Publications

IAB Funded Publications

Ali Tohidi

Lauren Seto, Kim Y., Tohidi A., (2025) A Novel Multi-phase Computational Model for Estimating Heat Transfer from the Assemblage of Fire. Fire Safety Journal. In preparation.

Cervantes A., Tohidi A., Kochanski A. (2024) Numerical Modeling of Firebrand Transport by Wildfire Plumes Across Different Spatiotemporal Scales. In preparation.

Kim Y., Tohidi A., Clements C. (2024, October 21-25). An Intercomparison of Wildfire Behavior Models in Fire Dynamics Simulator with FireFlux II Experiment [Conference presentation abstract]. Thirteenth Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, Daegu, Korea.

Amanda Stasiewicz

Stasiewicz, A.M. and Brown, R. (2024) Fostering community resilience during Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS): differential needs across mountain communities in southern California. Energy Research and the Social Sciences. In preparation.

Stasiewicz, A.M. & Brown, R. (2023, December 6). Exploring Community Adaptation to Public Safety Power Shutoff Events: Findings from Two Case Studies of Unincorporated Mountain Communities in Southern California [Conference presentation abstract]. Association for Fire Ecology 10th Annual Fire Congress. Monterey, CA.

Tensuan, C.R.*, Stasiewicz, A.M., Benterou, D.*, and Wilkin, K. (2023. December 4-8). Examining barriers to mitigating property-level wildfire risk across different communities in California, USA [Conference presentation abstract]. Tenth International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Monterey, California, USA.

Tensuan, C.R**, Stasiewicz, A.M., Benterou, D.*, and Wilkin, K. (2023, June 10-15). Towards wildfire risk mitigation in high-risk areas: Examining barriers to wildfire risk mitigation in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara Counties, California, USA [Conference presentation abstract]. The International Association for Society and Natural Resources Conference, Portland, Maine.

Kate Wilkin

Allen, A.,, Cook, I. Yang, B. Gruppenhoff, A., Wilkin, K.M. (2025) Reexamining the relationship between post-fire twig diameter and fire intensity in chaparral. In preparation.

Brillon, H. Wilkin, KM. Yang, B. (2025) Inspecting residential wildfire hazards using unmanned aerial systems and object-oriented machine learning methods. In preparation.

Wilkin, K.M. A. Stasiewicz. D. Benterou. (2024) High fire hazard wildland urban interface residences in California lack voluntary and mandated wildfire mitigation compliance in Home Ignition Zones. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. In review.

Lackey, C. Wilkin, K.M. A. Stasiewicz. (2024) Discrepancies between Zillow and property records. In preparation.

Beneterou, D.*, Russell, W., Stasiewicz, A.M., Kato, K.**, Wilkin, K. (2023, December 4-8). Wildfire mitigation influence on fuels and flora in the California home ignition zone [Conference presentation abstract]. Tenth International Fire Ecology and Management Congress, Monterey, California, USA.

Adam Kochanski

Haw, J. M. Farguell, A., Clements C. B., Sapsis D. B., and Kochanski D. B. (2025) A Numerical Analysis of Atmospheric Perturbations Induced by Large Wildfire Events. In preparation.

‌Kobziar, L. N., Lampman, P., Tohidi, A., Kochanski, A. K., Cervantes, A., Hudak, A. T., McCarley, R., Gullett, B., Aurell, J., Moore, R., Vuono, D. C., Christner, B. C., Watts, A. C., Cronan, J., & Ottmar, R. (2024). Bacterial Emission Factors: A Foundation for the Terrestrial-Atmospheric Modeling of Bacteria Aerosolized by Wildland Fires. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(5), 2413–2422. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05142

Other Publications

Adam Kochanski

Carroll, B. J., Brewer, W. A., Strobach, E., Lareau, N., Brown, S. S., Valero, M. M., Kochanski, A., Clements, C. B., Kahn, R., Noyes, K. T. J., Makowiecki, A., Holloway, M. W., Zucker, M., Clough, K., Drucker, J., Zuraski, K., Peischl, J., McCarty, B., Marchbanks, R., & Sandberg, S. (2024). Measuring coupled fire-atmosphere dynamics: The California Fire Dynamics Experiment (CalFiDE). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, -1(aop). https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0012.1

‌Ehrke, C., Farguell, A., & Kochanski, A. K. (2024). Interactions Between a High-Intensity Wildfire and an Atmospheric Hydraulic Jump in the Case of the 2023 Lahaina Fire. Atmosphere, 15(12), 1424–1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15121424

Farguell, A., Drucker, J. R., Mirocha, J., Cameron-Smith, P., & Kochanski, A. K. (2024). Dead Fuel Moisture Content Reanalysis Dataset for California (2000–2020). Fire, 7(10), 358–358. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7100358

Shaddy, B., Ray, D., Farguell, A., Calaza, V., Mandel, J., Haley, J., Hilburn, K., Mallia, D. V., Kochanski, A., & Oberai, A. (2024). Generative Algorithms for Fusion of Physics-Based Wildfire Spread Models with Satellite Data for Initializing Wildfire Forecasts. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, -1(aop). https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-23-0087.1

Bo Yang

Ren, X. Yang, B. Filkov, A.I. Wilkin, K. Benterou, D. Hussey, O, Clements, C.B. (2025). Integrating georeferencing and fire anatomy modeling in Canyon Fire Experiments using thermal UAV remote sensing. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. In review.

Craig Clements

Brown, P. T., Strenfel, S., Bagley, R. B., & Clements, C. B. (2025). The potential for fuel reduction to reduce wildfire intensity in a warming California. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adab86

Carroll, B. J., Brewer, W. A., Strobach, E., Lareau, N., Brown, S. S., Valero, M. M., Kochanski, A., Clements, C. B., Kahn, R., Noyes, K. T. J., Makowiecki, A., Holloway, M. W., Zucker, M., Clough, K., Drucker, J., Zuraski, K., Peischl, J., McCarty, B., Marchbanks, R., & Sandberg, S. (2024). Measuring coupled fire-atmosphere dynamics: The California Fire Dynamics Experiment (CalFiDE). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, -1(aop). https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0012.1

Lareau, N. P., Clements, C. B., Kochanski, A., Aydell, T., Hudak, A. T., T. Ryan McCarley, & Ottmar, R. (2024). Observations of a rotating pyroconvective plume. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.1071/wf23045

Leila, Gert-Jan Duine, Clements, C., Stephan, Fernando, Fitzjarrald, D. R., Fovell, R. G., Jones, C., Wang, Z., White, L., Bucholtz, A., Brewer, M. J., Brown, W., Burkhart, M., Creegan, E., Deng, M., Orla-Barile, M. de, Emmitt, D., Greco, S., & Hock, T. (2024). The Sundowner Winds Experiment (SWEX) in Santa Barbara, California: Advancing Understanding and Predictability of Downslope Windstorms in Coastal Environments. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 105(3), E532–E558. https://doi.org/10.1175/bams-d-22-0171.1

Zhong, S., Gonzalez-Fuentes, M., Clements, C. B., Bian, X., Heilman, W. E., Charney, J. J., Valero, M. M., Kochanski, A. K., & Kiefer, M. T. (2024). Surface-layer turbulence associated with a fast spreading grass fire. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 350, 110000–110000. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110000

Benik, J. T., Farguell, A., Mirocha, J. D., Clements, C. B., & Kochanski, A. K. (2023). Analysis of Fire-Induced Circulations during the FireFlux2 Experiment. Fire, 6(9), 332–332. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6090332

Brown, P. T., Clements, C. B., Kochanski, A. K., Davis, S. J., Hanley, H., & Strenfel, S. J. (2023). Authors reply to questionable publicity. Nature, 623(7987), 483–483. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03538-w

Brown, P. T., Hanley, H., Mahesh, A., Reed, C., Strenfel, S. J., Davis, S. J., Kochanski, A. K., & Clements, C. B. (2023). Climate warming increases extreme daily wildfire growth risk in California. Nature, 621, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06444-3

Drucker, J. R., Farguell, A., Clements, C. B., & Kochanski, A. K. (2023). A live fuel moisture climatology in California. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2023.1203536

Wang, Q., Matthias Ihme, Linn, R. R., Chen, Y.-F., Yang, V., Sha, F., Clements, C., McDanold, J. S., & Anderson, J. (2023). A high-resolution large-eddy simulation framework for wildland fire predictions using TensorFlow. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 32(12), 1711–1725. https://doi.org/10.1071/wf22225

Aydell, T. B., & Clements, C. B. (2021). Mobile Ka-band Polarimetric Doppler Radar Observations of Wildfire Smoke Plumes. Monthly Weather Review, 149(5). https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-20-0198.1

Bagley, R. B., & Clements, C. B. (2021). Extreme Fire Weather Associated with Nocturnal Drying in Elevated Coastal Terrain of California. Monthly Weather Review, 149(8). https://doi.org/10.1175/mwr-d-20-0241.1

Marwan Katurji, Zhang, J., Satinsky, A., McNair, H., Schumacher, B., Strand, T., Valencia, A., Finney, M., Pearce, G., Kerr, J., Seto, D., Wallace, H., Peyman Zawar‐Reza, Dunker, C., Clifford, V., Melnik, K., Torben Grumstrup, Forthofer, J., & Clements, C. (2021). Turbulent Thermal Image Velocimetry at the Immediate Fire and Atmospheric Interface. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 126(24).

Rodriguez, B., Lareau, N. P., Kingsmill, D. E., & Clements, C. B. (2020). Extreme Pyroconvective Updrafts During a Megafire. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(18). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gl089001

Ismaila Diallo

Akinsanola, A. A., Wenhaji, C. N., R. Barimalala, P.-A. Monerie, Dixon, R. D., Tamoffo, A. T., Adeniyi, M. O., V. Ongoma, Diallo, I., M. Gudoshava, Wainwright, C. M., James, R., Silverio, K. C., Faye, A., Nangombe, S. S., Pokam, M. W., Vondou, D. A., Hart, G., Pinto, I., & M. Kilavi. (2025). Modeling of Precipitation over Africa: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-024-4187-6

Nayak, H. P., Xue, Y., Li, Q., Neelin, J.D., Diallo, I., Cao, Z., and Vasic, R. (2025). Effect of Rocky Mountain and Tibetan Plateau 1998 Spring Land Temperature on N. American and East Asian Summer Precipitation Anomalies. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere. In review.

Gueye, A., Niang, S. A. A., Diallo, I., Drame, M. S., Diallo, M., and Younous A. A. (2025). On the Application of Long Short-Term Memory Neural Network for Daily forecasting of PM2.5 in Dakar, Senegal (West Africa). In preparation for Sustainability. In preparation.

Testani, N., Cappelletti, L. M., Díaz, L. B., Prudente, C., Rabanal, V., Mindlin, J., Börner, R., David T. D., Diallo, I., Leyba, I.M., Osman, M., & Tangarife-Escobar, A. (2025). Balancing Earth science careers in an unequal world. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01964-w

Diallo, I., and Nnamchi, H. (2024, December 9-13). Linking extreme wet and dry events over the humid tropics to the tropical basins. [Conference presentation abstract] AGU 2024 Washington, D.C.

Audu, E. O., Dixon, R. D., & Diallo, I. (2024). Understanding the Zonal Variability in Projections of Sahel Precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(20). https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl110177

Dramé, M. S., N'Diaye, P. M., Niang, S. A. A., Diallo, I., Sarr, A., Gueye, A., & Niang, D. N. (2024). On the characterization of Cloud occurrence and its impact on solar radiation in Mbour, Senegal. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 261, 106284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2024.106284

Foupouapegnigni Moihamette, Pokam, W. M., Diallo, I., & Washington, R. (2024). Response of regional circulation features to the Indian Ocean dipole and influence on Central Africa climate. Climate Dynamics, 62(6), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07251-w

Niang, S. A. A., Cisse, A., Dramé, M. S., Diallo, I., Diedhiou, A., Ndiaye, S. O., Talla, K., Dioum, A., Tchakondo, Y. (2024). A Tale of Sustainable Energy Transition Under New Fossil Fuel Discoveries: The Case of Senegal (West Africa). Sustainability, 16(23), 10633. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310633

Kate Wilkin

Steel, Z. Fogg, A. Floreani Buzbee, R. Wilkin, K. Collins, B. Burnett, R. Meyer, M. Wuenschel, A. Stephens, S. (2025). Finding floral and faunal species richness optima among active fire regimes. Conservation Biology. In review.

Wilkin, K.M. , Cook, I. Allen, A. Rao, D. (2025) A tenacious native: no combination of mechanical treatments and prescribed fire killed Baccharis pilularis (coyote brush) when coastal prairie restoration was attempted. In preparation.

Cook, I. Allen, J. Yang, B. Wilkin, KM. (2025) Spatial analysis of prescribed fire effects on Baccharis pilularis (coyote brush) encroachment of Coastal Prairie. In preparation.

Wilkin, K. M., Stasiewicz, A. M., & Kocher, S. D. (2024). Private landowner interest in prescribed fire in California: findings from workshops in the Sierra Nevada. Fire Ecology, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00277-9

Lackey, C. Wilkin, K.M. , Cook, I. Allen, A. (2024) Photoload fuel estimates for California coastal prairie. In review.