Overview
Understand hydrological constraints on vegetation recovery after major disturbance.
How it works
Modelled soil saturation and MODIS NDVI are aligned over comparable periods before and after the Gospers Mountain fire. The analysis separates long-term trend agreement from year-to-year variation during recovery. These associations describe hydrological and vegetation behaviour; they do not by themselves establish a causal effect of soil water on recovery.
Modelled soil saturation and MODIS NDVI are compared at two temporal scales. Long-term trend agreement and year-to-year association answer different questions; neither panel presents numerical results or proves causality.
AI-assisted method illustrationSelected contributions
- Analysed soil-water and satellite vegetation data before and after the fire.
- Distinguished long-term trend agreement from year-to-year relationships during recovery.
Research status
Second author of “Long-term hydrological support constrains vegetation recovery after major disturbance”; abstract accepted for in-person poster presentation at BES Annual Meeting 2026.