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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Kielland, Euskirchen
Wildfire is the most frequent ecological disturbance in the boreal forest and recent studies have documented an increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires in interior Alaska under a changing climate. Disturbance-generated landscape heterogeneity, such as fire, can…
Year: 2015
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar, Hudak, Dickinson, Potter, Urbanski, Kochanski, Mell, Liu, Brown, French, Larkin
The Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE) is a multi-agency, interdisciplinary collaborative effort to identify and collect critical measurements of fuels, fire behavior, fire energy, meteorology, smoke, and fire effects that will be used to evaluate and advance…
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Reinhardt, Keane
The primary objective of this project is: To revise the FOFEM computer model so new research results and computer technology are integrated into a complete and comprehensive fire effects prediction system suitable for supporting fuels management, environmental assessment, and…
Year: 2003
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Liu, Stanturf, Tian
Mega-fires can adversely impact air quality in the United States and the impact is likely to become more severe in the future due to the possibly more frequent and intense mega-fires in response to the projected climate change. This study investigates mega-fires and their air…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Kreidenweis, Coe, McMeeking, Sullivan, Yokelson
Although representing only a small mass fraction of the emissions from biomass burning, black carbon (BC) exerts a strong influence on climate. As a component of the atmospheric aerosol, BC absorbs visible light and warms the adjacent air, potentially altering the vertical…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Olsen, Spies
The purpose of this international scientific conference will be to bring scientists and managers together working on coupled natural-human systems (CNHS) in fire-prone ecosystems to present theories and findings on current work, discuss challenges and emerging issues, and to…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Palmer, Robertson
We propose to develop and deliver a national conference to bring together the fire management and research community to focus on fire ecology and management issues in northern coastal and interior climates. The objective of this 25th Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference is to…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Shindler, Olsen
Wildland fire management is a primary challenge for land management agencies and fire-prone communities in the United States and Australia. With the frequency and intensity of fires in both countries increasing, pre-fire programs for fuels reduction and post-fire planning for…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Robinson
The International Fire Smoke Symposium is proposed for the fall of 2013 and will be co-presented by The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) and the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) Smoke Committee (SmoC). The purpose of this conference is to convene air…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Busse, Hubbert
Soils are the foundation of terrestrial ecosystems. They provide essential nutrients, water, oxygen, heat, and physical support for the survival and growth of plants and living organisms. A soil's capacity to function within an ecosystem and adjust to land use disturbance…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Burgan, Latham
This work complements the work done by the 'Ecosystems at Risk' group, which is a national effort to map forest areas at risk to insect and disease. The Ecosystems at Risk program is sponsored by the USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, Ecosystem Management Corporate Team.…
Year: 1999
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Tanaka
The primary goal of this symposium is to facilitate communication and information sharing across desert, regional, and state boundaries. The workshop that follows the symposium will devise strategies and identify gaps in knowledge to reduce the loss of desert ecosystems to…
Year: 2009
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Chapin, Hollingsworth
Understanding the complex mechanisms controlling treeline advance or retreat in the arctic and subarctic has important implications for projecting ecosystem response to changes in climate. Changes in landcover due to a treeline biome shift would alter climate feedbacks (carbon…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Brooks
This is a proposal soliciting support for a symposium on the inter-relationships between fire and invasive plants. This symposium is scheduled for 1:00-4:30 PM, 6 August 2002, in Tucson, Arizona, as a special session of the joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America (ESA…
Year: 2004
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Miller, Parsons
Unroaded areas and areas managed as wilderness provide unique opportunities for applying wildland fire use (WFU) as a fuels management strategy and as a method for restoring historical fire regimes. But can WFU successfully restore historical fire regimes? An untested but common…
Year: 2005
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Robichaud
We are hosting an American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference to improve our predictive post-wildfire erosion models by bring together a broad spectrum of the scientific community to discuss and propose resolutions for current research issues confronting the post-wildfire…
Year: 2014
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Bowker, Green, Johnson, Rideout-Hanzak
The proposed project is designed to contribute to Task 1, Part 3 of RFP 2001-1 from the JFSP. Generally, the proposed study aims to improve understanding of the perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes of the public regarding fire, fire risk and fire recovery techniques in…
Year: 2005
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Kokaly, McAdams, Root, Walker
For the past several decades, prescribed fire has proven to be a valuable tool for managing federal lands. It is an economical and efficient way to reduce accumulated fuel loads resulting from prolonged policies of suppressing wildfires, Prescribed fire helps to control the…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Munger, Randall, Ryan, Smith, Sutherland, Zouhar
This project will update and increase the information on invasive plant species available in the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS), link FEIS to other Internet sites with high-quality information on invasive species, and report on information gaps in the scientific…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Randall, Ryan, Saveland
This proposal addresses Tasks 1 & 2 of Joint Fire Sciences AFP 2003-4: Develop information structures, tools, or decision support systems for accessing, disseminating, and applying wildland fire and fuels research results ... Produce readily understandable and useable…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Evaluation of Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Mitigation Methods and Development of Decision-Support Tools
The production of debris flows can be one of the most hazardous consequences of wildfires in the urban/wildland interface. Debris flows can occur with little warning, are capable of transporting large material over relatively gentle gradients, and may develop momentum and impact…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Robichaud, Maus
Mapping bum severity after wildfire events has been the focus of burn rehabilitation crews for decades. Burn severity can vary depending upon the type of fuel present and the duration of the fire in a given location, typically, burn severity is mapped as high, medium, or low.…
Year: 2005
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Moore
The DEASCO3 project will produce analytical results and a dynamic and accessible technical tool which enables Federal Land Managers (FLM) to participate more fully in ozone air quality planning efforts. We will turn complex technical analyses of a series of well-chosen historic…
Year: 2013
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Hoadley, Ferguson, Wilson
We propose to develop training resources to facilitate application of the BlueSky modeling framework and its Rapid Access Information System (RAINS) to Smoke and Fire Management and Operations. BlueSkyRAINS, developed under the National Fire Plan in cooperation with the…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Zhu, Key, Ohlen
This proposal responds to Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Request for Proposals 2001-1, Task 4. Specifically, the proposed research is in direct response to JFSP statements that research is needed to 'develop, apply, and validate improved remote sensing applications for…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES