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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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Topic

Year

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Cavity-nesting bird response to declining snags on a burned forest: a simulation model

Raphael
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Stress and strain terminology [Chapter 1]

Levitt
[no description entered]
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The 1978 National Fire-Danger Rating System: technical documentation

[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

How to predict the spread and intensity of forest and range fires

Rothermel
This manual documents the procedures for estimating the rate of forward spread, intensity, flame length, and size of fires burning in forests and rangelands. It contains instructions for obtaining fuel and weather data, calculating fire behavior, and interpreting the results for…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The escaped fire situation: a decision analysis approach

Seaver, Roussopoulos, Freeling
A preliminary decision analysis model addressing the choice among alternative suppression strategies on escaped wildfires is presented. A case study application of the model, in the context of an Escaped Fire Situation Analysis on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, is…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Simulating the effect of forest fire on long-term annual timber supply

Van Wagner
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Natural areas as necessary components of man's total environment

Odum, Odum
[no description entered]
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Niche overlap as a function of environmental variability

May, MacArthur
[no description entered]
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Thermal decomposition kinetics of wood pyrolysis

Kanury
[no description entered]
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

The rate of decomposition of silica particles in an augmented flame

Johnston
[no description entered]
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Potential spotting distance from wind-driven surface fires

Albini
Equations are presented by which to calculate the maximum firebrand particle lofting height from wind-driven line fires in surface fuels. Variables used are the fuel type, described as one of twelve stylized models used for fire behavior prediction, the fire intensity, and the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Predicting wind-driven wild land fire size and shape

Anderson
Documents the analysis of wind tunnel experiments on fire spread that produced a double ellipse concept of fire area growth. This provides ways of estimating size (area), shape (perimeter), and length to width ratio of a wind-driven wild land fire. The only inputs needed are…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Azpipo: a simulator for growth and yield of ponderosa pine in Arizona

Larson, Minor
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Integrating fire management analysis into land management planning

Mills
From the card:'The analysis of alternative fire management programs should be integrated into the land and resource management planning process, but a single fire management analysis model cannot meet all planning needs. Therefore, a set of simulation models that are…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Decision analysis of prescribed burning

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

Wind adjustment factors for predicting fire behavior in three fuel types in Alaska

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

Survey of toxic species evolved in the pyrolysis and combustion of polymers

Wagner
From the introduction ... 'In this paper a detailed, general review of the toxic species evolved over a wide range of conditions is given, along with an outline of the physiological responses to the common fire gases and liquids. Published reviews appear to be few1-3; for the…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

A new look at compartment fires, part I

Harmathy
This is the first part of a two-part paper which the author has endeavored to present all available information on compartment fires in a consistent theoretical framework. This well-documented review of the state of the art should serve as a valuable reference for researchers…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

A new look at compartment fires, part II

Harmanty
This is the second part of a two-part paper in which the author has endeavored to present all available informtion on compartment fires in a consistent theoretical framework. This well-documented review of the state of the art should serve a valuable reference for reseachers for…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

An evaluation of current prescribed fire reporting practices

Brandel, Omi
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Integrating fire weather programs and fire history to develop fire management prescriptions: Hells Canyon Wilderness, Oregon and Idaho

Mangan
The use of existing fire weather history from computerized data storage libraries, in conjunction with fire use programs and routines, allows the fire planner to develop realistic prescription limits, especially when the use of unplanned ignitions is directed. The integration of…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Visibility and smoke management in Class I areas

Malm
Goals and objectives outlined in the Clean Air Act of 1977 are in conflict with land management practices that utilize control or prescribed burns to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Specifically, smoke emissions from burn areas can significantly and adversely affect the visual air…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Application of the multivariate logistic function in forestry research

Marsden
Polychotomous response data occur in the study of forest fire effects and in other forestry sciences. The response can be represented by the joint occurance of several dichotomous responses. When it is reasonable to represent the polychotomous response in this way, the…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Determination of sample size in simple random sampling

Rustagi
Some simple steps are offered in the calculation of smple size in simple random sampling and two brief examples presented. © Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD. Abstract reproduced by permission.
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS

Graybody radiation from conical flames

Kelley, Frickel
The computed spatial dependence of graybody radiation from a specific cone shape, representative of small fires, showed the greatest radiation intensity directly above the cone. The inverse square law was accurate beyond a distance of three times the maximum cone dimension.…
Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS