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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Schultz, Heil, Hoelzemann, Spessa, Thonicke, Goldammer, Held, Pereira, van het Bolscher
In many regions of the world, fires are an important and highly variable source of air pollutant emissions, and they thus constitute a significant if not dominant factor controlling the interannual variability of the atmospheric composition. This paper describes the 41-year…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Jolly
Live fuels are a key component to the wildland fuel complex but little is know about their contribution to fire danger or fire behavior. This review attempts to quantify our current understanding of the role that live fuels play in combustion and how those characteristics are…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Andrews, Finney
Development of the BehavePlus fire modeling system and the FlamMap fire behavior analysis and mapping system and supporting technology transfer material was funded in part under JFSP project #98-1-8-02. After successful completion of that project, development of those systems…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Gabbert
Put on the conference as planned, October 23-25, 2007, at Fort Collins, CO. At the conference there were 105 oral presentations from 112 speakers, 24 posters, and 11 exhibitors.
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hardy, Heilman, Weise, Goodrick, Ottmar, Hilbruner, Sandberg
This document presents a problem analysis and science advancement plan for fundamental fire behavior research activities under the Physical Fire Processes Element (A1), Core Fire Science Portfolio (A), Fire Strategic Program Area (SPA), as defined by the Forest Service Wildland…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Renschler, Elliot
This report covers the development and application of GeoWEPP for cumulative watershed effects from June, 2006 until May, 2008. During this period, development and application of a complementary JFSP project (04-04-1-12) which officially ended in March, 2007, was also occurring…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Seesholtz
Since its inception in 1998, the Joint Fire Science Program (JFSP) has funded over 400 projects. The Joint Fire Science Program has long recognized that the investments made in wildland fire science need to be accompanied by an emphasis on science interpretation and delivery.…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Kolka, Wickman, Nater, Gabriel, Woodruff, Cannon, Gebhardt, Butcher, Witt
Mercury (HG) is of great concern in the environment because it biomagnifies up the food chain in aquatic ecosystems (EPA, 2002; EPA, 2000). Mercury is of special concern to residents of Minnesota and the Great Lakes region as evidenced by the advisories on fish consumption…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nader, Nakamura, De Lasaux, Quarles, Valachovic
Incorporating fire safe concepts into the residential landscape is one of the most important ways you can help your home survive a wildfire. When conditions are dry and windy, the grasses, brush, trees, or other vegetation surrounding your home become a dangerous fuel source.…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Raffa, Aukema, Bentz, Carroll, Hicke, Turner, Romme
Biome-scale disturbances by eruptive herbivores provide valuable insights into species interactions, ecosystem function, and impacts of global change. We present a conceptual framework using one system as a model, emphasizing interactions across levels of biological hierarchy…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bourgeau-Chavez, Riordan, Garwood
Alaska currently relies on the Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) System for the assessment of the potential for wildfire and although it provides invaluable information it is designed as a single system which does not account for the varied fuel types and drying conditions (day…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Mölders
Standard indices used in the National Fire Danger Rating System (NFDRS) and Fosberg fire-weather indices are calculated from Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model simulations and observations in interior Alaska for June 2005. Evaluation shows that WRF is well suited for…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Holmberg, Bennett
Discusses pruning as a way to reduce fire hazard in forest land. Outlines pruning guidelines. Summarizes considerations in pruning.
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Hawbaker, Radeloff, Syphard, Zhu, Stewart
MODIS active fire data offer new information about global fire patterns. However, uncertainties in detection rates can render satellite-derived fire statistics difficult to interpret. We evaluated the MODIS 1 km daily active fire product to quantify detection rates for both…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Giglio, Csiszar, Restás, Morisette, Schroeder, Morton, Justice
We present an automated fire detection algorithm for the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) sensor capable of mapping actively burning fires at 30-m spatial resolution. For daytime scenes, our approach uses near infrared and short-wave…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Ichoku, Giglio, Wooster, Remer
Remote sensing is the most practical means of measuring energy release from large open-air biomass burning. Satellite measurement of fire radiative energy (FRE) release rate or power (FRP) enables distinction between fires of different strengths. Based on a 1-km resolution fire…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Zhang, Kondragunta
Burned area is a critical input to the algorithms of biomass burning emissions and understanding variability in fire activity due to climate change but it is difficult to estimate. This study presents a robust algorithm to reconstruct the patterns in burned areas across…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Roy, Boschetti, Justice, Ju
The results of the first consecutive 12 months of the NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) global burned area product are presented. Total annual and monthly area burned statistics and missing data statistics are reported at global and continental scale and…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Paveglio, Carroll, Jakes
Remaining inside fire-safe structures or at designated safety zones to actively defend against wildland fire events is an underrepresented area of scholarship. Although research on chemical spills and tornadoes has long advocated a similar practice of shelter-in-place during…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Malmsheimer, Heffernan, Brink, Crandall, Deneke, Galik, Gee, Helms, McClure, Mortimer, Ruddell, Smith, Stewart
Wildland fires are a major contributor to national and international greenhouse gas emissions, adding as much as 126.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States during 2005 (US EPA 2007b). Active forest and wildland fire management strategies can…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Bowker, Lim, Cordell, Green, Rideout-Hanzak, Johnson
We used a national household survey to examine knowledge, attitudes, and preferences pertaining to wildland fire. First, we present nationwide results and trends. Then, we examine opinions across region and race. Despite some regional variation, respondents are fairly consistent…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Calkin, Jones, Hyde
After the containment of large wildland fires, major onsite and downstream effects including lost soil productivity, watershed response, increased vulnerability to invasive weeds, and downstream sedimentation can cause threats to human life and property. Burned Area Emergency…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Canton-Thompson, Gebert, Thompson, Jones, Calkin, Donovan
Large wildland fires are complex, costly events influenced by a vast array of physical, climatic, and social factors. Changing climate, fuel buildup due to past suppression, and increasing populations in the wildland-urban interface have all been blamed for the extreme fire…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Leroy, Leoni, Santoni
In wildland fires, gaseous fuel released from the thermal degradation of vegetation is burnt in the flame surrounding the solid. The gaseous fuel is a complex and variable mixture including mainly CO, CH4, CO2, and other light hydrocarbons (C2H2, C2H4, C2H6, C3H6). For the first…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Sardoy, Consalvi, Kaiss, Fernandez-Pello, Porterie
An analysis was conducted of the transport of burning brands by plumes above line fires in a crosswind. The characteristics of firebrands at landing and their ground distribution were particularly investigated. Calculations were performed with disk-shaped firebrands for fire…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES