|
UPDATE: this course will be
called RNGE - 404 during the Spring of 2007. IF you need help registering
for this class please contact Chad Hoffman or Eva Strand. Thanks This course introduces the student to applications of
GIS in fire ecology research and management. The course gives the student
insight in fire incident mapping, creation of fire progression maps, GIS
overlay analysis, fire severity assessments using remote sensing, and fire
atlas data. We read and discuss research papers related to GIS and fire
research, engage in hands-on exercises producing BARC maps, fuel model maps,
analyzing fire-atlas data, and GIS overlay analysis of topography,
vegetation and burned areas etc. Through demonstrations, reading, and
exercises this course also gives the student a more in-depth understanding
of the role of GIS in FRCC assessments, modeling with Farsite and using the
Landfire spatial products. |
