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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Topic
Year
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Shiplett, MacKinnon, Fischer, Neuenschwander
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander
A cooperative, jointly financed investigation between the CFS and Parks Canada was initiated in April 1977 to assess the historical, ecological, and managerial role of fire in PNP (Alexander 1977). The primary objectives of this venture are: (1) reconstruction of fire history, (…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tande
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wein
From the text (p.193) ... 'The objective of the present paper is to examine the fire literature to draw attention to cases where fire has lead to ecosystem degradation or where the potential for long-term degradation exists.'
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard, Young
From the Introduction: 'AIRPRO is a simulation model designed for computer implementation. Its purpose is to simulate the use of air tankers in wildland fire suppression operations. The model can be used to analyze a wide variety of questions with respect to air tanker systems,…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cwynar
Laminated sediment (presumed varved) from Greenleaf Lake was examined for evidence of forest fires. A 500-year section dating approximately 770—1270 AD. was analysed for influx of pollen, charcoal, aluminum, and vanadium using decadal samples. Intervals showing concurrent peaks…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martell
An interactive computer program that can be used to analyse historical fire weather data and determine how frequently specific prescribed burn fire weather prescriptions have occured in the past is described. The Canadian Institute of Forestry/Institut forestier du Canada.…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Takle, Brown
A hybrid density function is given for describing wind-speed distributions having nonzero probability of "calm.” A Weibull probability graph paper designed specifically for plotting wind-speed distributions is used to determine distribution parameters to within a few percent of…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brotak
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fuquay
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Haines, Main
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Marshall, Radhakant
Radar maps of precipitation at a height of 6km have been studied for the thunderstorms of one July day. Regions on these maps within which the intensity level exceeds 30 dBZ (corresponding to a rainfall rate of 2.8 mm h(-1)) represent thunderstorms, some single-celled and some…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
MacClement
The directions in which VHF pulses are received from thunderstorms are measured at the rate of over 600 s-l with elapsed time also stored every 10 ms during bursts. This provides detailed information regarding the sequence of directions to an accuracy of - or + 51, for direction…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Moore
It is now well established that fire plays an important part as a periodic disturbing influence on many of the forest types of North America. The species composition of such forests has undergone selection as a result of the regularity of fires during their history so that the…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sando
'Natural resource management is an important activity in our society. The conservation and current environmental movements have emphasized the importance of sound management of natural resources. While there may be significant potential gains for production of our renewable…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ripley, Saugier
(1) Microclimatic maesurements and flux determinations were made on natural Agropyron-Koeleria grassland during two growing seasons. (2) The calculated evaluation fluxes were analyzed in terms of the potential evaporation, soil moisture content, and plant water potential. The…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Evans
In a year of catastrophic wildland fires across the country, Alaska once again had the dubious honor of being host to the nation's largest wildland fire.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Muraro
This paper deals with the application of fire management principles to satisfy land management needs. What is fire management? Briefly, fire management is the applicaiton of fire related knowledge to achieve specific land management objectives. In this case, the required fire…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno
[no description entered]
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno
None provided
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wong
The atmospheric input of carbon dioxide from burning wood, in particular from forest fires in boreal and temperate regions resulting from both natural and man-made causes and predominantly from forest fires in tropical regions caused by shifting cultivation, is estimated to be 5…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Nelson, England
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lyon, Crawford, Czuhai, Fredriksen, Harlow, Metz, Pearson
Description not entered.
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Lenhausen
Samples of hardwood browse were collected on two burned areas to estimate CAG and total biomass. Current annual growth was determined by measuring from tip of twig to first bud scar. Samples were dried in an over for 20-24 hours at 100-105 deg C before being weighed in biomass…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Brown, Johnston, Van Cleve
Mineral exploration, mining, pipeline construction, recreation, and other activities are accelerating on alpine and arctic ecosystems in North America. These ecosystems are threatened with severe disruption; in some areas, esthetic, watershed, and wildlife habitat values have…
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES