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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Philpot
Diethyl ether and acetone were used to reduce the extractive content of aspen leaves. The leaves were burned in 0.5-ft^2 baskets and the weight loss rate was recorded. A direct relationship between extractive content and burning rate was found. This relationship emphasizes the…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George, Hardy
This Note published data on flame retardants in use at the time.
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Lee, Hellman
A combined theoretical and experimental study has been performed of the behaviour of firebrands in a turbulent, swirling natural convection plume. For the theoretical treatment, firebrands were idealized as spheres of constant density, the burning rate a constant for each type…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Weber
Some basic fire behavior phenomena are described in terms of analytical solutions to simple physical models for the heating of unburned fuel to ignition temperature by radiation from the combustion region. The most interesting result is a model for the intrinsic acceleration…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Larsen
Record of observations on forest/tundra ecology. Discusses northern soils, plant communities, climate, and faunal relationships. Includes maps, data, aerial photographs.
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schroeder
A number of studies have been made over the years in an attempt to relate pertinent weather factors (including fuel moisture) to fire occurrence. Generally, regression analyses were used. In such studies, all of the many factors that affect ignition of wildfires are necessarily…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Latham, Schlieter
Ignition of wildland fine fuels by lightning was simulated with an electric arc discharge in the laboratory. The results showed that fuel parameters such as depth, moisture content, bulk density, and mineral content can be combined with the duration of the simulated continuing…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews, Chase
The BEHAVE fire behavior prediction and fuel modeling system is a set of interactive computer programs. BEHAVE provides mathematical prediction models in one easy-to-use package. This paper describes prediction capabilities that have been added to the system. Since 1984, BEHAVE…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chrosciewicz
Moisture contents of organic forest-floor materials were studied by strata in a semi-mature jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) stand in relation to their within-stand locations and changes in both duff moisture code and fine fuel moisture code, the two weather-based components of…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Chrosciewicz
Moisture contents of organic forest-floor materials were studied by strata on a clear-cut jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) site in relation to slash distribution and changes in both duff moisture code and fine fuel moisture code, the two weather-based components of the Canadian…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Storey, Carder, Tolin
INFORMAP (Information Necessary for Optimum Resource Management and Protection) is a computerized system under development for storing, manipulating, retrieving, and displaying data for fire planning and fire control. A prototype for planning applications has been developed and…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Anderson
Experimental testing of a mathematical model showed that radiant heat transfer accounted for no more than 40% of total heat flux required to maintain rate of spread. A reasonable prediction of spread was possible by assuming a horizontal convective heat transfer coefficient when…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Main
This paper describes a computer program that calculates National Fire Danger Rating Indexes. fuel moisture, buildup index, and drying factor are also available. The program is written in FORTRAN and is usable on even the smallest compiler.
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stephenson
ANNOTATION: This paper provides an overview of the concept, development, and technology of flail debarkers.
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sandberg
Description not entered.
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sandberg
Description not entered.
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fischer, Beaufait, Norum
Conventional hygrothermographs can be modified as described here to record windspeed along with temperature and relative humidity. The fire-weather record resulting from the modification has several fire management applications, as demonstrated in field use.
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schmoldt
Residential encroachment into wildland areas places an additional burden on fire management activities. Prevention programs, fuel management efforts, and suppression strategies, previously employed in wildland areas, require modification for protection of increased values at…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fritts, Swetnam
This chapter reviews basis for some fundamental techniques, principles, and practices of dendroecology. Dendroecology refers to applications of dendrochronological techniques to problems in ecology. The important ecological problems for which dendroecological techniques are well…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Anonymous
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simpson
Basic geograpahic information systems and spatial analysis techniques are freqeuntly used in order to gain environmental understanding as a basis for landscape planning. While technical descriptions of such techniques are common, little has been written regarding their…
Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Montgomery, Cheo
The burning characteristics of several fire-retardant plants and Southern California chaparral shrubs of recognized high flammability were compared in muffle-furnance tests at 650 C. Fresh terminal growth of Atriplex lentiformis did not burn as readily as comparable material of…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kiil, Grigel
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Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barney
Fine-fuel moisture content tables, using dry bulb and dewpoint temperatures as entry data, have been developed for use with the National Fire-Danger Rating System in Alaska. Comparisons have been made which illustrate differences resulting from danger-rating calculations based…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander, de Groot
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Year: 1989
Type: Document
Source: TTRS