Dr. Clark presents wildfire & forest monitoring research in CAL FIRE webinar.
Dr. Clark and collaborator Dr. Chris Hakkenberg from Northern Arizona University presented their research, which focuses on using a NASA space laser on the International Space Station, called GEDI, to assess forest fuel loads and predict wildfire severity. The CAL FIRE webinar can be viewed here
Scholarly papers associated with this work:
Clark, M. L., Hakkenberg, C. R., Bailey, T., Burns, P., & Goetz, S. (2025). Changes in GEDI-based measures of forest structure after large California wildfires relative to pre-fire conditions. Remote Sensing of Environment. 323, 114718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114718
Hakkenberg, C. R., Clark, M. L., Bailey, T., Burns, P., & Goetz, S. J. (2024). Ladder fuels rather than canopy volumes consistently predict wildfire severity even in extreme topographic-weather conditions. Communications Earth & Environment, 5(1), 721. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01893-8