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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Trigg
Calculated values of precipitation effectiveness index and temperature efficiency index for 48 weather observation stations on the Alaska mainland are used to delineate areas that have different climatic subclassifications during the wildfire season of April through September.…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schullery
From introduction: The Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA) fires of 1988 were, in the words of National Park Service (NPS) publications, the most significant ecological event in the history of the national parks (NPS 1988). Their political consequences may be as far-reaching as their…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McCleese
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stocks, Lawson, Alexander, Van Wagner, McAlpine, Lynham, Dube
Forest fire danger rating research in Canada was initiated by the federal government in 1925. Five different fire danger rating systems have been developed since that time, each with increasing universal applicability across Canada. The approach has been to build on previous…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Johnson, Woodward, Titus
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Payette, Morneau, Sirois, Desponts
The recent fire history of northern Quebec biomes (54 000 km2), including the northern Boreal Forest, the southern and northern Forest—Tundra, and the Shrub Tundra, was documented by examining size and dates of 20th century wildfires using tree ring techniques. Results showed…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chrosciewicz
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hartigan
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hirsch
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Countryman
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Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martell, Bevilacqua, Stocks
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Douglas
The application of weather modification techniques as a fire control tool was field tested in Alaska during the summers of 1969 and 1970. The 1969 trial was primarily exploratory. Data gathered indicated clouds or cloud-systems exist in interior Alaska which are amenable to…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Swift
A short history of the fire weather service is presented with a report on progress made under the 'Federal Plan for a National Fire Weather Service.' The highlights of the plan and its application to the requirements of forest and range management interests in Alaska are…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reifsnyder
From the text ... 'One area where great strides can be made is in the climatology of fire weather and its application to fire planning. Recent advances have been made in application of climatology to agriculture, and many of the same principles can be applied to forest fire…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Smith
The need to develop improved methods for damage appraisal and a desire for better understanding of the economics of forest protection are illustrated with some data on forest fires in British Columbia, 1912-1968. Fire suppression and general protection costs have increased very…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hamilton, Salazar, Palmer
Controlling wildfires within the wildland/urban interface has proven to be the most complex challenge facing wildland fire agencies. Although program improvements to increase the efficiency of interface suppression efforts have been suggested, the availability of information…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard
Implementation of Forest Fire Weather Forecasting requires the development for a procedure for obtaining representative wind speed observations for large areas. In this paper, a procedure is outlined whereby surface observations can be used to obtain area averages. The procedure…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Flannigan, Litwin
Wet and dry bulb temperatures from ventilated and non-ventilated screens can be used to obtain realistic values of relative humidity provided the appropriate psychometric coefficient is used. However, relative humidity from non-ventilated screens are subject to significant error…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harpster, Douglas
'...Whether in controlling the buildup index or in supressing fires once they are in progress, the techniques of weather modification must be considered -- at least at this point in their development -- as a potential supplement to other fire control techniques already in use.'
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fosberg
'Fuel moistures are among the most important environmental factors required in fire danger rating evaluations. Direct observations of fuel moisture such as with fuel sticks or other analog devices are desirable for evaluation of the current fire danger because they integrate all…
Year: 1971
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Smith
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McEneaney
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Higgins, Kruse, Piehl
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Romme, Despain
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS