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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Potter, Borsum, Haines
From the text ... 'This article updates the uses of the fire severity index called the Haines Index (HI). We discuss the original intended use of HI, its current operational use, some ways that users have modified it, and different aspects of HI that researchers are examining to…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text ... 'Federal, state, tribal and local governments are making unprecedented efforts to reduce the buildup of fuels and restore forests and rangelands to healthy conditions. Yet, needless red tape and lawsuits delay effective implementation of forest health projects…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Flannigan, Logan, Stocks, Wotton, Amiro, Todd
In this study we use historical relationships between weather, the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) System components and ecozone area burned in Canada on a monthly basis in tandem with output from GCMs from the Canadian Climate Centre and the United Kingdom Hadley Centre to…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Forest fires are one of the major threats to the environment, to socio-economic activity and also to human life. Throughout history several generations have attempted to understand the role played by fire in the forest and to manage it. The scientific community with its…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fleming, Candau, McAlpine
Analysis of Ontario's historical records from 1941-1996 showed that spruce budworm, Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) caused whole tree mortality within 389 x 103 km2. This amounted to 9.2% of the annually cumulative area with moderate-severe defoliation. Large (>2 km2) fires…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hill, Janik, Belak, Cotton, Dominicci, Johnson, Jones, Joy, Vargas
From the text ... 'Our work has shown that a single focal point is critical for efforts -- such as reducing severe wildland fires and the vegetation that fuels them -- that involve many federal agencies as well as state and local governments, the private sector, and private…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simon, Stratton, Forbes, Schwab
To test the assumption that forest harvesting can maintain wildlife through emulating natural disturbance, we compared small mammal abundance between seven post-fire and nine clearcut plots representing three ages since disturbance (4, 14 and 27 years). On each site, two Victor…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Arno, Allison-Bunnell
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
From the text ... 'The Wildfire Act is supported by the Fire Suppression Funding Solutions Partner Caucus and has been deemed especially critical in the face of global climate change. The Forest Service states that as a result of a changing climate, forest conditions are more…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Zhang, Kondragunta, Roy
The ratio of key elements such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and silica determines nutrient limitations that are important to regulating primary productivity and species composition in aquatic ecosystems. The flux of these nutrients in streams, as dissolved constituents or as…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wheeler
From the text lll 'Several types of firebreaks exist, and often more than one type of firebreak is used during a prescribed fire. Different types of firebreaks offer different levels of performance and permanence and have varying levels of installation costs. the firebreaks that…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stephens, Burrows, Buyantuyev, Gray, Keane, Kubian, Liu, Seijo, Shu, Tolhurst, van Wagtendonk
Mega-fires are often defined according to their size and intensity but are more accurately described by their socioeconomic impacts. Three factors -- climate change, fire exclusion, and antecedent disturbance, collectively referred to as the 'mega-fire triangle' -- likely…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Numerical prediction of size, mass, temperature and trajectory of cylindrical wind-driven firebrands
Mathematical models and numerical solution procedures for predicting the trajectory, oscillation, possible rotation, and mass and size time-evolution of cylindrical wind-driven firebrands are described and discussed. Two test problems and the results, used for validating the…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Nowak, Kershaw, Kershaw
Postfire development of cover and diversity was studied in an upland Picea mariana-dominated forest in theCanadian Subarctic. Short-term vegetation responses of 10- and 22-year-old cleared rights-of-way and a forest site were investigated two and three growing seasons after a…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Keane, Dillon, Drury, Innes, Morgan, Lutes, Prichard, Smith, Strand
From the introduction ... 'Announcing the release of new software packages for application in wildland fire science and management, two fields that are already fully saturated with computer technology, may seem a bit too much to many managers. However, there have been some…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Harbour
From the text ... 'Wildfires can be caused by an accumulation of dead matter (leaves, twigs, and trees) that can create enough heat in some instances to spontaneously combust and ignite the surrounding area.'
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cruz, Alexander
From the text ... 'Operational guides for predicting various aspects of wildland fire behavior, including crowning, are generally dependent on mathematical models that can take a variety of forms. The degree of accuracy in predictions of crown fire behavior is dependent on the…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander
Presented for Lesson 31 of the S-590 Advanced Fire Behavior Interpretation Course at the National Advanced Resource Technology Center in Marana, Arizona, 10-22 March 2002.
Outline of Presentation:I. CFFDRS StructureII. Fire Weather Index Module or SubsystemIII. Fire Behavior…
Year: 2002
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Zimmerman, Lasko, Kaufmann
Significant changes occurring in the wildland fire environment of the United States are generatinguncharacteristic shifts in the complexity, behavior, extent, and effects of wildfires. Increases in wildfire numbers, temporal and spatial scales, and ecological, social, and…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rains
This is a key note presentation by Michael Rains, presented at the Fire and Aquatic Ecosystem Workshop, held April 22-24, 2002 in Boise, Idaho. This presentation outlines the fundamental premise, long-term goals, key points, current and proposed funding, progress, and challenges…
Year: 2002
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
The following list of fire research topics and questions were generated by personnel from agencies and organizations within AWFCG during 2014 Fall Fire Review and through other solicitations. The topics were initially ranked by the AWFCG Fire Research, Development and…
Year: 2014
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES