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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Amen
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Countryman
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Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Simard
From the Introduction ... 'It is a well known fact that the presence of moisture exerts considerable influence on the difficulty of ignition and the subsequent rate of combustion of forest fuels. Its effect on ignition is primarily a result of the fact that the water must be…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Smith, Thomas
Because cribs of wood are widely used to produce experimental fires it is sometimes necessary to predict their burning behavior especially when their burning rate is not controlled primarily by some other factor such as the window opening in a compartment. If the window is large…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Van
From the text...'In factorial experiments, the effect of two or more factors, each tested at two or more levels, is tested simultaneously. A factorial experiment with n factors and p levels is denoted as a pn factorial. The term factorial refers to the arrangement of treatments…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Meroney
A model forest canopy was designed to simulate the meteorological characteristics of typical live forests. Measurements were made of velocity, turbulence, drag, and gaseous plume spread within the simulated canopy. The resulting data compares favorably with Prototype field…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Van Wagner
A method for estimating wood volume on the ground is described. It requires only a diameter tally of pieces intersected by a sample line, and application of a simple formula. Theory for the formula is presented, and practical application discussed. The effect of bias in…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Van
From the text... 'The negative and contradictory results of many of the earlier experiments in forestry are primarily due to the inadequacy of the experimental design. Treatments were seldom replicated over the experimental area and in the statistical analysis of the data,…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Byram
The effective use of modeling techniques in the study of free-burning fires requires more knowledge of the essential scaling laws than has hitherto been available. These laws are developed for a stationary area or 'mass' fire by the methods of dimensional analysis. If fires are…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Anderson
In laboratory tests, the size of a flame front can significantly affect the rate of fire spread. The configuration factor of a given flame shape provides a method for relating flame fronts of various widths. The author discusses an analog system for determining the configuration…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Davis
Game theory and decision theory could help a fireboss evaluate strategies to use in forest fire control. This paper describes several types of matrix games, subjective utility, and various criteria for strategy selection. It shows, in scenario forms, how decision theory might be…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Rothermel, Anderson
Fuel beds of ponderosa pine needles and white pine needles were burned under controlled environmental conditions to determine the effects of fuel moisture and windspeed upon the rate of fire spread. Empirical formulas are presented to show the effect of these parameters. A…
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Keetch, Byram
The moisture content of the upper soil, as well as that of the covering layer of duff, has an important effect on the fire suppression effort in forest and wildland areas. In certain forested areas of the United States, fires in deep duff fuels are of particular concern to the…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Barney
In this report, we have presented spread index and buildup index frequency information for selected stations in Alaska. Also, methods to extract and utilize the information were discussed. In doing this, we have provided another tool for the fire planners in Alaska. The tool…
Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Rasbash, Langford
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Year: 1968
Type: Document
Source: TTRS