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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Holland, Steyn
The radiant energy income of a slope influences its ambient temperatures and water movements, both of which are important controls on the growth behaviour, species composition and structure of its vegetation cover. Therefore, information about the radiation environments of…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Yeaton, Yeaton, Waggoner
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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
Brown, DeByle
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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
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
Van Wagner, Pickett
This report presents the equations for the new 1976 metric version of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index. In addition to the changes needed to accommodate metric weather data, several mathematical improvements are introduced as well. These eliminate certain anomalies in the…
Year: 1975
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
Van Wagner
This Report is a technical comparison of the American and Canadian systems of forest fire danger rating. It deals with the three fuel moisture indicators in each system, as well as the indexes of spread and energy release or buildup. The final comparison is between the American…
Year: 1975
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
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
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
Kiil
'Fire Spread in a Black Spruce Stand.-The Canadian Forest Fire weather Index Tables consist of a family of relative fire danger indices that are used throughout Canada to assist in general fire control planning and operations. However, the fire manager must predict real fire…
Year: 1975
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Stockstad
Spontaneous and piloted ignition of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) needles were investigated in an isothermal atmosphere. Four levels of sample moisture content were tested and minimum heat flux intensities required to produce ignition, times to ignition, and surface…
Year: 1975
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
Brandel, Omi
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
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
Lopoukhine, White
Fire management in Canada's national parks is facing other alternatives besides traditional suppression. The 1979 Parks Canada Policy permits a full range of options while the Natural Resources Management Process (NRMP) provides the framework by which specific options will be…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Flinn, Pringle
Rhizomes of eight understory species were subjected to treatments of 45, 50, 55 and 60 degrees for 5 min in a water bath. Selecton of thesespecies for study was based on differences in the depth of the rhizomes, in habitat, and in rhizome morphology. Samples were collected from…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Delisle, Dube
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chrosciewicz
[no description entered]
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Eaton, Wendler
The high variablility of burning conditions and fuels, found in Alaskan forest fires, produces an associated complex emission of particulate matter. Histological evidence of some large particles has been found in the forest fire plumes as well as aerosols resulting apparently…
Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS