Browsing Theses by Subject "Wildfire"
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Forest Fire Prediction Using Heterogeneous Data Sources and Machine Learning Methods
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-18)Forest fires pose a significant and urgent threat to ecosystems and human lives, necessitating accurate prediction for effective mitigation strategies. Predicting forest fires has been a longstanding challenge due to the ... -
Wildfire and Forest Harvesting Effects on Natural Organic Matter: Implications to Drinking Water Treatability
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-19)Forested catchments are critical for water supply globally and provide ~60% of the water supplies for the world’s 100 largest cities and 2/3 of all water supplies, including drinking water for ~180 million people in the ... -
Wildfire Impacts on Water Quality and Treatability
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-31)Forests are critical source areas for downstream drinking water supplies in many parts of the world. However, large-scale landscape disturbance by insect infestation and wildfire—exacerbated by warming climate—can have a ...