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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Skinner
Historical relationships (1959-1999), as determined by previous studies, between monthly mid-tropospheric flow at 500 mb and area burned in Canada are examined by ecozone. Future changes in 500 mb heights, as suggested by a range of four IPCC suggested forcing scenarios from the…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jenkins, Krueger, Sun
We present a simple parcel model, a one dimensional cloud parcel model, that features entrainment, conversion of cloud condensation to rain drops, cloud water and rain water drag, and downdraft evaporative cooling. The simple parcel model is used to describe the ascent and…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cunningham, Linn, Reisner
The effects of vertically sheared winds on the behavior of wildland fires are examined via simulations of a coupled atmosphere-fire model. Specifically, the HIGRAD/FIRETEC model developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory is employed to explore the dependence of fire…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Nikolov, Zeller
Reliable forecasting of regional weather and wind flow patterns is critical for effective fighting of wildland fires and operational management of prescribed burns. Accurate forecast of future wind fields, relative humidity, and stability are essential for predicting fire…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ruminski, Simko, Kibler, McNamara, Kasheta
The Hazard Mapping System (HMS) is a multiplatform remote sensing approach to detecting fires and smoke over the US and adjacent areas of Canada and Mexico. This system is an integral part of the Satellite Services Division's near realtime hazards detection and mitigation…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Schmidt, Prins
Since August of 2000 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) have been used to detect and monitor biomass burning in the Western Hemisphere on a half-hourly basis using the Wildfire Automated Biomass…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Feltz, Moreau, Prins, Claid-Cook, Brown
Over the past 15 years meteorological satellites have been increasingly used for land surface applications, including fire detection and monitoring. Several automated algorithms now provide satellite derived fire products in near real time for hazards applications and to better…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fieldhouse, Dickinson
The extent of extreme fire behavior in the last several fire seasons has highlighted the susceptibility of current forested vegetation stands to crown fire, bringing it to the forefront of national attention. Though much attention has been given towards the wildland urban…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cruz, Butler, Viegas
Fire behavior models are essential components of fire management decision support systems (DSS). Such models allow the estimation of fire behavior characteristics; information that is needed for prescribed fire planning, tactical decision support during ongoing wildfires and the…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gaines, Golberg
The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) program has demonstrated leadership in biological information management. The NBII links diverse, high-quality biological databases, information products, and analytical tools maintained by NBII partners and collaborators…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Finney, Seli, Andrews
Modeling capabilities of the FARSITE fire area simulator have been expanded to include post-frontal combustion and smoke production. FARSITE previously simulated only fire growth, with the focus on the fire perimeter. The BURNUP model was adapted to account for smoldering and…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reinhardt
FOFEM 5.0 is a computer program that was developed to meet needs of resource managers, planners, and analysts in predicting and planning for fire effects. FOFEM predicts tree mortality from surface fire, based on flame length or scorch height, and tree species and size. It…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Miller, Davis, Black
We developed a GIS model, BurnPro, to estimate the probability of burning over a landscape. BurnPro estimates the annual probability of burning across the landscape from information on ignitions, rate of spread through fuels, historical weather, topography, and length of the…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jain, Graham
Burn severity (also referred to as fire severity) is not a single definition, but rather a concept and its classification is a function of the measured units unique to the system of interest. The systems include: flora and fauna, soil microbiology and hydrologic processes,…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Narog, Wilson
Sonoran desert vistas supporting Giant Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) cacti attract millions of visitors to the Tonto National Forest (TNF), Arizona each year. Unfortunately fires occurring during the last few decades burned large portions of mature saguaro habitat--landscapes now…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Paragi, Haggstrom
Fire suppression and limited timber markets are hindering maintenance of early-successional broadleaf forest for wildlife habitat near settlements in interior Alaska. During 1999-2002 we evaluated the efficacy of felling and shearblading (with and without debris removal) and…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Black, Miller, Landres
Most land management agencies are locked into a reinforcing feedback cycle in which perceived risks lead to fire suppression, leading to increased risks and further fire suppression. Existing tools and approaches for planning fire and fuels management perpetuate this cycle by…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fire ecology assessment tool -- monitoring wildland fire and prescribed fire for adaptive management
Prescribed fire has been recognized for years as an effective for tool managing wildlands. However, there are many resource managers who remain sceptical that fire is the appropriate tool for managing some ecosystems and especially some specific natural or cultural resources.…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Berg, Anderson, De Volder
The Kenai Peninsula has a low incidence of lightening and humans have caused virtually all historically documented fires. Nevertheless, our fire history studies show that, on a scale of decades to centuries, fire has been an important process on the landscape, second only to…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Withen
This study is concerned with 'Protection on the Fireline' especially as it relates to Human Dynamics, Personnel Protection and High Reliability Organizations. It has been understood for some time that the number of firefighting rules and regulations imposed upon the line…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bartlett
Fire-blocking gel, a new weapon in the war on wildfires, is being hailed by firefighters, property owners, scientists and government officials as one of the most important developments in fire fighting history. This new technology enables professional firefighters as well as…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wang, Kemball
Four boreal mixedwood stands burned by the 1999 Black River wildfire in southeastern Manitoba were sampled to study the effect of fire severity on the early (1999 to 2003) dynamics of vegetation recovery. Three fire severity classes (scorched, lightly burned, and severely burned…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hann
A natural fire regime is a general classification of the role fire would play across a landscape in the absence of modern human mechanical intervention. Five natural (historical) fire regime groups have been classified and defined by Hardy et al. (2001) and Schmidt et al. (2002…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bunnell
The demand for a nationally consistent condition variable for wildland fire and fuel management developed as a result of the 1988, 1990s, and 2000 fire seasons. Coming internally from administration and agency leadership and externally from Congress and concerned publics the…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rodríguez-Trejo
Pinus hartwegii is found in 17 states in Mexico, from 3 000 to more than 4 000 m above sea level. It is typical of the highest portions of mountains and above 3 500 m forms pure open stands associated with grasses and some shrubs. Among the natural disturbances that are…
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS