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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Bock, Bock
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barney, Noste, Wilson
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Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ahlgren
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rutkosky
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hamel, Hooper
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Boster
Damage appraisal is the basis for fire-suppression decisions. Where timber is managed for production of maximum site rent, appraisal is a rather straightforward matter of applying standard financial criteria in a 'with and without' procedure. Where the aim is maximum mean annual…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wein
From the text (p.193) ... 'The objective of the present paper is to examine the fire literature to draw attention to cases where fire has lead to ecosystem degradation or where the potential for long-term degradation exists.'
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Takahashi
The water vapour concentration at the bottom of the flame of the wood crib was measured and correlated with other experimentally obtained data like welling up gas temperature, char yield and UV-absorption of the condensible substance, and the mechanism of the water generation…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harif
From the text...'The effect of burning on the germination and development of maquis plants allows the separation of the plants into two divisions: (1) plants like oak and Pistacia which have no store of seeds in the soil from former years. The fire destroys the seeds on these…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard, Young
From the Introduction: 'AIRPRO is a simulation model designed for computer implementation. Its purpose is to simulate the use of air tankers in wildland fire suppression operations. The model can be used to analyze a wide variety of questions with respect to air tanker systems,…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard, Young, Redmond
This report discusses the application of results generated by AIRPRO to specific air tanker problems in the Province of New Brunswick. First, the fire environment of the province is described, followed by an overview of the current air tanker system. The effectiveness of the S2D…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Methven
From the text:'In conclusion I would like to emphasize that the use to which fire ecology work is to be put must be kept in mind, namely to predict postfire vegetation development for an ecologic-economic input into fire and land management decision-making. This cannot be done…
Year: 1978
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
Williams, Broersma, Van Ryswyk
Energy balance measurements of evapotranspiration from very dry seeded rangeland grass (Agropyron desertorum) near Kamloops, British Columbia, are compared with daily equilibrium evapotranspiration estimates. The equilibrium model was found to seriously overestimate…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Vermaas
From the text... 'Controlled humidity chambers, are used to condition wood or pulp samples to various relative humidities (r.h.'s), for studies of certain properties (e.g. sorption behaviour) as a function of equilibrium moisture content. Sulfuric acid, glycerol or saturated…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cwynar
Laminated sediment (presumed varved) from Greenleaf Lake was examined for evidence of forest fires. A 500-year section dating approximately 770—1270 AD. was analysed for influx of pollen, charcoal, aluminum, and vanadium using decadal samples. Intervals showing concurrent peaks…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
James, Smith
Seasonally averaged caloric values (kilocalories per gram dry weight) of Populus tremuloides Michx. (trembling aspen) in southern Ontario were 5.17 for leaves, 5.04 for twig bark, and 4.55 for twig wood. The marked difference between leaves and twig wood reflects the differing…
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
Takle, Brown
A hybrid density function is given for describing wind-speed distributions having nonzero probability of "calm.” A Weibull probability graph paper designed specifically for plotting wind-speed distributions is used to determine distribution parameters to within a few percent of…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard, Young, Redmond
This report describes procedures used to validate AIRPRO - an air tanker productivity computer simulation model. It begins by discussing the general concept of validation and listing specific producedures that can be used to test models. The supportive components of AIRPRO are…
Year: 1978
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
Dissmeyer, Stump
[no description entered]
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