The Alaska Reference Database originated as the standalone Alaska Fire Effects Reference Database, a ProCite reference database maintained by former BLM-Alaska Fire Service Fire Ecologist Randi Jandt. It was expanded under a Joint Fire Science Program grant for the FIREHouse project (The Northwest and Alaska Fire Research Clearinghouse). It is now maintained by the Alaska Fire Science Consortium and FRAMES, and is hosted through the FRAMES Resource Catalog. The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Video about the 1982 Porter Lake experimental burning.
Year: 1982
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dyrness
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zasada, Argyle
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Boldt, Alexander, Larson
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
White
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bradstock
The effects of variations in fire intensity, frequency, and seasonality on the dynamics of four dry sclerophyll species, Banksia ericifolia, Petrophile fucifolia, B. serrata, Isopogon anemonifolius, are being investigated. These species have canopy-retained seedbanks enclosed in…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Steele, Cooper, Ondov, Roberts, Pfister
A land-classification system based upon potential natural vegetation is presented for the forests of central Idaho. It is based on reconnaissance sampling of about 980 stands. A hierarchical taxonomic classification of forest sites was developed using the habitat type concept. A…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Johnson, Strang
A study of 59 sites in the Central Yukon showed no strong correlation between plant community and time since burning, the post-fire seral communities being both site and fire-specific. Fire intervals were 33, 69, 57 and 62 years in the South Ogilvie, North Ogilvie, Eagle Plains…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rothermel
This manual documents the procedures for estimating the rate of forward spread, intensity, flame length, and size of fires burning in forests and rangelands. It contains instructions for obtaining fuel and weather data, calculating fire behavior, and interpreting the results for…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Seaver, Roussopoulos, Freeling
A preliminary decision analysis model addressing the choice among alternative suppression strategies on escaped wildfires is presented. A case study application of the model, in the context of an Escaped Fire Situation Analysis on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, is…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Johnson
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Feller
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Parsons, Bancroft, Nichols, Stohlgren
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Albini
Equations are presented by which to calculate the maximum firebrand particle lofting height from wind-driven line fires in surface fuels. Variables used are the fuel type, described as one of twelve stylized models used for fire behavior prediction, the fire intensity, and the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Haines
Observational evidence form nine crown fires suggests that horizontal roll vortices are a major mechanism in crown-fire spread. Post-burn aerial photography indicates that unburned tree-crown streets are common with crown fire. Investigation of the understory of these crown…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Anderson
Documents the analysis of wind tunnel experiments on fire spread that produced a double ellipse concept of fire area growth. This provides ways of estimating size (area), shape (perimeter), and length to width ratio of a wind-driven wild land fire. The only inputs needed are…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Calabi, Traniello, Werner
From the Introduction ... 'A main theme of eusociality is division of labor (Wilson 1971, 1975), which can be based on physiological differences (as in the case of the reproductive queen and sterile workers), morphological (size) differences among workers, or age differences…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Albini
The motion of a strong line thermal in an unstratified atmosphere is modeled to estimate a bound for its capability to life firebrand particles. It is found that the maximum height of a viable firebrand is roughly proportional to the square root of thermal strength. The…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Albini
A speculative, phenomenological model is formulated for the time-varying intensity and spread rate of a free-burning fire under the influence of nonsteady wind. The model is linearized by approximations and explicit solutions derived for the amplitude response of spread rate and…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Pyne
From the book jacket...'From prehistory to the present-day conservation movement, Stephen J. Pyne's narrative explores the efforts of sucessive American cultures to master this forbidding kind of fire and to use it to shape the landscape. He draws not only on academic experience…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text...'The purpose of this guide is to assist in the operational monitoring and evaluation of prescribed fires. A common approach to monitoring and evaluation will enable prescribed fire managers and resource specialists in different organizations and areas to share…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Radloff, Yancik
From the text:'This paper desribes two generalized decision models that partically characterize decision processes for the evaluation and execution of prescribed fires. Although the two models do not incorporate all the factors managers must consider in planning for prescribed…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS