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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Bailey, Anderson
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Quintilio
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fosberg
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Furman
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barney, Noste, Wilson
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner, Pickett
This report presents the equations for the new 1976 metric version of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index. In addition to the changes needed to accommodate metric weather data, several mathematical improvements are introduced as well. These eliminate certain anomalies in the…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
This Report is a technical comparison of the American and Canadian systems of forest fire danger rating. It deals with the three fuel moisture indicators in each system, as well as the indexes of spread and energy release or buildup. The final comparison is between the American…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
This report presents a suggested list of metric units and conversion factors for quantities commonly used in forest fire research, and suitable also for practical use in operational work. It follows the approved standards of the International System of Units (SI).
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martell
An interactive computer program that can be used to analyse historical fire weather data and determine how frequently specific prescribed burn fire weather prescriptions have occured in the past is described. The Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada.…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kiil
'Fire Spread in a Black Spruce Stand.-The Canadian Forest Fire weather Index Tables consist of a family of relative fire danger indices that are used throughout Canada to assist in general fire control planning and operations. However, the fire manager must predict real fire…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Dietz
Most western state laws pertaining to prescribed burning do not specifically deal with range rehabilitation. Prescribed burns require a burning permit issued by the State Forester, or his equivalent, prior to ignition during closed fire seasons. Air quality standards have been…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brotak
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fuquay
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Haines, Main
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard
This report examines air tankers from a systems point of view. The discussion begins by describing the fire control environment. Fire suppression is discussed from the resource management viewpoint. Emphasis then shifts to identifying the structure, components, resources, work…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Palmer, Auvil
Wind velocity, direction, and temperatures can vary drastically before, during, and after wild or prescribed fires. A data-recording system based on the logarithmic character of semiconductors has been developed for observing turbulent fluctuations from the mean in ratio form.…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Evans
In a year of catastrophic wildland fires across the country, Alaska once again had the dubious honor of being host to the nation's largest wildland fire.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Muraro
This paper deals with the application of fire management principles to satisfy land management needs. What is fire management? Briefly, fire management is the applicaiton of fire related knowledge to achieve specific land management objectives. In this case, the required fire…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Furman
The specification of moisture contents in forest fuels is an integral part of any workable fire-danger rating system. This paper presents a linear model for estimating the moisture content of the 100-hour timelag fuels. The variables in the model include yesterday's computed…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Beran
Stability of the atmosphere at different levels is one important factor affecting the behavior of forest fires, but the measurement of stability and other atmospheric phenomena is complex and difficult. The acoustic echo sounder shows promise for measuring these parameters and…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Furman
For reasons of economy it may be necessary to close one or several fire-weather stations in a protection area. Since it is logical to close those stations that will have the least impact on the ability of the fire manager to assess overall fire danger, it is desirable to know if…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
George
Several fire retardants in current use were dropped from the Canadair CL-215 to determine drop height effects and for evaluation of the tank and gating system. This was accomplished through the quantification and analysis of the characteristics of the ground distribution…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Smith, Morton, Leslie
Earlier models of fire plumes based on simple entrainment laws and neglecting dynamic pressure have failed to produce the relatively shallow inflow over the fire perimeter known as fire wind. This inflow is of prime importance in fire modelling as it normally provides much of…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Turner, Lawson
Weather elements affecting the calculation of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) are described. How to choose an adequate weather station site for fire danger rating observations, how to expose each weather instrument correctly, and the consequences of errors in…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Barney, Noste, Wilson
Rates of spread of wildfires were measured for different directions in various fuel types and various weather conditions in the fire seasons of 1969, 1970 and 1971. The rate of spread curves were compared with those predicted by the National Fire-Danger Rating System. The…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES