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Reuland, Jack, author Fassnacht, Steven, advisor Barnard, Dave, advisor Kampf, Stephanie, committee member McGrath, Dan, committee member 2025-06-02T15:19:51Z 2027-05-28 2025 Reuland_colostate_0053N_18802.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10217/240919 https://doi.org/10.25675/3.02333 The increasing occurrence and severity of wildfires in the Southern Rockies Ecoregion over recent decades requires a comprehensive assessment of the drivers of burn severity. This study uses Random Forest models to analyze the relative importance of landscape and meteorological variables in determining burn severity across the Southern Rockies Ecoregion from 2001 to 2020. Key landscape variables and parameters included latitude, elevation, fire behavior fuel model, and northness, while important weather and meteorological variables included minimum temperature, precipitation as snow, July/August precipitation, and maximum temperature. The model indicates that landscape variables were stronger predictors of burn severity, but the inclusion of weather and meteorological data improved model performance. This highlights the complex dynamics between terrain, vegetation, and weather/meteorology. This interdisciplinary approach provides insights for fire management strategies and emphasized the need for detailed landscape and meteorological data to predict and mitigate wildfire impacts in the Southern Rockies Ecoregion. born digital masters theses English eng Colorado State University. Libraries 2020- Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright. Embargo expires: 05/28/2027. Landscape & meteorological drivers of burn severity in the southern Rockies Text 2027-05-28 2027-05-28 This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights (https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/). You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Master of Science (M.S.) Masters Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Colorado State University embargo