Publications by authors named "Benjamin M Gannon"
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- A mixed integer programming model was developed to prioritize fuel treatments in a fuel break network, aiming to reduce wildfire size and protect Wildland Urban Interface areas.
- The model utilizes simulated wildfire data from a large landscape to inform effective fuel treatment decisions while maintaining computational efficiency and customization options.
- Testing in Southern California showed that the optimization model outperforms traditional rule-based approaches, providing better solutions for fuel break management and planning within a reasonable timeframe.
Water supply impairment from increased contaminant mobilization and transport after wildfire is a major concern for communities that rely on surface water from fire-prone watersheds. In this article we present a Monte Carlo simulation method to quantify the likelihood of wildfire impairing water supplies by combining stochastic representations of annual wildfire and rainfall activity. Water quality impairment was evaluated in terms of turbidity limits for treatment by modeling wildfire burn severity, postfire erosion, sediment transport, and suspended sediment dilution in receiving waterbodies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLand managers often need to predict watershed-scale erosion rates after disturbance or other land cover changes. This study compared commonly used hillslope erosion models to simulate post-fire sediment yields (SY) at both hillslope and watershed scales within the High Park Fire, Colorado, U.S.
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