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 drastically changed the upper North Fork Toutle River valley, leading to the formation of a new channel system. Flood events from 1996 to 2015 have shown that the effectiveness of floods in this environment is influenced by both geomorphic and environmental factors. Strong coupling, local geologic and hydraulic conditions, event sequencing, and possibly a longitudinal gradient in stream power are important factors affecting event effectiveness on channel modification.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
H. R. Dietterich, G. E. Grant, B. Fasth, J. J. Major, K. Cashman
Summary: Flowing lava and water can both form similar hydraulic structures, including undular hydraulic jumps. Monitoring these structures can provide valuable information for estimating flow depth and velocity. By analyzing undular hydraulic jumps in both water and lava flows, we can assess the conditions under which they form and their potential use in estimating real-time lava flow dynamics.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-EARTH SURFACE
(2022)
Article
Geography, Physical
Adam R. Mosbrucker, Jon J. Major, Kurt R. Spicer, John Pitlick
EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS
(2017)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jim O'Connor, Jon Major, Gordon Grant
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Richard M. Iverson, Daniel Dzurisin, Cynthia A. Gardner, Terrence M. Gerlach, Richard G. LaHusen, Michael Lisowski, Jon J. Major, Stephen D. Malone, James A. Messerich, Seth C. Moran, John S. Pallister, Anthony I. Qamar, Steven P. Schilling, James W. Vallance
