Jack D. Cohen
Former Employee
Research Physical Scientist, Retired
Treesearch Publications
- Kimiko Barrett, Dave E. Calkin, Jack D. Cohen, Mark A. Finney, Stephen Pyne, Stephen Quarles. 2024. Redefining the urban wildfire problem in the West
- Dave E. Calkin, Kimiko Barrett, Jack D. Cohen, Mark A. Finney, Stephen J. Pyne, Stephen L. Quarles. 2023. Wildland-urban fire disasters aren’t actually a wildfire problem
- Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen, Jason M. Forthofer, Sara S. McAllister, Michael J. Gollner, Daniel J. Gorham, Kozo Saito, Nelson K. Akafuah, Brittany A. Adam, Justin D. English. 2015. Role of buoyant flame dynamics in wildfire spread
- Dave E. Calkin, Jack D. Cohen, Mark A. Finney, Matthew P. Thompson. 2014. How risk management can prevent future wildfire disasters in the wildland-urban interface
- Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen, Sara S. McAllister, W. Matt Jolly. 2012. On the need for a theory of wildland fire spread
- Sara S. McAllister, Isaac C. Grenfell, A. Hadlow, W. Matt Jolly, Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen. 2012. Piloted ignition of live forest fuels
- Russell T. Graham, Mark A. Finney, Chuck McHugh, Jack D. Cohen, Dave E. Calkin, Rick Stratton, Larry S. Bradshaw, Ned Nikolov. 2012. Fourmile Canyon Fire Findings
- Sara S. McAllister, Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen. 2011. Critical mass flux for flaming ignition of wood as a function of external radiant heat flux and moisture content
- Jack D. Cohen. 2010. The wildland-urban interface fire problem
- Mark A. Finney, Dan M. Jimenez, Jack D. Cohen, Isaac C. Grenfell, Cyle E. Wold. 2010. Structure of diffusion flames from a vertical burner
- Dan M. Jimenez, Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen. 2010. Design and construction of gas-fed burners for laboratory studies of flame structure
- Sara McAllister, Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen. 2010. Critical mass flux for flaming ignition of dead, dry wood as a function of external radiant heat flux and oxidizer flow velocity
- Jack D. Cohen, Mark A. Finney. 2010. An examination of fuel particle heating during fire spread
- Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen, Isaac C. Grenfell, Kara Yedinak. 2010. An examination of fire spread thresholds in discontinuous fuel beds
- Sara McAllister, Mark A. Finney, Jack D. Cohen. 2010. Critical mass flux for flaming ignition of dead, dry wood as a function of exernal radiant heat flux
- Kara Yedinak, Jack D. Cohen, Jason M. Forthofer, Mark A. Finney. 2010. An examination of flame shape related to convection heat transfer in deep-fuel beds
- Jack D. Cohen. 2008. The wildland-urban interface fire problem: A consequence of the fire exclusion paradigm
- Jack D. Cohen, Richard D. Stratton. 2008. Home destruction examination: Grass Valley Fire, Lake Arrowhead, California
- Elizabeth Reinhardt, Robert E. Keane, David E. Calkin, Jack D. Cohen. 2008. Objectives and considerations for wildland fuel treatment in forested ecosystems of the interior western United States
- Yvonne C. Barkeley, Chris Schnepf, Jack D. Cohen. 2004. Protecting and landscaping homes in the wildland/urban interface
- Jack D. Cohen. 2003. An examination of the Summerhaven, Arizona home destruction related to the local wildland fire behavior during the June 2003 Aspen Fire
- Jack D. Cohen. 2003. Thoughts on the wildland-urban interface fire problem
- Jack D. Cohen, Rick Stratton. 2003. Home destruction within the Hayman Fire perimeter
- Jack D. Cohen. 2000. Preventing disaster: Home ignitability in the wildland-urban interface
- Jack D. Cohen. 2000. What is the wildland fire threat to homes?
- Jack D. Cohen. 2000. Examination of the home destruction in Los Alamos associated with the Cerro Grande Fire - July 10, 2000
- Jack D. Cohen. 1999. Reducing the wildland fire threat to homes: Where and how much?
- Jack D. Cohen, Bret W. Butler. 1998. Modeling potential structure ignitions from flame radiation exposure with implications for wildland/urban interface fire management
- Bret W. Butler, Roberta A. Bartlette, Larry S. Bradshaw, Jack D. Cohen, Patricia L. Andrews, Ted Putnam, Richard J. Mangan. 1998. Fire behavior associated with the 1994 South Canyon fire on Storm King Mountain, Colorado
- Timothy Paysen, Marcia G. Narog, Jack D. Cohen. 1998. The Science of Prescribed Fire: to Enable a Different Kind of Control
- Jack D. Cohen, Jim Saveland. 1997. Structure Ignition Assessment can help reduce fire damages in the W-UI
- Jack D. Cohen. 1995. Structure ignition assessment model (SIAM)\t
- Jack D. Cohen. 1991. A site-specific approach for assessing the fire risk to structures at the wildland/urban interface
- Timothy Paysen, Jack D. Cohen. 1990. Chamise Chaparral Dead Fuel Fraction Is Not Reliably Predicted by Age
- Jack D. Cohen, Bill Bradshaw. 1986. Fire behavior modeling-a decision tool
- Jack D. Cohen. 1986. Estimating fire behavior with FIRECAST: user's manual
- Jack D. Cohen, John E. Deeming. 1985. The national fire-danger rating system: basic equations
- Larry S. Bradshaw, John E. Deeming, Robert E. Burgan, Jack D. Cohen. 1984. The 1978 National Fire-Danger Rating System: technical documentation
- John E. Deeming, Robert E. Burgan, Jack D. Cohen. 1977. The National Fire-Danger Rating System - 1978
- Douglas G. Fox, E.A. Howard, Jack D. Cohen, Michael A. Fosberg. 1976. Nonturbulent dispersion processes in complex terrain
- University of Montana, B.S., Forest Science, Wildland Fire Emphasis
- Colorado State University, M.S., Bioclimatology
Last updated March 10, 2026