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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Barney
With the adoption of the National Fire Danger Rating System in Alaska, the entire State now has a common method of rating forest fire danger for all proctection agencies. Uniformity such as this was one of the primary reasons for the development of a national system. Compared…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Albini
This paper presents a brief survey of the research literature on wildfire behavior and effects and assembles formulae and graphical computation aids based on selected theoretical and empirical models. The uses of mathematical fire behavior models are discussed, and the general…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Culbertson
Description not entered.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Maikawa, Kershaw
The postfire recovery sequence in spruce woodland growing on drumlins in the Abitau-Dunvegan Lakes area of the Northwest Territories is described. Four phases are recognized: year 1 to year 20, the Polytrichum phase dominated by P. piliferum, and Lecidea granulosa and L.…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mackay, Mackay
Experiments were carried out during the 1967-1972 period in an attempt to measure cryostatic (frost-induced) pressures by means of soil pressure cells installed in nonsorted circles (mud hummocks) at Inuvik, N.W.T. Although slight soil pressure increases were measured in the…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ahti, Hepburn
Description not entered.
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Countryman
Wildland fire involves both chemical and physical processes. When wildland fuel burns, its stored chemical energy is converted to thermal energy or heat through complex chemical reactions. But for the reactions to be started, heat must be physically transferred from a firebrand…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fischer, Hardy
Teaches fire tower spotters to recognize dangerous fire weather conditions based upon observation and measurements. Includes instructions on use of various equipments. Contains a complete two-color 'Relative Humidity and Dew Point Table' in the back.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Hefner
The forest resources of this country must be protected from wildfire. Protection does not eliminate fire but does reduce loss from fire. In recent years, more acres have been burned on the unprotected 3 percent of forest land than on the 97 percent under organized fire…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wright
From the text (p.1) ... 'The Forest Service of the Department of the Interior has long recognized forest protection as one of the important problems facing the people of this country. Scientific methods of increasing forest wealth can avail little unless the trees can be…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Guthrie
It is suggested that the melanism found in the arctic ground squirrel is due to the darker individuals being favored when burnt-over areas are invaded.
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
McCammon
Fuel moisture at the beginning of the fire season was evaluated by following the seasonal trend of moisture content of large forest fuels under a snowpack. Moisture contents at three sites throughout the period of snow cover provided data for linear regression models. The fuels…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Gillean
An account of a portable system comprising two 6-ft long antennae, a receiver and a plotter which can detect and locate cloud-to-ground lightning strokes within a 200-mile radius. The system worked well in tests in Alaska.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cushwa, Coady
One hundred and sixty-six samples of moose (Alces alces) rumen contents from the Fairbanks and Kenai areas of Alaska were analyzed to quantify regional and seasonal moose habitat interactions in Alaska. We are 95% confident that the frequency of major food items from 44 to 51…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brand, Keith, Fischer
Functional (dietary) and numerical responses by lynx (Lynx canadensis) to changing snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) densities were studied by trailing lynx for 900 km during winter 1964-68 and 1971-75 at Rochester, Alberta. Lynx populations on a 130-km 2 study area responded…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Vogt, Laurendeau
From the Summary: 'To meet ever-increasing energy demands in the United States, greater utilization of our coal resources is required. However, coal combustion produces oxides of nitrogen (NOx) which present a health hazard. The main source of these emissions is the nitrogen…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
DeByle
From the Conclusions ... 'Clearcutting and subsequent burning of logging debris in the larch -- Douglas-fir forests of western Montana caused some measureable changes in soil chemistry and nutrient availability. Nutrient cycling was interrupted, the soil environment was altered…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Spicer, Miller
The nitrogen-containing products of smog chamber reactions have been the subject of much controversy. Concern has arisen over nitrogen products because of the almost universally poor nitrogen balance reported for irradiated mixtures of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides. Some…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Foster, Morrison
Data on dry matter and N, P, K, Ca, and Mg contents and movements in soil and ground vegetation in a 30-yr-old natural Pinus banksiana Lamb. stand in northern Ontario are presented together with previously published aboveground data. Dry matter and N, P, K, ca, and Mg contents…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Carmen, Clark, Williams, Hannah
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alvares
Measurements of the ignition time and surface temperature, at the time of ignition for cellulosic fuels in varying atmospheric environments were made in order to help illuminate the mechanism responsible for the spontaneous ignition of these materials exposed to thermal…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Yumlu
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Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Farber
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Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS