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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Bergeron, Flannigan, Gauthier, Leduc, Lefort
Over the past decades, there has been an increasing interest in the development of forest management approaches that are based on an understanding of historical natural disturbance dynamics. The rationale for such an approach is that management to favor landscape compositions…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bergeron
Over the past decade, there has been an increasing interest in the development of forest management approaches that are based on an understanding of historical natural disturbance dynamics. The rationale for such an approach is that management to favour landscape compositions…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Viegas
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cuoco, Barnett
From the text ... 'The key consideration for the IC: always make the connection between observed and forecasted weather and observed and forecasted fire behavior.... When IC''s believe the observed instability conditions may significantly increase fire behavior, they should…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Morse
From the text ... 'Scotoma -- blindness to danger perceived as routine -- had taken hold and blocked out sensitivity to hazardous events or conditions present in the fire environment.... The relationship is clearly established between fireline fatalities and a lack of awareness…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Countryman
From the text ... 'Because of the difference in the fire environment patterns, the behavior of fire burning in a closed environment may be vastly different from one burning in an open environment. The concept of fire environment and fire behavior patterns is useful for the…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Davis, Chandler
From the text ... 'Vortex turbulence consists of a pair of miniature whirlwinds trailing from the wingtips of any aircraft in flight.'
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Colson
From the text ... 'Many fires have been designated as 'blow-ups' simply because of a lack of understanding of the factors controlling the behavior of these fires.'
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cramer
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Crosby
From the text ... 'Turbulent, gusty winds afect fire behavior by fanning the fire in spurts from varying directions, and by carrying heat and embers to fresh fuels.'
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Finney
Fuel teatment effects on the growth and behavior of large wildland fires depend on the spatial arrangements of individual treatment units. Evidence of this is found in burn patterns of wildland fires. During planning stages, fire simulation is most often used to anticipate…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Amiro, de Groot, Bothwell, Westhaver, Achuff
Complex interactions exist among ungulates, predators, humans, and vegetation in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Fire and herbivory are key parts of the interactions among these ecosystem components. Significant increases in human use, exclusion of fire, and thriving…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Englefield, Lee, Fraser, Landry, Hall, Lynham, Cihlar, Li, Jin, Ahern
The Fire Monitoring, Mapping and Modelling System (Fire M3) is an initiative of the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) and the Canadian Forest Service (CFS), both agencies of Natural Resources Canada. The goals of Fire M3 are to use low-resolution satellite imagery to…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Kafka, Parisien, Hirsch, Flannigan, Todd
Climate change could increase fire weather severity in the western portion of Canada's boreal forest. In this study, we evaluate how climate change could affect future landscape-level fire behavior potential. The study area extends over 135,000 km2 and covers the entire southern…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Air temperatures and thermal radiation measurements in full-scale wind-driven crown fires [abstract]
Spatial and temporal measurements of thermal energy transport from flames spreading through a boreal conifer forest are presented. Peak air temperatures exceeded 1200 °C and flame radiative emissive power reached 250 kW/m2. Measurements indicate that thermal radiation is the…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Wotton, Mason, Hartley, Stefner
Wind speed and direction measurements took place around the perimeter of each of the main experimental fires of the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment, Northwest Territories. Wind was measured at 2-m, 5-m, and 10-m heights at distances of 20 to 30 m from the ignition…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander, Lanoville
Several fuel treatment demonstration trials or case studies were carried out as part of the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME), Northwest Territories: 1) demonstrating the value of fully leafed-out trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands as fuelbreaks…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Valerio
On 4 May 2000, the Bandelier National Monument initiated a prescribed fire south and west of the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to reduce accumulated forest fuels near Cerro Grande Peak. On 5 May, the fire was declared a wildfire…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bothwell, de Groot, Dube, Chowns, Carlsson, Stefner
Nahanni National Park and the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary are ecologically important areas in the Northwest Territories. Fire history data in Nahanni National Park and the Mackenzie Bison Sanctuary were used for a comparative analysis in order to identify the most influential…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Jenkins
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown
From the text ... ''It will be a long time before those woods, more relentless than the waters, give up their dead.' -- C.E.Robinson, 1872 ...The drought was mild compared to the times leading up to other historically great fires in the Midwest. ...Surface fires scorched tree…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bosworth
From the text ... 'A policy of allowing all fires to burn would be just as flawed as the old policy of putting them all out. ...Our policy is to use fire where we can and suppress fire where we must.'
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Taylor, Wotton, Alexander, Dalrymple
Fire spread and flame temperature were examined in a series of nine experimental crown fires conducted in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Average rates of spread were 17.8–66.8 m·min–1 (0.3–1.1 m·s–1) over burning periods from about 1.5–10 min across 75 m × 75 m to 150 m ×…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Connor
From the text ... 'During my 24 years as a wildland firefighter, knowing that I had protected someone's home or community has always made my chest swell. ...The ying and yang of firefighting is partly this: By suppressing fire for so many decades, we have let fuels build up to…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Williams
From the text ... 'Where arid and semiarid landscapes were not already to their liking, American Indians often changed them. ...Broadcast burning was so useful for American Indians that it persisted into the early 20th century. ...Indian-set fires differed from natural fires in…
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS