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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Bridge, Johnson
Statistically acceptable fire frequency models using time since fire maps are iterative and require specialized statistical and graphical routines. We introduce an automated technique for studying fire frequency usinq Geographic Information Systems' analytical capabilities. A…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Archibald, Luke, Coneybeare
'Burning earlier in the season may reduce the need for pre-burn vegetation management treatments (e.g. herbicide application) on some sites...Burning in late spring to take advantage of low green-up levels may result in greater rates of fire spread and allow for reduced…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Allen
'The heightened recognition within the research community of the ecological linkages between Local sites and larger spatial scales has spawned increasing calls for more holistic management of landscapes (Noss 1983, Harris 1984, Risser 1985, Norse et al 1986, Agee and Johnson…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
A century of overly diligent fire suppression has left western forests in an explosive condition exacerbated by drought. The number and intensity of the fires this year has strained the resources of firefighters, making an already dangerous job more deadly than ever.
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McAlpine, Hobbs
A critical parameter for the initiation and propagation of a crown fire in the boreal forest is the height to the base of the live crown. The initiation of crown fire requires that the surface fire intensity must be sufficient to 'jump' the gap between the forest floor and the…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thomas
'Documentation and analysis for fire behavior events should become a standard practice with Fire Behavior Analysts, and not 'a nice to do project'. The FBA has a responsibility bfore leaving a fire to tabulate pertinent data and to write a report that summarizesthe key factors…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mutch
Declining ecosystem health in many areas is setting the stage for firefighters and prescribed fire personnel to be facing extreme fire behavior situations much more frequently now and in the future.
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Thoele
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gleason
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Rhoades
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Latham
PLUMP is a general -purpose, one-dimensional plume rise model for wildfire and prescribed fire planning. It calculates the characteristics of fire plu8mes, including vertical velocity, water content, excess temperature, rain, and ice. The model can also be used to determine the…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cornett
'The complexities of ecosystem management virtually require the use of GIS technology. The need to view and analyze ecosystems at a landscape level demands the spatial capabilities that only GIS can provide. The same capabilities will assist in modeling conditions and attributes…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cleland, Crow, Hart, Padley
'In this chapter, we present several concepts that are useful for defining, mapping, and managing ecosystems, and offer a brief prospectus of the use of remote sensing and GIS technoLogy in support of these activities. The topics presented here include (1) multiple factors,…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Woodard, Michalsky
A stand replacing crown fire was set in 1983 for the purpose of increasing the quality and quantity of a bighorn sheep range on Ram Mountain, Alberta. The area burned was a 250-year-old white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench] Voss) stand in close proximity to escape terrain and…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Joslin
'Smokey Bear, America's 'forest fire preventin' bear' for fifty years, has taken a lot of undeserved heat lately. Wildland fire management professionals--especially fire prevention professionals--must understand that heat and counter it to preserve Smokey's effectiveness.'
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Litvina, Takle
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Moody, Buchanan, Melcher, Wistrand
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McRae, Weirich, Johnson
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
McAlpine, Wotton
Forest fire perimeters, in both Canada and the United States are predicted with an elliptical growth model, or acellular growth model, that emulates an ellipse. Recently it has been shown that the fractal dimension, a measure of line "wiggliness", anda subdivision ofthe science…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lawson, Armitage, Dalrymple
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS