Analysis of Spatiotemporal Variations in Human- and Lightning-caused Wildfires from the Western United States (1992-2011)

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dc.contributor.advisorBartein, Patricken_US
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Alannaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-14T15:55:55Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-14
dc.description.abstractThe annual cycles of human- and lightning-caused fires create distinct patterns in time and space. Evaluating these patterns reveals intimate relationships between climate, culture, and ecoregions. I used unique graphical visualization techniques to examine a dataset of 516,691 records of human- and lightning-caused fire-start data from the western United States for the 20-year period 1992-2011. Human-caused fires were ignited throughout the year and near human populations, while lightning-caused fires were confined almost exclusively to the summer and were concentrated in less-populated areas. I utilize graphs and maps to demonstrate the benefit of a longer time frame in strengthening the findings and describing the underlying interactions among climate, society, and biogeography.en_US
dc.description.embargo2016-01-14
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/18702
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectClimateen_US
dc.subjectData visualizationsen_US
dc.subjectWestern United Statesen_US
dc.subjectWildfiresen_US
dc.titleAnalysis of Spatiotemporal Variations in Human- and Lightning-caused Wildfires from the Western United States (1992-2011)en_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of Geographyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US

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