Search Results - "Robichaud, P.R."

Chemical characteristics of wildfire ash across the globe and their environmental and socio-economic implications by Sánchez-García, C., Santín, C., Neris, J., Sigmund, G., Otero, X.L., Manley, J., González-Rodríguez, G., Belcher, C.M., Cerdà, A., Marcotte, A.L., Murphy, S.F., Rhoades, C.C., Sheridan, G., Strydom, T., Robichaud, P.R., Doerr, S.H.

“…[Display omitted] •Chemical properties of 148 ash samples from across the globe were analysed.•Ash chemical composition varied greatly amongst, but also…”
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Fire effects on infiltration rates after prescribed fire in Northern Rocky Mountain forests, USA by Robichaud, P.R

“…Infiltration rates in undisturbed forest environments are generally high. These high infiltration rates may be reduced when forest management activities such…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of wood shred and agricultural straw mulches as a treatment to reduce post-wildfire hillslope erosion in southern British Columbia, Canada by Robichaud, P.R., Jordan, P., Lewis, S.A., Ashmun, L.E., Covert, S.A., Brown, R.E.

“…After the 2009 Terrace Mountain fire near Kelowna, BC, Canada, wood shred and agricultural straw mulch effects on post-fire runoff and sediment yields were…”
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Soil water repellency and infiltration in coarse-textured soils of burned and unburned sagebrush ecosystems by Pierson, F.B., Robichaud, P.R., Moffet, C.A., Spaeth, K.E., Williams, C.J., Hardegree, S.P., Clark, P.E.

“…Millions of dollars are spent each year in the United States to mitigate the effects of wildfires and reduce the risk of flash floods and debris flows…”
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Effects of postfire seeding and fertilizing on hillslope erosion in north-central Washington, USA by Robichaud, P.R., Lillybridge, T.R., Wagenbrenner, J.W.

“…After the 1998 North 25 Fire in the Wenatchee National Forest, eight study sites were established on steep, severely burned hillslopes to examine the…”
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Rill erosion in burned and salvage logged western montane forests: Effects of logging equipment type, traffic level, and slash treatment by Wagenbrenner, J.W., Robichaud, P.R., Brown, R.E.

“…•Logging impacted soils and cover and lead to higher runoff rates.•Hydrologic impacts of logging persisted throughout the multi-year study.•Erosion was greater…”
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Post-fire bedload sediment delivery across spatial scales in the interior western United States by Wagenbrenner, Joseph W., Robichaud, Peter R.

“…ABSTRACTPost‐fire sediment yields can be up to three orders of magnitude greater than sediment yields in unburned forests. Much of the research on post‐fire…”
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Soil erosion after fire in volcanic terrain: Assessment and implications for post-fire soil losses by Neris, J., Robichaud, P.R., Wagenbrenner, J.W., Brown, R.E., Doerr, S.H.

“…•Wildfires often modify the runoff-erosion response of hillslopes.•We evaluate erosion of burned volcanic soils using erosion plots and rill simulations.•The…”
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Post-fire mulching for runoff and erosion mitigation: Part I: Effectiveness at reducing hillslope erosion rates by Robichaud, Peter R, Lewis, Sarah A, Wagenbrenner, Joseph W, Ashmun, Louise E, Brown, Robert E

“…Mulch treatments often are used to mitigate post-fire increases in runoff and erosion rates but the comparative effectiveness of various mulches is not well…”
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Post-fire mulching for runoff and erosion mitigation Part II: Effectiveness in reducing runoff and sediment yields from small catchments by Robichaud, Peter R., Wagenbrenner, Joseph W., Lewis, Sarah A., Ashmun, Louise E., Brown, Robert E., Wohlgemuth, Peter M.

“…Agricultural straw, hydromulch, and wood shred or wood strand mulches increasingly are being used as post-fire hillslope treatments, but the differences in…”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of agricultural mulches for reducing post-wildfire wind erosion by Robichaud, P.R., Jennewein, J., Sharratt, B.S., Lewis, S.A., Brown, R.E.

“…•Wind speed is the primary factor for predicting aeolian sediment loss.•Agricultural mulch can reduce aeolian sediment loss by an order of magnitude.•Liquid…”
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Assessing the role of pre-fire ground preparation operations and soil water repellency in post-fire runoff and inter-rill erosion by repeated rainfall simulation experiments in Portuguese eucalypt plantations: Soil water repellency by MALVAR, M.C, MARTINS, M.A.S, NUNES, J.P, ROBICHAUD, P.R, KEIZER, J.J

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Predicting postfire erosion and mitigation effectiveness with a web-based probabilistic erosion model by Robichaud, P.R., Elliot, W.J., Pierson, F.B., Hall, D.E., Moffet, C.A.

“…The decision of where, when, and how to apply the most effective postfire erosion mitigation treatments requires land managers to assess the risk of damaging…”
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Water repellency by laboratory burning of four northern Rocky Mountain forest soils by Robichaud, P.R, Hungerford, R.D

“…Highly variable water repellent soil conditions have been reported after forest fires. We examined interactions among heating, soil water content and soil…”
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Mapping ground cover using hyperspectral remote sensing after the 2003 simi and old wildfires in southern California by Lewis, S.A, Lentile, L.B, Hudak, A.T, Robichaud, P.R, Morgan, P, Bobbitt, M.J

“…Wildfire effects on the ground surface are indicative of the potential for post-fire watershed erosion response. Areas with remaining organic ground cover will…”
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Post-fire burn severity and vegetation response following eight large wildfires across the western United States by Lentile, L.B, Morgan, P, Hudak, A.T, Bobbitt, M.J, Lewis, S.A, Smith, A.M.S, Robichaud, P.R

“…Vegetation response and burn severity were examined following eight large wildfires that burned in 2003 and 2004: two wildfires in California chaparral, two…”
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relationship of multispectral satellite imagery to immediate fire effects by Hudak, A.T, Morgan, P, Bobbitt, M.J, Smith, A.M.S, Lewis, S.A, Lentile, L.B, Robichaud, P.R, Clark, J.T, McKinley, R.A

“…The Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center (RSAC) and the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Data Center produce…”
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