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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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The relative sensitivity of two bunchgrass species to fire

Robberecht, Defosse
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Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Modeling wind adjustment factor and midflame wind speed for Rothermel's surface fire spread model

Andrews
Rothermel's surface fire spread model was developed to use a value for the wind speed that affects surface fire, called midflame wind speed. Models have been developed to adjust 20-ft wind speed to midflame wind speed for sheltered and unsheltered surface fuel. In this report,…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Study of the jump fire produced by the interaction of two oblique fire fronts. Part 1. Analytical model and validation with no-slope laboratory experiments

Viegas, Raposo, Davim, Rossa
When two fires approach each other, convective and radiative heat transfer processes are greatly enhanced. The interaction between two linear fire fronts making an angle θoi between them is of particular interest as it produces a very rapid advance of their intersection point…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

The resilience and functional role of moss in boreal and arctic ecosystems

Turetsky, Bond-Lamberty, Euskirchen, Talbot, Frolking, McGuire, Tuittila
Mosses in northern ecosystems are ubiquitous components of plant communities, and strongly influence nutrient, carbon and water cycling. We use literature review, synthesis and model simulations to explore the role of mosses in ecological stability and resilience. Moss community…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Modeling soil heating and moisture transport under extreme conditions: forest fires and slash pile burns

Massman
Heating any soil during a sufficiently intense wildfire or prescribed burn can alter it irreversibly, causing many significant, long-term biological, chemical, and hydrological effects. Given the climate-change-driven increasing probability of wildfires and the increasing use of…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Smoke science plan: the path forward

LeQuire, Hunter
From the text ... 'Wildland fire managers face increasingly steep challenges to meet air quality standards while planning prescribed fire and its inevitable smoke emissions. The goals of sound fire management practices, including fuel load reduction through prescribed burning,…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Plant toxins and trophic cascades alter fire regime and succession on a boreal forest landscape

Feng, Alfaro-Murillo, DeAngelis, Schmidt, Barga, Zheng, Ahmad Tamrin, Olson, Glaser, Kielland, Chapin, Bryant
Two models were integrated in order to study the effect of plant toxicity and a trophic cascade on forest succession and fire patterns across a boreal landscape in central Alaska. One of the models, ALFRESCO, is a cellular automata model that stochastically simulates transitions…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

An econometric model for ex ante prediction of wildfire suppression costs

Yoder, Gebert
This paper develops an econometric model that can provide predictions of fire suppression costs (per acre and in total) for a given large fire before final fire acreage is known. The model jointly estimates cost per acre and acreage equations via Maximum Likelihood, accounting…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Using periodic line fires to gain a new perspective on multi-dimensional aspects of forward fire spread

Linn, Canfield, Cunningham, Edminster, Dupuy, Pimont
This study was conducted to increase understanding of possible roles and importance of local three-dimensionality in the forward spread of wildfire models. A suite of simulations was performed using a coupled atmosphere-fire model, HIGRAD/FIRETEC, consisting of different…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Incorporating field wind data into FIRETEC simulations of the International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment (ICFME): preliminary lessons learned

Linn, Anderson, Winterkamp, Brooks, Wotton, Dupuy, Pimont, Edminster
Field experiments are one way to develop or validate wildland fire-behavior models. It is important to consider the implications of assumptions relating to the locality of measurements with respect to the fire, the temporal frequency of the measured data, and the changes to…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Modelling firebrand transport in wildfires using HIGRAD/FIRETEC

Koo, Linn, Pagni, Edminster
Firebrand transport is studied for disc and cylindrical firebrands by modelling their trajectories with a coupled-physics fire model, HIGRAD/FIRETEC. Through HIGRAD/FIRETEC simulations, the size of possible firebrands and travelled distances are analysed to assess spot ignition…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Predicting fire frequency with chemistry and climate

Guyette, Stambaugh, Dey, Muzika
A predictive equation for estimating fire frequency was developed from theories and data in physical chemistry, ecosystem ecology, and climatology. We refer to this equation as the Physical Chemistry Fire Frequency Model (PC2FM). The equation was calibrated and validated with…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Interdependencies between flame length and fireline intensity in predicting crown fire initiation and crown scorch height

Alexander, Cruz
This state-of-knowledge review examines some of the underlying assumptions and limitations associated with the inter-relationships among four widely used descriptors of surface fire behaviour and post-fire impacts in wildland fire science and management, namely Byram's fireline…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Chapter 9: Implications of fire management on cultural resources

Timmons, DeBano, Ryan
From Wildland Fire Management Recommendations ... 'The protection of cultural resources during wildland fire is more challenging than for a prescribed burn. Treatment options available to mitigate the direct impacts from wildland fire include use of water, retardant, and fire…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Published papers for FSPro analysis in Alaska

Document of related published papers to FSPro analysis in Alaska from the 2012 Fire Modeling Workshop
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

FSPro analysis documents for Alaska

Document with links to FSPro analysis documents related to Alaska from the 2012 Fire Modeling Workshop
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Fire growth models in WFDSS

Stratton
Fire growth models in WFDSS worksheet with answers from the 2012 Fire Modeling Workshop
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Geospatial fire modeling considerations in Alaska

Stratton
Geospatial fire modeling considerations in Alaska handout from the 2012 Fire Modeling Workshop
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Atmospheric Dispersion of Alaska Wildfire Pollutants as Predicted by the WRF-Chem Model and Observations

Steufer
The WFR-Chem model can produce valuable smoke emissions and fire spread information along with up to a 72 hour smoke forecast. This model can be used by fire and resouce managers, city and borough personnel and others. Feedback is needed for improved graphics and output.
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Predicting the effects of climate change on fire frequency in the southeastern Canadian boreal forest

Bergeron, Flannigan
Although an increasing frequency of forest fires has been suggested as a consequence of global warming, there are no empirical data that have shown climatically driven increases in fire frequency since the warming that has followed the end of the 'Little Ice Age' (~1850). In…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Soil temperature and water beneath a surface fire

Campbell, Jungbauer, Bristow, Hungerford
We report here the results of laboratory and computer simulations designed to supply information on soil temperatures under forest and range fires. Measurements of temperature and water content in a soil column that was heated strongly at the surface showed a consistent pattern…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Relations between tree-ring widths, climate, and annual area burned in the boreal forest of Alberta

Larsen, MacDonald
Ring-width chronologies from three white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) and two jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) sites in the boreal forest of northern Alberta were constructed to determine whether they could provide proxy records of monthly weather, summer fire weather,…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire! Using GIS to predict fire behavior

Green, Finney, Campbell, Weinstein, Landrum
FIRE! is one example of GIS models that go beyond inventory, monitoring, and display to allow ecosystem managers to simulate the spatial outcomes of management and policy decisions. By making the ability to vary critical model assumptions readily accessible to the manager, FIRE…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

A long-term strategy for managing fire information

Calvin
Fire managers base a growing number of decisions on information from a variety of computer systems.
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire and organic soils: burning characteristics and biotic effects [abstract]

Hungerford, Frandsen, Ryan
An integrated study to define fire relationships in wetland soils is described The objectives are to define the limits to combustion (ignition and burnout), model heat and vapor transport, and predict fire effects in organic soils. The goal is to develop models to predict the…
Year: 1995
Type: Document
Source: TTRS