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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Miller
Discussion of the Nenana Ridge Fire presented at the 2015 Fall Alaska Fire Science Workshop.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Rogers
The degree and manner in which different fires affect climate is a complete unknown, but is expected to vary substantially and may in fact represent a currently untapped climate mitigation service. In this webinar, Rogers will provide background on these issues, and describe his…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Alexander, Cruz
In this webinar from May 7, 2015, Marty Alexander and Miguel Cruz discuss crown fire behavior in conifer forests. This webinar was part of the Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center Monthly Webinar Series.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Butler
Bret Butler, of the Fire Lab in Missoula, addresses the problem stated in the IRPG, of how to calculate the increase in Safety Zone sizes when considering slope and wind. Currently, there is a beta version Safety Zone Calculator android app available for testing and feedback.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Finney
Climate change is to blame for many destructive natural phenomena. But Mark Finney, a research forester with the US Forest Service, says that climate change isn't the cause for a seeming increase of fires around the western United States. Finney says that weather, even a dry…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Ziel
Current and future risks posed by wildfires are key elements in decisions about management of those fires. Carrying evaluations of that risk more than a few days into the future requires stochastic approaches that depend on the climatology of environmental conditions that favor…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Goodrick, Forthofer
Scott Goodrick, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, and Jason Forthofer, a mechanical engineer with the USDA Forest Service, present a summary of vortices and wildland fire. Vortices are almost always present in the wildland fire environment and can sometimes…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Barnes, Saperstein, Ziel
Jennifer Barnes, Lisa Saperstein, and Robert Ziel provide a quick refresher on WFDSS Fire Behavior Models, updates on fuel models for Alaska, and provide information on where to sign up to help with fire behavior modeling this summer. Near Term Fire Behavior (NTFB) Refresher -…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Keane
Wildland fuels may be the most important consideration in fire management, not just because they are important inputs for predicting fire behavior (i.e., how fast and intense a fire gets), but also because fuels are the only factor that can effectively be controlled by direct…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Potter
Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, presented a summary of the state of science behind spot fires. Spotting is one characteristic of "extreme fire behavior," capable of short range acceleration of fires as well as producing long-distance spot…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Potter
Brian Potter, a research meteorologist with the USDA Forest Service, presented a webinar on February 26, 2015 regarding the state of science with respect to the airflow associated with fire convection plumes. This includes the concepts of plume dominated fires, adverse wind…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Valachovic
During this Webinar, Yana Valachovic will discuss the types, placement, and maintenance of landscape plants to reduce risk of home ignition. She will also discuss various elements of home design that mitigates home loss during a wildfire.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
McLoughlin
REDapp is a universal fire behavior calculator developed with financial support from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), and in-kind support from fire management agencies across Canada. This application is currently in a beta stage of development, with public…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Jandt
Randi Jandt talked about the evolution of Alaska firefighting practices (field and management)over the past 50 years. We are starting to be aware of the changes in climate and in Alaska forests: is the wildfire "problem" the same one we faced a half-century ago? Have our…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Clements, Lareau
This webinar, presented on January 27, 2015 by Craig Clements and Neil Lareau from the Fire Weather Research Laboratory at San Jose State University, provides a discussion of wind systems in mountainous terrain, modeling fire behavior on slopes, and wind modeling tools.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Bailey, Wheeler
Jeremy Bailey and Ben Wheeler discuss the strategy behind the Fire Learning Network's Training Exchanges. They will also describe in detail how to create burn units across multiple landownerships in the Great Plains.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Guay, Weber
Part 3 of this series covered: Remote sensing indices (NDVI, NBR); Post fire planning (BAER); Demo of RECOVER Decision Support System.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Finney
This seminar is part of the USFS Missoula Fire Lab Seminar Series.
Technology has improved our utilization of existing fire models but has contributed little to advancing knowledge of fire spread. The knowledge of physical processes, and their organization in producing fire…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Stratton
Rick Stratton, USFS Fire Analyst from the Region 6 & Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland Oregon) gave a talk to a gathering of fire management officers and line officers April 3, 2015. In this 30-min edited clip, he gives a down-to-earth overview of common questions…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Identifying indicators of state change and forecasting future vulnerability in Alaskan boreal forest
This research is designed to understand the mechanistic connections among vegetation, the organic soil layer, and permafrost ground stability in Alaskan boreal ecosystems. Understanding these linkages is critical for projecting the impact of climate change on permafrost in…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kahn
Alaska and its neighbor to the east, Canada, have kicked off wildfire season in a major way. Blazes have raged across the northern stretches of North America, sending smoke streaming down into the Lower 48 and leaving the landscape charred. The multitudes of fires is a glimpse…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES