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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Kanjanakunchorn, Woodard, McCornick, McDonald
Water is frequently used to contain wild or prescribed fires in a wildland situation. In this paper, we show why the commonly-available, relatively inexpensive garden-type soaker hose can be effectively used to contain fires. We present results on such performance…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Viney
A practical means of quanming the diffusivities of forest fuels from field data is presented. The mathematics of this method is explored for four fuel shapes: a litter layer, a hardwood leaf, a twig and a square fuel moisture analogue stick, which are represented geometrically…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Johnson
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Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
George
Studies of the performance of fire retardant delivery systems for fixed-wing aircraft have indicated that performance can be significantly improved by modifying delivery systems to allow the selectable and controllable flow of retardant from the tank. The report describes…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Loftsgaarden, Andrews
Logistic regression was used in examining the relationship between National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) indexes and historical fire occurrence data. Basic techniques of constructing and testing logistic regression models are presented at a modest mathematical level. The…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rothermel
The fire behavior nomograms are excerpted from How to Predict the Spread and Intensity of Forest and Range Fuel, by Richard C. Rothermel, with the exception of the nomogram for fuel model #7 which was updated for this publication.
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Haines, Smith
During intense wildland fires a transient vortex pair sometimes occurs that may form with a near vertical axis but then bends over and becomes horizontal. Collapsing limbs of these vortex pairs threaten fire fighters. Therefore, this study simulated vortex collapse in a wind…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Laursen, Hobbs, Radke, Rasmussen
Emission factors for several trace gases were determined using airborne measurements from 13 biomass fires in North America. Emissions of methane (CH4), nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHC), hydrogen (H2) and ammonia (NH3) were found to be positively correlated with the ratio of…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Scott, Arno
Forest managers need basic information about the age structure of old- growth forests in which fire or other disturbances were important. Age structure information is necessary for determining appropriate strategies for perpetuating desired conditions. This paper describes a…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Stokes
ANNOTATION: Eight countries collaborated and shared technical information on the harvesting of small trees and forest residues in a three year program. Proceedings and reports from workshops and reviews are summarized in a review of activities and harvesting systems of the…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Neilson, King, Koerper
Current projections of the response of the biosphere to global climatic change indicate as much as 50% to 90% spatial displacement of extratropical biomes. The mechanism of spatial shift could be dominated by either 1) competitive displacement of northern biomes by southern…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hoyt, Putman
This report concludes that a significant amount of timber (25,408 MBF) has been impacted by spruce bark beetles in the Lower Yukon District and that bark beetle population levels have subsided from epidemic levels of the late 1980's to more endemic levels. Bark beetle attacks…
Year: 1992
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yashwanth
The burning of an isolated leaf-like element was computationally investigated in a series of studies, motivated by recent burning experiments performed on live leaves of manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa). In this study, the relative importance of heating modes, effect of…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Harbour
Active Citizenship-what does it mean and how does it apply to wildland fire management?
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Heath, Anderson, Emery, Hicke, Littell, Lucier, Masek, Peterson, Pouyat, Potter, Robertson, Sperry, Bytnerowicz, Jovan, Mockrin, Musselman, Schulz, Smith, Stewart
The Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) process for the United States focused in part on developing a system of indicators to communicate key aspects of the physical climate, climate impacts, vulnerabilities, and preparedness to inform decisionmakers and the public.…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
In a period of great ecological and socioeconomic change, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service recognizes the critical importance of restoration to fulfilling its mission to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Reconstruction of fire regimes through integrated paleoecological proxy data and ecological modeling
Fire is a key ecological process affecting vegetation dynamics and land cover. The characteristic frequency, size, and intensity of fire are driven by interactions between top-down climate-driven and bottom-up fuel-related processes. Disentangling climatic from non-climatic…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bedía, Herrera, Gutiérrez, Benali, Brands, Mota, Moreno
Fire is an integral Earth system process, playing an important role in the distribution of terrestrial ecosystems and affecting the carbon cycle at the global scale. Fire activity is controlled by a number of biophysical factors, including climate, whose relevance varies across…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Thompson, Dunn, Calkin
In their Policy Forum "Reform forest fire management" (18 September, p. 1280), M. P. North et al. highlight public support and improved spatial planning as key leverage points to deemphasize fire exclusion and expand beneficial fire. Although these steps are necessary, we…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hand, Wibbenmeyer, Calkin, Thompson
Wildfires present a complex applied risk management environment, but relatively little attention has been paid to behavioral and cognitive responses to risk among public agency wildfire managers. This study investigates responses to risk, including probability weighting and risk…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bixby, Cooper, Gresswell, Brown, Dahm, Dwire
Fire is a prevalent feature of many landscapes and has numerous and complex effects on geological, hydrological, ecological, and economic systems. In some regions, the frequency and intensity of wildfire have increased in recent years and are projected to escalate with predicted…
Year: 2015
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Wright
Using fire and fuels management as an example, this two pronged webinar will cover current best practices for science delivery and report the results of a study designed to improve future science delivery by understanding potential science users. A survey of 500 fire managers…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Hart
The second of three webinars focusing on insects and fire, Dr. Sarah Hart, Department of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, presented on November 13th - Influence of recent bark beetle outbreaks on wildfire.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Sampson, Hansen, Riegle, Mellin
To inform wildland fire incident GIS resource people about the status of topics impacting the 2015 fire season.
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Drummond, Peterson
Join Firewise as we hear from Firewise leaders about how to host successful Firewise Community Days. You’ll learn why Firewise requires and collects this information, how to tell your community’s story, and the value in sharing this achievement. Courtney Peterson, Wildfire…
Year: 2015
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES