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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Van Cleve, Viereck
Chapter in the book titled, Forest succession: concepts and application.
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Goldstein
[Not the abstract; do not cite.] Primarily dedicated to the influence of climate on white spruce near treeline; dendrochronological samples were used to reconstruct stand age and describe the history of disturbance for treeline stands of white spruce in the south-central Brooks…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Van Meter, George
Based on the hypothesis that the spatial distribution on the ground of fire retardant materials, dropped from fixed-wing aircraft, must be a result of the physical properties of the retardant, a series of experiments has been run to measure the dispersal patterns obtained with…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Baughman
Lists and annotates 326 references on wind velocity. Most references relate to wind acting within the local scale of forest fires. Citations are cross-referenced by subject and author.
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Warren, Vance
Remote Automatic Weather Stations (RAWS) have been developed and are now operational across the nation in a variety of geographical areas. RAWS acquire, process, store, and transmit accumulative precipitation, wind-speed, wind direction, air temperature, fuel temperature,…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Warren, Wilson
Provides a brief history of USDA Forest Service infrared (IR) research, current status of image systems in development, and future plans and projected uses of infrared imagery. Describes status of Forest Service IR systems research, development, testing, and usage up to the time…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George
Retardant coverage computers/slide charts have been developed for many aircraft and tank and gating systems in the national airtanker fleet. The computers indicate retardant delivery performance for specific tank and gating systems, and recommend coverage levels for various fuel…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George, Johnson
This report discusses a proposed new fire retardant system and the laboratory analysis and evaluation of the retardant solution produced. The proposed system utilizes ammonium sulfate, delivered dry and liquified at the base, as the active fire retardant salt. For use, the…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Marty, Barney
A guidebook has been developed to assist the fire managers and planners in estimating actual economic costs, losses, and benefits resulting from fire management activities. This guidebook was developed and tested on 12 National Forests during the 1977-79 period. The procedures…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
This report contains an annotated bibliography of the effects of fire, logging, grazing, and spraying on small mammals and their predators. Each citation lists keywords. A brief summary of the general effects of fire on some of the more common small mammals in western coniferous…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bradshaw, Fischer
This manual provides program writeups for two separate but related computer programs: RXWTHR and RXBURN. These programs are components of a system designed to aid fire managers in predicting the probable occurrence of desired prescribed fire weather conditions. The programs are…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Chase
This note presents equations for calculating maximum spot fire distance from firebrand sources in the Intermountain West based on prevailing windspeed, vegetation cover, and terrain in the area. The equations include the capability to predict spotting distance from a torching…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Albini
This note extends a predictive model for estimating spot fire distance from burning trees (Albini, Frank A. 1979. Spot fire distance from burning trees-a predictive model. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report INT-56, 73 p. Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Atkinson
Meso-scale atmospheric circulations.
[This publication is referenced in the "Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers" (Werth et al 2011).]
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Luti
A numerical model which can be used to study some aspects of mass fires is presented. The k-ϵ model of turbulence and the flame sheet model of combustion are employed. To account for the 'unmixed-ness' of the fuel and oxidant, a fraction of oxygen is treated as inert while…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Albini
A one-dimensional model is developed for the structure of the wind-blown, turbulent flame from a line fire in which buoyancy is the principal source of vertical momentum. A one-step, second-order bimolecular reaction between fuel and air is used, with rate proportional to the…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Palmer
Experimental, free-burning wood fires larger than 5 ha were similar in convection column volume after the initial buoyant, ring-vortex rose from the ground. The fire generated strong vorticity patterns which propagated upward into the convection column. The rotation suppressed…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sandberg, Ward
In this paper, the impact on air quality of prescribed fire for weed control is described, and management opportunities to control air pollution are discussed.
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Bankston, Zinn, Browner, Powell
This paper is concerned with the investigation of the detailed aspects of smoke generation during the burning of natural and synthetic solid materials under simulated fire conditions. With this objective in mind, the first portion of the paper is devoted to a review of relevant…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kerstetter
ANNOTATION: This paper reviews the topic of biomass air gasifiers. The gasification process chemistry is outlined and the operating characteristics of two types of gasifiers are presented. A few typical applications are discussed and the economics for a particular system are…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Meyer
ANNOTATION: This paper briefly describes the history of the logging industry in the United States. Specifically, harvesting technology and methods are discussed. Many significant and far-reaching changes have taken place in the logging industry since its inception in the mid-…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Robatcek
ANNOTATION: The purpose of the paper is to discuss some of the implications of improved residue utilization on timber sales activities. Improved residue utilization on timber sales requires new and innovative economic and practical approaches on timber sales. Varying uses,…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schweitzer
ANNOTATION: As the values of wood products increase, there are more economic opportunities to utilize residues. This is true both for dead-and-down materials and for previously unharvested stands which, together, make up the potential economic residues resource. A variety of…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Smith
ANNOTATION: The framework for harvesting and utilization opportunities for forest residues includes a number of long standing as well as recently enacted statutes. Air and water quality standards as set forth in legislation also have an effect on utilization opportunities. A…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sturos
ANNOTATION: Three processes have been developed in the United States, one in Canada, and one in Finland for improving the quality of whole-tree and forest residue chips. They have potential application individually or in combination. Two of them have been applied commercially by…
Year: 1981
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES