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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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McAlpine
The Drought Code component of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System is an indicator of long term drought and the associated impact on forest fire management. The Drought Code has definite seasonal trends, which can make interpretation of the current daily value difficult…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown, Murphy
Discussions with fire-weather forecasters and their responses to the questionnaire revealed that SFWF's for prescribed burns typically include forecasts for the planned ignition time and three twelve-hour periods as well as a long-range outlook, and that SFWF's are usually…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Wagner
From the Conclusion: 'The ultimate justification for conducting research on forest fire is a) that it is a complex natural phenomenon with both physical and biological dimensions, b) that it can only be described and understood through scientific investigation, c) that it…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lait
Text: 'Fire suppression offers the fire manager little or no time to prepare personnel for tasks which require considerable logistical preparation. Usually these aspects such as air tanker loading and retardant mixing are contracted out and are very expensive. Techniques such as…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Curtis
From the Summary ...'Successful prescribed burning on steep slopes in heavy fuels demands good preparation and planning from the start to the finish. Don*t overload the burn unit with fire fighters. Use only the personnel needed to accomplish the burn. It will not be easy and…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brown
From the Final Remarks...'Designing fire prescriptions to meet today's demand for skill and professionalism requires an orderly planning process. At the start of this process, fire objectives must be derived from land managment objectives and specifically stated in terms of what…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Matson, Schneider, Aldridge, Satchwell
This report discusses the potential usefulness of thermal infrared sensors onboard NOAA polar-orbiting satelites for detecting fires. In particular, the 3.8-micron channel is sensitive to high temperature sources such as fires. This paper will demonstrate how the 3.8-micron…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Anderson
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barkow
Fire is becoming recognized as a major issue throughout the North American continent. The last several years have seen major fire seasons in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. There are five areas where an international approach to fire management will be useful. Technology…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
West
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mutch
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
III
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Markhart, Smit
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Van Deusen
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ellis, Calkin
The central Brooks Range was glacierized in the highest, north-facing cirques during late-middle to late Holocene (Neoglacial) time. This Neoglaciation involved at least 5 major cirque-glacier expansions of similar magnitude, as based on lichenometric mapping of more than 50…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Rothermel
Aerial ignition devices are being used which can start fires by a succession of point sources or by a line of fire. Through the use of these devices, the fire manager has considerable control of the fire situation. Control of the ultimate fire behavior depends on the ignition…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Manfredo, Fishbein, Hass, Watson
ANNOTATION: This article discusses social considerations with respect to public wildland forest fire policy. Social attitudes, beliefs and behavioral intentions of wildland fire are described as well as the public's knowledge of the effects of fire. This study details these…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Includes 52 papers and 14 poster synopses that present current knowledge about ecosystems where whitebark pine and associated flora and fauna predominate. This was the first symposium to explore the ecology and management of these ecosystems, which are becoming increasingly…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Werth, Ochoa
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Barney
To sum up, policy, strategy, personnel and equipment employed to suppress forest and range fires has changed dramatically over the past 70-year history of the Forest Service. Most of this change has come during the past 25 years, with the establishment of research laboratories…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Klinka, Carter, Feller
Two closely related, critical decisions in forest management are: (1) selecting the best tree species to regenerate on a given site, and (2) devising the most appropriate method of cutting an old-growth stand with its regeneration in mind. Both decisions presume knowledge of a…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bradshaw, Fischer
Computer programs that facilitate obtaining climatological summaries of information stored in the National Fire Weather Data Library are described. Computer programs for enhancing reliability of data-deficient weather records are also described. Instructions for executing the…
Year: 1984
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bradshaw, Zackrisson
Successional processes within northern Swedish boreal forest are investigated for the last 2000 years by analysis of pollen, charcoal fragments and insect remains preserved in a deep mor humus layer on a small island in a large lake. Frequent disturbances by fire, blow-down,…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bonan, Shugart, Urban
A gap model of environmental processes and vegetation patterns in boreal forests was used to examine the sensitivity of permafrost and permafrostfree forests in interior Alaska to air temperature and precipitation changes. These analyses indicated that in the uplands of interior…
Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES