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Final Report: Examining Soil and Drought Dynamics to Improve Fire Forecasting in the southern Great Plains

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John Zak, 2018, Final Report: Examining Soil and Drought Dynamics to Improve Fire Forecasting in the southern Great Plains: .

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Precipitation amounts and frequencies are major regulators of soil heat-load profiles as the interval between rainfall events allows for increased heat storage during cloudless periods. The extreme drought of 2011 and the subsequent Flash Drought that occurred in summer, 2012, developed in part due to soil temperature dynamics across the landscape of the Southern High Plains. The negative impacts of highly variable soil temperatures on ecosystem process can be easily seen in family gardens. Most gardeners across the SHP realize that mulching has a beneficial impact on the success of any gardening effort as mulch reduces the heat storage of the soil thereby providing for a more stable temperature while also reducing maximum temperatures [...]

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John Zak

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LINKING PRECIPITATION VARIABILITY-Final Report.pdf
“Final Report”
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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • South Central CASC

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