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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Rorig, Bothwell
Dry thunderstorms are a major source of wildfires, and are disproportionately responsible for igniting major wildfires, yet currently dry thunderstorm predictions at high spatial resolutions are unavailable for most of the country. We propose development of improved dry…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
MacGregor
This proposal is in response to the Joint Fire Science Program RFP2001-1, Task 7: Develop scientifically based support tools to improve fire management decision processes. The proposed project takes the perspective that prescribed fire planning is inherently a problem of…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Kokaly, McAdams, Root, Walker
For the past several decades, prescribed fire has proven to be a valuable tool for managing federal lands. It is an economical and efficient way to reduce accumulated fuel loads resulting from prolonged policies of suppressing wildfires, Prescribed fire helps to control the…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Munger, Randall, Ryan, Smith, Sutherland, Zouhar
This project will update and increase the information on invasive plant species available in the Fire Effects Information System (FEIS), link FEIS to other Internet sites with high-quality information on invasive species, and report on information gaps in the scientific…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Randall, Ryan, Saveland
This proposal addresses Tasks 1 & 2 of Joint Fire Sciences AFP 2003-4: Develop information structures, tools, or decision support systems for accessing, disseminating, and applying wildland fire and fuels research results ... Produce readily understandable and useable…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Evaluation of Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Mitigation Methods and Development of Decision-Support Tools
The production of debris flows can be one of the most hazardous consequences of wildfires in the urban/wildland interface. Debris flows can occur with little warning, are capable of transporting large material over relatively gentle gradients, and may develop momentum and impact…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Prestemon, Abt
Decades of fire suppression in fire-prone forested regions of the western and southern United States has created conditions favorable for catastrophic wildfires. Systematic stand density reduction through mechanical methods or a combination of mechanical methods and prescribed…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Weise, Arbaugh, Chew, Jones, Kimberlin, Kurz, Merzenich, Snell, van Wagtendonk, Wiitala
Project Objectives: In addition to the 4 original objectives, we will: 1. Develop the data necessary to parameterize the 3 models for a selected site in Alaska. 2. Simulate potential fuel treatments for the Alaskan site. 3. Examine and model fire-size and landscape fragmentation…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Butler
This proposal outlines a request for funding to pay for equipment and travel costs incurred by a team that can be rapidly deployed to obtain measurements of energy transfer as naturally burning fires burn into and around clearings that may be characterized as firefighter safety…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Ottmar, Eberhardt
Knowing the amount of biomass and other fuel characteristics, and potential fuel consumption and emissions production is becoming increasingly important for making informed decisions on the use of prescribed fire, wildfires and wildland fire use fires. Consequently the Joint…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Zeller, Mathewson, Nikolov
Reliable forecasting of regional weather and wind flow patterns is critical for effective fighting of wildland fires and the operational management of prescribed burns. Accurate prediction of future wind fields is essential for predicting fire behavior; smoke dispersion, and…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Hoadley, Ferguson, Wilson
We propose to develop training resources to facilitate application of the BlueSky modeling framework and its Rapid Access Information System (RAINS) to Smoke and Fire Management and Operations. BlueSkyRAINS, developed under the National Fire Plan in cooperation with the…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Zhu, Key, Ohlen
This proposal responds to Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) Request for Proposals 2001-1, Task 4. Specifically, the proposed research is in direct response to JFSP statements that research is needed to 'develop, apply, and validate improved remote sensing applications for…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Finney, Bradshaw, Butler
The following constitutes a proposal submitted in response to JFSP RFP 2003-2 Task-i. One major source of uncertainty in fire behavior predictions is spatial variation in the wind fields used in the fire models. Mountainsides, valleys, ridges, and the fire itself, influence both…
Year: 2006
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Chojnacky, Jenkins
Beginning with our earlier database and synthesis of individual-tree biomass equations for North America (Jenkins et al. 2003; Jenkins et al. 2004), we will update with current literature on new equations, add equations including tree height (which were excluded in previous work…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Mason, Alvarado
This project will promote information exchange between tribes, agencies, research organizations, and institutions of higher learning to explore the feasibility, interest, and utility of developing a nation-wide program to improve information and technology transfer between…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Wright
JFSP goals can be achieved only if the resulting scientific information is effectively transferred to the users. Recognizing that science delivery approaches are often developed on an ad hoc basis without an overall understanding of the research application process, AFP 2 004-4…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Jones, Chung, Seielstad, Zuuring
We propose a 3-year project, which includes 1.25 year to integrate existing fire behavior and optimization models into a system for spatially scheduling treatments to maintain effective fire and non-fire fuels treatments at landscape scales, .5 year to test the system on two…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Hu, Higuera, Rupp
Fire and fuels management goals in Alaska are hindered by a limited understanding of fire history and the controls of fire regimes. Nowhere is this statement more accurate that in tundra ecosystems that cover nearly one-third of the state. Over 60 communities and 348 native…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Robichaud, Sims
Escalating costs of post-fire emergency stabilization treatments and the lack of available treatment effectiveness information were recently highlighted in two Government Accounting Office reports. Research and monitoring results from the past decade are providing the needed…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Miller, Ager, Finney
This project builds on and extends the completed work from JFSP project #01-1-1-05 to compare and evaluate burn probability (BP) models, and incorporate these into a risk analysis framework. During that JFSP project, the GIS model BurnPro was developed and used to estimate…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Affleck
We propose to organize a special invited session on conifer crown measurement and modeling strategies at the 2010 Western Mensurationists Meeting. This invited session and a follow-up workshop focused on conifer crown measurement and modeling strategies will bring together…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Smith, Lamb
Accurate information on regional background particulate matter concentrations is essential to burn permitting and airshed management. Such information is essential to efforts to comply with National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The standard approach (applied by Malm: # 01-1-5-…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Trainor, Hrobak, Rupp, York
We propose a fire science delivery and outreach consortium to encompass the state of Alaska that will engage scientists at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, BLM Alaska Fire Service, the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, two committees of the Alaska Wildland Fire…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Omi, Kaufmann, Martinson
We propose a four-pronged approach for synthesizing information on fuel treatment effectiveness: 1) Scoping exercises with land manager focus groups; 2) Review of relevant published literature; 3) Quantitative synthesis (meta-analysis) of comparable data sources; 4) Organization…
Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES