A Warming Climate Adds Complexity to Post‐Fire Hydrologic Hazard Planning

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• Journal Title:
  Earth's Future
• Personal Author:
  Oakley, Nina S.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NWS (National Weather Service)
• Description:
  Climate change will likely increase the frequency of damaging post-wildfire floods and debris flows, amplifying the threat to life, property, and infrastructure situated in susceptible areas. Decision-makers are in need of resources to support planning for the changing characteristics of these hazards. A novel framework for evaluating post-fire debris flow recurrence intervals (Kean & Staley, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020ef001735) supports this need and allows for the integration of emerging information. While this is a valuable step forward, simulations of past and future climate at relevant spatial and temporal scales as well as additional monitoring efforts are needed to effectively address post-fire hydrologic hazards in a warming climate.
• Keywords:
  Climatic Changes Floods Wildfires Climatic Changes Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) program
• Source:
  Earth's Future, 9(7)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1029/2021ef002149
• ISSN:
  2328-4277
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  Grant no. NA19NWS4680004
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  CHORUS
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ad9fdd99e3789ffd2283af5a7df1b64cf0fb2ddc0b3a2096f29ca2816902720c
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  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/49879/noaa_49879_DS1.pdf
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