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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Finney, Andrews
From the text...'The FARSITE Fire Area Simulator is a computer program designed to simulate fire growth using existing models of fire behavior found in the BEHAVE Fire Behavior Prediction and Fuel Modeling System (Andrews 1986) and in the Canadian Forest Fire Behavior Prediction…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sandberg, Hardy, Ottmar, Snell, Acheson, Peterson, Seamon, Lahm, Wade
From the text...'Major policy initiatives and implementation of new management strategies are currently underway in both air resource and fire management. Land managers are rapidly expanding the use of fire to manage ecosystems, while air resource managers are accelerating…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rochna
From the text...'High Expansion foam application has had limited use in wildland operations. Those who have been using it have experienced overwhelming success with little cost in manpower. As with all new tools, it must be experienced in action before it can be accepted.'
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Greene, Johnson
We examined the relationship between the post-fire regeneration density of Populus tremuloides Michx., Pinus banksiana Lamb., and Picea mariana (Mill.) BSP and their pre-fire basal area density at the spatial scale of 70 m (the width of the stands studied) in four fires in…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bauhus, Messier
This study compared the ability of conifers (Abies balsamea (L.) Mill., Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and deciduous trees (Populus tremuloides Michx., Betula papyrifera Marsh.) and shrubs and herbs to exploit soils in a southern boreal forest. Root samples were collected from…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Werth
From the text...'In conclusion, El Niño and La Niña are extreme phases of a naturally occurring climatic cycle known as the El Niño Southern Oscillation. Both affect wind and sea surface temperature patterns in the tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño is the warm water and La Niña…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Anderson, Romme, Meyer, Knight, Wallace
From the text...'Bill Wattenburg (Letters, Science's Compass, 6 Nov., p. 1051) accuses the U.S. National Park Service and ecologists quoted by Richard Stone (Research News, 5 June, p. 1527) of struggling 'to rationalize the official burning of the forests of Yellowstone in l988…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
O'Neil
An investigation of the radial growth of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) defoliated by the Swaine jack-pine sawfly (Neodiprion swainei Midd.) disclosed that growth rings were discontinuous and missing in cross-sectional disks from severly damaged trees. In young and open-grown…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thompson, Zollner, Bukenhofer, Hensley, Houf
From the text...'Obviously, there are many ways to categorize plants and animals that people are concerned about. For this chapter, the Terrestrial Team focused on the categories public land managers typically must address as part of their planning, habitat management, and…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Guldin, Loewenstein
From the Key Findings (No. 7)...'The use of prescribed burning as a tool for managing intermediate stands has increased nearly four-fold over the past 5 years and exceeded 100,000 ac in 1997 (due primarily to actions on the Ouachita National Forest). The Ouachita National Forest…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Guldin, Thompson, Richards, Harper
From the text...'This chapter provides information about the vegetation cover of the Assessment area. The types and areal extent of vegetation in the Highlands are of interest for many reasons. Vegetation cover largely determines the availability of habitat for terrestrial…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Savory, Butterfield
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Taylor
From the text: 'Research has demonstrated that a high correlation exists between the moisture content of fine fuels and the moisture content of the ambient air. The mortarboard psychrometer was developed by the Southern Forest Fire Laboratory to provide a simple, accurate, yet…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Arsdel
From the text:'A description of a simple, low-cost, weather instrument shelter that has been used in epidemiological studies of the University of Wisconsin, the University of Florida (Everglades Experiment Station), and the Lake States Forest Experiment Station is presented here…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cayford
In the fall of 1955 a forest fire burned approximately 12,000 acres of merchantable and young growth jack pine on the Sandilands Forest Reserve in southeastern Manitoba. A fact-finding observational study was carried out between 1956 and 1961 to determine the amount and…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martin
The physical properties of bark are virtually uninvestigated, and the resulting lack of knowledge has relegated bark to the role of residue. Significant among these properties are thermal characteristics, which are basic to the use of bark as thermal insulation. This paper…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae
A series of experimental fires was conducted to document point-source fire growth burning on full-tree harvested jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) sites with a feathermoss (Pleurozium schreberi (B.S.G.) Mitt.) duff layer. Results showed that the time for any of the fires to…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Coles, Conlon, Cotton, Eisenstadt, Goldfarb, Hutchison, Joy, Wolter
From the Executive Summary... 'Purpose: National forests of the dry, interior portion of the western United States that are managed by the Department of Agriculture*s Forest Service have undergone significant changes over the last century and a half, becoming much denser, with…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Li, Corns, Yang
Decisions for sustainable forest resources management require a better understanding of forest dynamics as a result of disturbances. Forest fires are one of the major types of natural disturbances in many forest landscapes. Existing fire regime models can be used in evaluating…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Timoney
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rodríguez-Trejo
From the text...'The worst fire season in Mexican history was in 1998. Drought conditions precipitated by a strong El Niño led to unusual fire activity, including crown fires, fire whirls, and rapid spread rates. A total of 14,302 fires burned 2,099,412 acres (849,632 ha) - 3.6…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Decker
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Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsch
Problems encountered in the field of ire detection and suppression are outlined. The experimental program for the evaluation of infrared scanning devices currently in progress at the Forest Fire Laboratory is discussed. Data accumulated to date on the nature of small fires and…
Year: 1963
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Imbernon
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davies, Unam
Atmospheric composition, local climate and sapling gas exchange were monitored to assess the short-term effects of smoke-haze from the 1997 Indonesian forest fires. Atmospheric concentrations of particulate matter, SO2, CO, CH4 and CO2, and relative humidity were elevated, and…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS