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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Shapcott, Rakotoarinivo, Smith, Lysakova, Fay, Dransfield
Madagascar has a highly distinctive flora and is one of the world biodiversity hot spots. There are more than 170 species of palms, the majority of which are vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered endemics. Palms are utilized for many human uses, many of which lead to…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Choi, Fernando
Vegetation fires emit a number of air pollutants, thus impacting air quality at local, regional and global scales. One such pollutant is the particulate matter (PM) that is known to trigger adverse health effects. In this study, the CALPUFF/CALMET/MM5 modeling system is employed…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bate, Yanoff, McCarthy, Bradley
The Nature Conservancy is working with the Bureau of Land Management to assess multiple indicators of ecological condition, including fire regime, across grasslands and shrublands in southern New Mexico. The purpose of the assessment is to identify restoration opportunities and…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Gao, Xiong, Li, Wang
The 3.75-µm and 11-µm channels on the polar orbiting NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) sensors have saturation temperatures of approximately 325 K. They allowed limited successes in estimating the sub-pixel fire temperature and fractional area coverage. The…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Olsen, Shindler
This report reviews the growing literature on the concept of agency-citizen interactions after large wildfires. Because large wildfires have historically occurred at irregular intervals, research from related fields has been reviewed where appropriate. This issue is particularly…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Furniss, Clifton, Ronnenberg
This conference was attended by nearly 450 Forest Service earth scientists representing hydrology, soil science, geology, and air. In addition to active members of the earth science professions, many retired scientists also attended and participated. These 60 peer-reviewed…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The International Association of Wildland Fire sponsored the second Fire Behavior and Fuels conference in Destin, Florida. The conference theme was 'Fire Environment--Innovations, Management, and Policy.' Over 450 attendees participated in presentations on the latest innovations…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Alexander
The primary purpose of fuels management has been to lessen potential fire behavior and, thereby, increase the probability of successful containment (Alexander 2003). More specifically, it has been to decrease the rate of fire and, in turn, fire size and intensity-as well as…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Jakes
To improve access, interpretability, and use of the full body of research, a pilot project was initiated by the USDA Forest Service to synthesize relevant scientific information and develop publications and decision support tools that managers can use to inform fuels treatment…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
McCool, Burchfield, Williams, Carroll, Cohn, Kumagai, Ubben
A series of syntheses were commissioned by the U.S. Forest Service to aid in fuels mitigation project planning. Focusing on research on the social impacts of wildland fire, this synthesis explores decisions and actions taken by communities before, during, and after a wildland…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Esposito, Jakes
Large fires can result in a series of disasters for individuals and communities in the wildland-urban interface. They create significant disruptions to ongoing social processes, result in large financial losses, and lead to expensive restoration activities. By being aware of the…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Riaño, Moreno-Ruiz, Isidoro, Ustin
An analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns of global burned area with the Daily Tile US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Advanced Very High-Resolution Radiometer Pathfinder 8 km Land dataset between 1981 and 2000 is presented. Nine distinct temporal and…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Shindler, Toman, Kruger, Stankey
This report provides a detailed summary of research conducted in multiple forest communities throughout the U.S. by forest social scientists at Oregon State University. Project work was supported by the USDA/USDI Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) in cooperation with the USDA…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Shindler, Toman
This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of TFSP agency communication strategies and partnerships with local organizations for fuel reduction programs. Research will be at the community level where federal fire personnel have begun to work cooperatively with local…
Year: 2007
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Martin, Raish, Kent
From Publisher's website: Wildfire Risk follows from an increasing awareness among fire experts that relying on fire behavior models from the physical sciences to design a risk management program is no longer sufficient - and that simply increasing public knowledge related to…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Black, Perin
To facilitate delivery and use of the Fuels Planning: Science Synthesis and Integration Project's (Project) products, the Project team engaged in a series of technology transfer activities throughout the life of the project. These included bringing land managers into the design…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS