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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Radloff, Yancik
From the text:'This paper desribes two generalized decision models that partically characterize decision processes for the evaluation and execution of prescribed fires. Although the two models do not incorporate all the factors managers must consider in planning for prescribed…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chrosciewicz
Seventeen experimental burns on various sandy clear-cut sites in southeastern Manitoba were broadcast seeded with jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) at a rate of 1.24 kg/ha to determine the specific treatment combinations that would produce acceptable regeneration. After two…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tour
From the conclusions:'Two of the four chemicals (polymers) and support equipment tested were found acceptable for use by the Forest Service-the Hexcel Hydropak and the Nalco polymer feed system. Use of the Hecel or Nalco system in a horizontal hose lay will, in effect, allow the…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Coulson, Hennifer, Flamm, Rykeil, Hu, Payne
An hypothesis that there is a fundamental relationship between the epidemiology of Denderoctonus frontalis Zimn. and the occurence of lightning in pine forests of the southern U.S. is presented. Evidence to support the hypothesis is provided through an examination of 1.…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
MacHattie, Isaac, Bobbitt
From the conclusion:'It seems reasonable, therefore, to conclude that the procedure of seeding towering cumulus clouds to induce rain on forest fires shows good prospects for reducing overall fire fighting costs as well as reducing fire damage.'
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Norum
Factors for adjusting wind velocities from the 20-foot standard anemometer height down to an average wildfire midflame height (3.5 ft. for the fuels studied) are given for exposed, partially sheltered, and sheltered fuels in Alaska. The values are suitable for predicting…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chrosciewicz
Twenty-six experimental burns on fresh to moist clear-cut sites in central Saskatchewan were broadcast seeded with jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) to test single (0.49 kg/ha) arid double (0.98 kg/ha) seeding rates in the spring, with a limited provision for reseeding in the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ho, Jakus, Parker
The instantaneous temperature fluctuations in a turbulent stoichiometric methane-air flame were measured with an iridium hot-wire. Near the flame front, high amplitude narrow temperature "spikes” were observed and their probability distribution function and average time duration…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Havas, Hutchinson
Spontaneous burning of bituminous shale: at the Smoking Hills in the Canadian Arctic has produced intense acidic fumigations and strongly influenced the local tundra. The burns are of great antiquity. In an area of typically alkaline ponds with pH above 8.0, ponds within the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Eenigenburg
From the text ... 'The programs in this guide use formulas developed by Simard et al.1 to calculate the rate and direction of fire spread across any triangular or square plot. They can be used in the field with a hand-held Texas Instruments2 TI-59 calculator. The first program…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Clark
The area burned by wildland fire during the period 1977-1981 is reviewed, classified according to forest fire control agency. A breakdown of area burned by timber merchantability class for the period 1976-1980, but without agency detail, is also given. Original data on the area…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Blakely
The study quantified differences between fire-retarding abilities of monoammonium phosphate samples from five different sources. Ponderosa pine needles and aspen excelsior fuel beds were spray-treated with different levels of chemical solutions, dried, and burned under…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Woodard, Niederleitner
Forest fire prevention data from ten different forest protection agencies in Canada were analyzed and evaluated. Data currently being collected fail to provide the information required for effective fire prevention programs. Information on the unsafe acts and conditions at the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ahlstrand
From the text... 'Although the National Park Service has been largely successful in operating park lands for the enjoyment of the public. preservation attempts have oftentimes impaired these natural areas by bringing about unplanned and undesired changes in the ecosystems (Stone…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mironov
Berries of Vaccinium vitis-idaea, V. oxycoccus, V. uliginosum and V. myrtillosum were harvested on areas burned by a ground fire 8 yr previously (in one case 3 yr previously). Data are tabulated on DM content, total sugars, acidity (citric acid), total pectins, ascorbic acid,…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Ranchoux
The following method allows fast computation of maximum ground level concentration from graphs or mathematical equations which are very convenient when using a programmable calculator.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Tietz, Jackson, Plattes
The Missoula Equipment Development Center (MEDC) evaluated a Government Aircraft Factories of Australia (GAF) Nomad N24A for smokejumper use. The evaluation was divided into two parts, flight performance and service test. The flight performance test simulated smokejumper…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Quintilio, Bisgrove, Van
This paper reviews the unique aerial ignition device developed originally in Australia and the chronological work in Canada that eventually produced the Aerial Ignition Device and the Helitorch. It is of interest to note that the project has gone full circle in that Australia…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Richardson
The Department of Interior is actively engaged in the smoke management business from two apparently opposite viewpoints. In one case we are trying to prevent or extinguish wildfires and minimize adverse effects on air quality as well as other resources. On the other hand we are…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Britton
Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis) plants were burned and clipped under 2 soil water regimes. Treatments were applied to plants in late August and mid-October located in eastern Oregon. Results indicated that watering plants either before or after burning produced no effects as…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Alexander
Unfortunately, no provision can be made in fire danger forecasting to directly account for special atmospheric conditions that are known to have a profound effect on wildfire behavior (e.g., airmass instability, low-level jet winds, large-scale subsidence). Fire managers must…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cooper
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Coleman
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Johnson, Viereck
An uplant tundra fire, started by lightning, burned 48 km2 near the Kokolik River in northwestern Alaska during late July and early August 1977. Permanent plots were established to monitor recovery of severely, moderately, and lightly burned areas as well as unburned tundra.…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS