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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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In 2005 the USDA and DOE jointly published a report concluding that it would be technically feasible to supply a billion dry tons of biomass annually from farms and forests throughout the United States in support of an emerging bioenergy and bioproducts industry. The report was…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yi, McGuire, Harden, Kasischke, Manies, Hinzman, Liljedahl, Randerson, Liu, Romanovsky, Marchenko, Kim
Soil temperature and moisture are important factors that control many ecosystem processes. However, interactions between soil thermal and hydrological processes are not adequately understood in cold regions, where the frozen soil, fire disturbance, and soil drainage play…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Becker, Larson, Lowell
The Harvest Cost-Revenue Estimator, a financial model, was used to examine the cost sensitivity of forest biomass harvesting scenarios to targeted policies designed to stimulate wildfire hazardous fuel reduction projects. The policies selected represent actual policies enacted…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Eck, Holben, Reid, Sinyuk, Hyer, O'Neill, Shaw, Vande Castle, Chapin, Dubovik, Smirnov, Vermote, Schafer, Giles, Slutsker, Sorokine, Newcomb
Long-term monitoring of aerosol optical properties at a boreal forest AERONET site in interior Alaska was performed from 1994 through 2008 (excluding winter), Large interannual variability was observed, with some years showing near background aerosol optical depth (AOD) levels…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Balshi, McGuire, Duffy, Flannigan, Walsh, Melillo
Fire is a common disturbance in the North American boreal forest that influences ecosystem structure and function. The temporal and spatial dynamics of fire are likely to be altered as climate continues to change. In this study, we ask the question: how will area burned in…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
O'Donnell, Turetsky, Harden, Manies, Pruett, Shetler, Neff
We present findings from two complementary studies that examine how fire modifies soil organic matter properties, and how these modifications influence rates of decomposition and carbon (C) exchange in black spruce (Picea mariana) ecosystems of interior Alaska. Our laboratory…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Trainor, Calef, Natcher, Chapin, McGuire, Huntington, Duffy, Rupp, DeWilde, Kwart, Fresco, Lovecraft
We have learned that although urban and rural communities in interior Alaska face similar increased exposure to wildfire as a result of climate change, important differences exist in their sensitivity to these biophysical, climate-induced changes. In particular, reliance on wild…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Betts, Jones
With climatic warming, wildfire occurrence is increasing in the boreal forest of interior Alaska. Loss of catchment vegetation during fire can impact streams directly through altered solute and debris inputs and changed light and temperature regimes. Over longer time scales,…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Balshi, McGuire, Duffy, Flannigan, Kicklighter, Melillo
The boreal forest contains large reserves of carbon. Across this region, wildfires influence the temporal and spatial dynamics of carbon storage. In this study, we estimate fire emissions and changes in carbon storage for boreal North America over the 21st century. We use a…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Euskirchen, McGuire, Rupp, Chapin, Walsh
In high latitudes, changes in climate impact fire regimes and snow cover duration, altering the surface albedo and the heating of the regional atmosphere. In the western Arctic, under four scenarios of future climate change and future fire regimes (2003-2100), we examined…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Joly, Rupp, Jandt, Chapin
Wildfire is the dominant ecological driver in boreal forest ecosystems. Although much less is known, it also affects tundra ecosystems. Fires effectively consume fruticose lichens, the primary winter forage for caribou, in both boreal and tundra ecosystems. We summarize 1950-…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
A whole host of computerized decision support systems and tools have emerged in recent years for use in wildland fire and fuel management (Peterson and others 2007). Few would argue with the notion that models and modeling are an integral component of modern day management…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Butler
One of the most critical decisions made on wildland fires is the identification of suitable safety zones for firefighters during daily fire management operations. To be effective (timely, repeatable, and accurate), these decisions rely on good training and judgement, but also on…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Firewise Alaska is a reference guide developed by the Alaska Wildland Fire Coordinating Group. Homeowners can take effective measures to protect their homes and property. Adopting Firewise principles can reduce your risk of damage or loss to your property and community. This…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
The A-Unit of the Nenana Ridge burn project was ignited with a test burn at 13:40 on 6/17/09. This report highlights the chronology of the burn, fuel conditions, and fire effects and fuel treatment effectiveness of the experimental burn in the Alaskan boreal forest.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
Local residents, working with the village council and Alaska Fire Service, received federal funding to reduce the fire risk and hazard to private residential structures by modifying fuel structure and continuity of 66 acres around the community of Tanacross. Treatment was…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kolden
Recent research efforts indicate that wildfire will increase in Alaska under projected climate change. While predicting area burned is important, it doesn?t tell the whole story of how wildfires impact the landscape. A recent USGS research project set out to determine how…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barnes
The National Park Service in Alaska has several hazardous fuels projects that are being monitored for successional changes and potential fuel break effectiveness. Lessons learned from these projects are discussed in this presentation.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Higuera, Chipman, Barnes, Rupp, Urban, Hu
Evidence from charcoal and pollen found in lake sediments suggest that increased climate drying along with greater shrub dominance will likely increase fire frequency in tundra ecosystems.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Duffy
The goal of this proposed project is to estimate the disturbance regime and environmental conditions that would result in dominance of grassland at roughly one square kilometer spatial resolution.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hollingsworth, Mack, Hewitt, Taylor, Chapin
Post-burn data from the 2007 Anaktuvuk River Fire has been analyzed and compared to boreal forest post-fire effects.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hrobak
This short presentation highlights updated features of the Alaska Large Fire History Database (found on the AICC Map Products webpage: http://fire.ak.blm.gov/predsvcs/maps.php) as of May 2009.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fleming
The presentation briefly discusses a proposal on creating additional classifications.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Olson
The FRAMES Alaska Fire Portal provides information about fire science technology relevant to Alaska. This website allows users to quickly find projects, tools, documents, websites, and data.
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Drury, Funk, Raffuse, Rauscher
The Joint Fire Science Program and the National Interagency Fuels Coordination Group developed the IFT-DSS in collaboration with fuels specialists to encourage scientific collaboration across agencies, control long-term costs, and improve the quality of data analysis. This will…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES