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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Van Wagner
Foliar moisture content was sampled in five eastern Canadian conifers and two hardwoods during 1962-65, and seasonal trends were established. These were basically similar from year to year despite weather differences. The moisture content of new conifer foliage and hardwood…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Emmons, Ying
A fire whirl from a liquid-fuel pool (acetone) is formed at the center of a rotating screen which imparts a controlled angular momentum to the ambient air. Measurements show that outside of the core the fluid motion is that of a free vortex. A hot-wire method of measurement of…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rios, Welker, Sliepcevich
In the past, the authors and their colleagues have studied the effects of wind-blown flames involving burning gases and liquid pool fires. It would seem logical to conduct a similar study with solid fuels. This the authors have done, and they report their observations here.
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Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Cottam, Curtis
[Describes the point-quarter sampling method.]
Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Countryman
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gerstle, Kemnitz
Emission data have been derived from the simulated open burning of municipal refuse, landscape refuse, and automobile components. The data confirm that disposal of refuse by open, uncontrolled burning invariably leads to higher emissions than incineration and creates an…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Johansen
A method for testing the effectiveness of fire-retardant chemicals on woody fuels has been developed. The test involves the use of a preconstructed wood crib, one-half of which is treated with a fire retardant. The speed with flames pass through the treated portion of the crib…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reed, Harms
In the course of drawing up a forest-cover map, data were collected on forest types and their distribution, and rates of growth. It was concluded that soil type and superficial geology are relatively unimportant in controlling distribution of vegetation in the area, as compared…
Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Klein
Description not entered.
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Pegau
Several methods of evaluating reindeer ranges were tested on Nunivak Island and the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Aerial photographs or an aerial-visual method similar to those used in Sweden can be used to ascertain the boundaries and percent composition of the various vegetation…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lutz
This study was undertaken during the summers of 1949 to 1952 to provide a better understanding of the ecological effects of forest fires in the Alaska interior. The information sought related primarily to the effects of forest fires on vegetation, but effects on soils, fur-…
Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lutz
Description not entered.
Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Drury
Description not entered.
Year: 1956
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Barney
With the adoption of the National Fire Danger Rating System in Alaska, the entire State now has a common method of rating forest fire danger for all proctection agencies. Uniformity such as this was one of the primary reasons for the development of a national system. Compared…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ahti, Hepburn
Description not entered.
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hefner
The forest resources of this country must be protected from wildfire. Protection does not eliminate fire but does reduce loss from fire. In recent years, more acres have been burned on the unprotected 3 percent of forest land than on the 97 percent under organized fire…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wright
From the text (p.1) ... 'The Forest Service of the Department of the Interior has long recognized forest protection as one of the important problems facing the people of this country. Scientific methods of increasing forest wealth can avail little unless the trees can be…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Guthrie
It is suggested that the melanism found in the arctic ground squirrel is due to the darker individuals being favored when burnt-over areas are invaded.
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Alvares
Measurements of the ignition time and surface temperature, at the time of ignition for cellulosic fuels in varying atmospheric environments were made in order to help illuminate the mechanism responsible for the spontaneous ignition of these materials exposed to thermal…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Yumlu
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Farber
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS