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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Potter, Newstead, Quintilio, Lee
From the text: 'As an aid to improved presuppression and initial-attack planning, a simple fire containment model programmed for the Texas Instruments Model 59 (TI-59) hand-held calculator has been developed at the Northern Forest Research Centre. The model was derived in part…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Murgai
This paper describes the results of examining the influence of radiative heat transfer on turbulent natural convection above fires in an atmosphere of constant potential temperature, under both the 'opaque' and 'transparent' approximations. It turns out that on the basis of the…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Carleton, Maycock
One hundred and ninety-seven boreal forest stands, in a region of Ontario and Quebec south of James Bay, were examined. Tree species were summarized as relative density of each of five stem size classes. These data formed the basis for an exclusive polythetic divisive stand…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lawson
From the text ... 'It is now recognized that indiscriminate slash burning has no place in current forest management. We must improve prescribed burning practice to accomplish at reasonable cost what no other treatment can provide on many sites. The job is to rationally develop…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chase
This note presents equations for calculating maximum spot fire distance from firebrand sources in the Intermountain West based on prevailing windspeed, vegetation cover, and terrain in the area. The equations include the capability to predict spotting distance from a torching…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Weatherford
The mechanism of wood burning has been subjected to mathematical analysis. Extensive finite-difference computations for symmetrical and nonsymmetrical heating of flat wood slabs have provided results which appear to shed additional light upon the mechanisms leading to stable…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams
From the text... 'The final conclusion was, then that for the type of slash studied there is no need to adjust the slash hazard index for exposure through that part of the fire season when wildfires are more likely to occur but, if the ratings are to be used as guides in fall…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rogers, Hudson, Kocmond
Measurements of cloud condensation nuclei were made from small samples of stratospheric air taken from a U-2 aircraft at altitudes ranging from 13 to 19 kilometers. The measured concentrations of nuclei both in and outside the plume from the May and June 1980 eruptions of Mount…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Steward, Richard, O'Donnell
The rate of burning of wooden dowels injected into the centre of various test fires was determined by direct weighing. The curves giving the rate of burning vs. time of exposure are presented for dowels of length 88.9 mm and diameters ranging from 2.54 mm to 50.8 mm. Five types…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsh
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Burgan, Rothermel
A site-specific fire behavior fuel modeling system being developed by the Fire behavior Research Work Unit at the Northern Forest Fire Laboratory, combines simplified field measurement techniques with computer-assisted fuel model development and testing. The fuel models will be…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Garmon
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Saffell
'This note describes the modification required to convert an L.C.D. (liquid crystal display) calculator into a self-contained anemometer counter by the addition of a very simple circuit...' ©1981 British Ecological Society. Abstract reproduced by permission.
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
O'Neil
Young jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) were defoliated manually to measure the effects of defoliation on growth of this species, and to determine the relative efficiency of foliage of different ages with respect to growth. The removal of 2-year-old or 3-year-old foliage had no…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Newlon
'...Finally, in my list of basics, here are some of the basic steps to be considered when planning a public involvement program. --Define the issue in legal, ecological, social, and economic terms. --Communicate in layman's English, or in other languages--Spanish, French --as…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ratliff, Pieper
An approach for deciding final clusters of a dendrogram is provided. Whether developed by agglomerative or divisive cluster analysis, decisions start at the 2-cluster level of the dendrogram. Cluster density is viewed as compactness and, therefore, is related to interindividual…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ferguson, Leech
'In conclusion, we believe that David and West overstate the difficulties associated with the use of GLS and understate those with using OLS in the conventional manner. GLS is not a panacea, nor is it a technique for neophytes, but it does offer substantial advantages over OLS…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Loman
In an investigation to determine the fungal flora of lodgepole pine logging slash and the growth rates and decaying ablilities of the principal fungi in vitro as contrasted with conditions in nature, four hymenomycetes were isolated consistently and proved to cause most of the…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kronemann, Simpson, Britton
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tisdale, Hironaka
The objective of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of literature on the vegetation of the sagebrush region of North America. Since the objective is to document the current status of knowledge of sagebrush vegetation, emphasis has been placed on thorough coverage of…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jameson
Juniper trees are invading grasslands and greatly reducing grass production on large ares in western United States. Grass fires are being tested among other methods for the control of small junipers. To test effectiveness of grass fres in killing one-seed juniper (Juniperus…
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davis, Lyon
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Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Levickij, Pis'merov
Describes three types of clear-felled area (Calamagrostis arundinacea, Epilobium angustifolium on burns; mixed grasses and broadleaved herbs), and suitable ways of re-establishing conifers on them.
Year: 1962
Type: Document
Source: TTRS