Applications in Fire Ecology & Management
GISC405
Description
This is an advanced-level course to cover the utilization of geographic information systems (GIS) for mapping and analyzing wildland fire and resultant ecological processes. The course offers a summary of the fundamentals of wildland fire science and fire management problems, with focus on the relationships of fire to climate variation, land use, and ecosystem processes. The course addresses in more depth the science and techniques used to map fire scars, fuel conditions, and post-fire ecosystem recovery through use of remote sensing and image processing. Additionally, this course addresses how fire data can be used in a GIS in order to support adaptive land management and critical decision making in the context of wildland fire.
Pre Reqs:
GISC-101 DE INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
AND
GISC-201 DE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR A CHANGING WORLD
AND
BIOL-335 DE ECOLOGY OF FIRE-DEPENDENT ECOSYSTEMS
Dates
Feb 26, 2024 — Mar 31, 2024
May 20, 2024 — Jun 23, 2024
Location
Distance Education - Online
Registration Information
For credit cost: $1410