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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Thermal characteristics of pinyon pine and juniper fuels used in experimental fires

Countryman
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Flame propagation along the interface between a gas and a reacting medium

Sanchez
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

An analogue method of estimating wood pyrolysis rates

Roberts
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Pyrolysis effects in the transfer of heat and mass in thermally decomposing organic solids

Murty, Blackshear
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Flame photometry theory

Pungor
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

A physical model for firespread in brush

Albini
The elements of a theory for the process of free spread of fire through brush are presented in terms of simple stepwise processes, which are analyzed separately but joined by their common physical parameters. The stepwise processes analyzed are: (1) Preheating (by radiation) and…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The fire whirl

Emmons, Ying
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Natural convection plume above a circular ring fire

Lee, Ling
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Fire behavior mechanisms in a red pine plantation: field and laboratory evidence

Van Wagner
[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Ponderosa pine bibliography through 1965

[no description entered]
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Modeling wind adjustment factor and midflame wind speed for Rothermel's surface fire spread model

Andrews
Rothermel's surface fire spread model was developed to use a value for the wind speed that affects surface fire, called midflame wind speed. Models have been developed to adjust 20-ft wind speed to midflame wind speed for sheltered and unsheltered surface fuel. In this report,…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Study of the jump fire produced by the interaction of two oblique fire fronts. Part 1. Analytical model and validation with no-slope laboratory experiments

Viegas, Raposo, Davim, Rossa
When two fires approach each other, convective and radiative heat transfer processes are greatly enhanced. The interaction between two linear fire fronts making an angle θoi between them is of particular interest as it produces a very rapid advance of their intersection point…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

The effects of forest fuel-reduction treatments in the United States

Stephens, McIver, Boerner, Fettig, Fontaine, Hartsough, Kennedy, Schwilk
The current conditions of many seasonally dry forests in the western and southern United States, especially those that once experienced low- to moderate-intensity fire regimes, leave them uncharacteristically susceptible to high-severity wildfire. Both prescribed fire and its…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Using periodic line fires to gain a new perspective on multi-dimensional aspects of forward fire spread

Linn, Canfield, Cunningham, Edminster, Dupuy, Pimont
This study was conducted to increase understanding of possible roles and importance of local three-dimensionality in the forward spread of wildfire models. A suite of simulations was performed using a coupled atmosphere-fire model, HIGRAD/FIRETEC, consisting of different…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Incorporating field wind data into FIRETEC simulations of the International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment (ICFME): preliminary lessons learned

Linn, Anderson, Winterkamp, Brooks, Wotton, Dupuy, Pimont, Edminster
Field experiments are one way to develop or validate wildland fire-behavior models. It is important to consider the implications of assumptions relating to the locality of measurements with respect to the fire, the temporal frequency of the measured data, and the changes to…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Modelling firebrand transport in wildfires using HIGRAD/FIRETEC

Koo, Linn, Pagni, Edminster
Firebrand transport is studied for disc and cylindrical firebrands by modelling their trajectories with a coupled-physics fire model, HIGRAD/FIRETEC. Through HIGRAD/FIRETEC simulations, the size of possible firebrands and travelled distances are analysed to assess spot ignition…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Interdependencies between flame length and fireline intensity in predicting crown fire initiation and crown scorch height

Alexander, Cruz
This state-of-knowledge review examines some of the underlying assumptions and limitations associated with the inter-relationships among four widely used descriptors of surface fire behaviour and post-fire impacts in wildland fire science and management, namely Byram's fireline…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Chapter 2: Fire behavior and effects: principles for archaeologists

Ryan, Koerner
From the Conclusions ... 'Fires have impacted cultures for millennia and fire will continue to impact contemporary cultures as well as the remnants of past cultures. The challenge is to manage vagetation/fuels to minimize damage to contemporary cultures as well as the cultural…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

JFSP Crown Fire Behavior Synthesis Project

Vaillant, Alexander, Cruz, Peterson
The Joint Fire Science Program (JSFP) is supporting a project aimed at synthesizing the currently available information on crown fire behavior in conifer forests (e.g., the onset of crowning, type of crown fire and the associated spread rate and fireline intensity). In addition…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

The JFSP Crown Fire Behavior Synthesis Project wants your input!

Vaillant, Alexander, Cruz, Peterson
What is this project about? The Joint Fire Science Program is supporting a project aimed at synthesizing the currently available information on crown fire behavior in conifer forests: onset of crowning; type of crown fire; associated spread rate and firelineintensity; other…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Atmospheric Dispersion of Alaska Wildfire Pollutants as Predicted by the WRF-Chem Model and Observations

Steufer
The WFR-Chem model can produce valuable smoke emissions and fire spread information along with up to a 72 hour smoke forecast. This model can be used by fire and resouce managers, city and borough personnel and others. Feedback is needed for improved graphics and output.
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES

Seasonal variation in moisture content of eastern Canadian tree foliage and the possible effect on crown fires

Van Wagner
Foliar moisture content was sampled in five eastern Canadian conifers and two hardwoods during 1962-65, and seasonal trends were estabished. These were basically similar from year to year despite weather differences. The moisture content of new conifer foliage and hardwood…
Year: 1967
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Wildland fire assessment tool user's guide 2.2

Tirmenstein, Long, Heward
The Wildland Fire Assessment Tool (WFAT) is a custom ArcMap toolbar that provides an interface between ArcGIS desktop software, FlamMap3 algorithms (Finney 2006) and First Order Fire Effects Model (FOFEM) algorithms (Reinhardt 2003) to produce predicted fire behavior and fire…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Sensitivity of fire successional models to fuels and climate

Fire simulation models that consider the complex dynamics of weather, fuels, and terrain are essential to forecasting fire behavior. A growing number of such models are available, so understanding the differences in their predictions and sensitivity to drivers of fire behavior…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Monitoring Trends and Burn Severity (MTBS): monitoring wildfire activity for the past quarter century using Landsat data

Finco, Quayle, Zhang, Lecker, Megown, Brewer
The Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS) project is mapping the extent, size, and severity of all large fires greater than 1,000 acres in the west and 500 acres in the east over the conterminous United States (CONUS), Alaska, and Hawaii. In 2012 the project reached a…
Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES