JFSP Fire Science Exchange Network
There is evidence of 20 large fires (> 20,000 ha) in a 560 year fossil fire record for the Santa Barabara area of central California.
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Mensing, S.A., J. Michaelson, & R. Byrne. 1999. A 560-year record of Santa Ana Fires reconstructed from charcoal deposited in the Santa Barbara Basin, California. Quaternary Research 51:295-305.
The California Fire Science Consortium is divided into 4 geographic regions and 1 wildland-urban interface (WUI) team. Statewide coordination of this program is based at UC Berkeley.
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This regional Fire Science Exchange is one of 15 regional fire science exchanges sponsored by Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP).
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