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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Brown
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Yeaton, Yeaton, Waggoner
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Agee, Biswell
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Kiil
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Rothermel
This manual documents the procedures for estimating the rate of forward spread, intensity, flame length, and size of fires burning in forests and rangelands. It contains instructions for obtaining fuel and weather data, calculating fire behavior, and interpreting the results for…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Olson
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Brown, DeByle
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fang, Steward
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Albini
Equations are presented by which to calculate the maximum firebrand particle lofting height from wind-driven line fires in surface fuels. Variables used are the fuel type, described as one of twelve stylized models used for fire behavior prediction, the fire intensity, and the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fosberg
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Taylor
From the Discussion ... 'This paper has dealt with the lightning effects and influences that cause primary concern in protection of the forest complex -- forest fire, mortality, injury, and damage from insects and diseases. Although it was written within the framework of…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Lyon
From the text ... 'Wildlife in the northern Rocky Mountains, as elsewhere, is a resource produced by land and vegetation....Wildlife populations, for example, have fluctuated over the past half century in direct response to the development of forest vegetation. These changes…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Radloff, Yancik
From the text:'This paper desribes two generalized decision models that partically characterize decision processes for the evaluation and execution of prescribed fires. Although the two models do not incorporate all the factors managers must consider in planning for prescribed…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Chrosciewicz
Seventeen experimental burns on various sandy clear-cut sites in southeastern Manitoba were broadcast seeded with jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) at a rate of 1.24 kg/ha to determine the specific treatment combinations that would produce acceptable regeneration. After two…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Van Wagner
From the text:'This article reports a laboratory attempt to measure the combined effects of sun and wind on surface temperature, and to test the form that a predictive equation should take. The general approach was suggested by some previous research on this question, which is…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Storey, Carder, Tolin, Storey, Carder, Tolin
From the text:'This paper compares INFROMAP with other information assembly and display systems, describes the concept and basic charcteristics of the system, explains how it may be used in fire planning and fire control, and considers the outlook for its future developement.'
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Norum
Factors for adjusting wind velocities from the 20-foot standard anemometer height down to an average wildfire midflame height (3.5 ft. for the fuels studied) are given for exposed, partially sheltered, and sheltered fuels in Alaska. The values are suitable for predicting…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Chandler
From the summary ... ' In summary, the results of these large scale fire tests, conducted under marginal burning conditions, were negative; but, paradoxically, I find this very heartening, for we can now be much more confident in our predictions of fire behavior to be expected…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Korovin
From the text ... 'The main task of the study of the nature of forest fires is to obtain quantitative characteristics which make it possible from known conditions of development of the fire to determine its basic parameters at each moment of time. The perimeter of the fire, its…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Blakely
The study quantified differences between fire-retarding abilities of monoammonium phosphate samples from five different sources. Ponderosa pine needles and aspen excelsior fuel beds were spray-treated with different levels of chemical solutions, dried, and burned under…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Quintilio, Bisgrove, Van
This paper reviews the unique aerial ignition device developed originally in Australia and the chronological work in Canada that eventually produced the Aerial Ignition Device and the Helitorch. It is of interest to note that the project has gone full circle in that Australia…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Alexander
Unfortunately, no provision can be made in fire danger forecasting to directly account for special atmospheric conditions that are known to have a profound effect on wildfire behavior (e.g., airmass instability, low-level jet winds, large-scale subsidence). Fire managers must…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Brandel, Omi
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Simard
This paper analysizes wind speed and direction distributions obtained at nine forestry stations and nine airports across Canada. The effect of differences in the distributions on forest fire danger rating is discussed. The major finding is that forestry stations have a…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS