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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Predicted residues and fire behavior in small-stem lodgepole pine stands

Brown, Johnston
Fuel loading, fireline intensity, and expected fire size were determined after harvesting small-stem lodgepole pine stands. Curves relating predicted fireline intensity to slash fuel loading and windspeed are presented. Removing about 15 tons per acre of residues reduced…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Airborne multispectral scanner data

Leckie
Classifications of airborne mutlispectral scanner data for forest defoliation assessment have generally met with only moderate success. Key factors affecting defoliation assessment (radiometric distortions within the imagery due to atmosphere, sun-object-viewer geometry and…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildfires as a source of fire behavior data: a case study from Northwest Territories, Canada

Alexander, Lanoville
[no description entered]
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Present-day vegetation in the northern Rocky Mountains

Habeck
The present-day northern Rocky Mountain vegetation is the product of a long history of geologic and climatic events that have interacted with the species populations composing the regional flora. General concepts relating to the organization, classification, and dynamic nature…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Protecting natural areas in fragmented landscapes

Noss
Natural areas usually are selected for protection according to the elements contained within them. A focus on content alone, however, is incomplete because the structure and use of the surrounding landscape will determine whether a 'protected area' will be able to maintain the…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

A reliability study of the lightning locating network in British Columbia

Gilbert, Johnson, Zala
To combat the major problem of lightning-caused forest fires in British Columbia, the British Columbia Ministry of Forests operates a lightning locating system developed by Lightning Location and Protection Inc. As of 1985, this network consisted of 18 magnetic direction finders…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The appearance and disappearance of major vegetational assemblages: Long-term vegetational dynamics in eastern North America

Webb
[no description entered]
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire-danger rating: the next 20 years

Deeming
[no description entered]
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Evaluation of National Fire Management System's escaped fire situation analysis

Dimitrakopoulos
According to National Fire Management Analysis System (NFMAS) assumptions, escaped fires are those that exceed the defined maximum size (1000 acres), containment time limit (8 hours), or the capabilities of the suppression forces dispatched by the user. Acreage for each fire…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Fire behavior system for the full range of fire management needs

Rothermel, Andrews
An "integrated fire behavior/fire danger rating system" should be "seamless" to avoid requiring choices among alternate, independent systems. Descriptions of fuel moisture, fuels, and fire behavior should be standardized, permitting information to flow easily through the…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Smoke and air resource management-peering through the haze

Riebau, Fox
This paper presents a vision of the future rooted in consideration of the past 20 years in the smoke and air resource management field. This future is characterized by rapid technological development of computers for computation, communications, and remote sensing capabilities…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Forest Fire Advanced System Technology (FFAST): A conceptual design for detection and mapping

Nichols, Warren
The Forest Fire Advanced System Technology (FFAST) project is developing a data system to provide near-real-time forest fire information to fire management at the fire Incident Command Post (ICP). The completed conceptual design defined an integrated forest fire detection and…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Fire danger rating: the next 20 years

Deeming
For the next 10 years, few changes will be made to the fire-danger rating system. During that time, the focus will be on the automation of weather observing systems and the streamlining of the computation and display of ratings. The time horizon for projecting fire danger will…
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Forest pest management report: spruce beetle

Holsten, Eggleston
Description not entered.
Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES