Scientific Publications

Scientific Publications

i-FireNet is the network of the network, connecting international clusters of leading experts across the globe performing interdisciplinary research on wildland fires. You can find recent publications below:

2023

Janine A. Baijnath-Rodino, Phong V.V. Le, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Tirtha Banerjee, Historical spatiotemporal changes in fire danger potential across biomes, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 870, 2023

2022

Shuman, J.K., Balch, J.K., Barnes, R.T., Higuera, P.E., Roos, C.I., Schwilk, D.W., Stavros, E.N., Banerjee, T., Bela, M.M., Bendix, J. and Bertolino, S., 2022. Reimagine fire science for the anthropocene. PNAS Nexus, 1(3), p.pgac115.

Li, Dao, V., Kumar, M., Nguyen, P., & Banerjee, T. (2022). Mapping the wildland-urban interface in California using remote sensing data. Scientific Reports12(1), 5789–5789.

Jong‐Levinger, Ariane, Tirtha Banerjee, Douglas Houston, and Brett F Sanders. “Compound Post‐Fire Flood Hazards Considering Infrastructure Sedimentation.” Earth’s future. 10, no. 8 (2022).

Desai, Ajinkya, Scott Goodrick, and Tirtha Banerjee. “Investigating the Turbulent Dynamics of Small-Scale Surface Fires.” Scientific reports 12, no. 1 (2022): 10503–10503.

Chen, Y., Hantson, S., Andela, N. et al. California wildfire spread derived using VIIRS satellite observations and an object-based tracking system. Sci Data 9, 249 (2022).

Kumar, Mukesh, Shu Li, Phu Nguyen, and Tirtha Banerjee. “Examining the Existing Definitions of Wildland‐urban Interface for California.” Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) 13, no. 12 (2022).

Mrad, Assaad, Lauren Lowman, Christopher Zarzar, Kyle Luthy, and Tirtha Banerjee. “Up-scaling wildand fire behavior from lab to field: shortcomings and opportunities.” (2022).

Kumar, Mukesh, Shu Li, Phu Nguyen, and Tirtha Banerjee. “Revisiting the existing definitions of wildland-urban interface for California.” Authorea Preprints (2022).

2021

Li, & Banerjee, T. (2021). Spatial and temporal pattern of wildfires in California from 2000 to 2019. Scientific Reports11(1), 8779–17.

Baijnath-Rodino, J. A., Kumar, M., Rivera, M., Tran, K. D., & Banerjee, T. (2021). How vulnerable are American states to wildfires? A livelihood vulnerability assessment. Fire4(3), 54.

Heilman, W. E., Banerjee, T., Clements, C. B., Clark, K. L., Zhong, S., & Bian, X. (2021). Observations of sweep–ejection dynamics for heat and momentum fluxes during wildland fires in forested and grassland environments. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology60(2), 185-199.

2020

Banerjee, Tirtha. “Impacts of Forest Thinning on Wildland Fire Behavior.” Forests 11, no. 9 (2020): 918–.

Banerjee, Tirtha, et al. “Effects of canopy midstory management and fuel moisture on wildfire behavior.” Scientific reports 10.1 (2020): 1-14.

Banerjee, Tirtha, Troy Holland, Kurt Solander, Marlin Holmes, and Rodman Linn. “Identifying characteristics of wildfire towers and troughs.” Atmosphere 11, no. 8 (2020): 796.