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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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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Fosberg
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Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sims
[no description entered]
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Beaufait, Fischer
[no description entered]
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Lee, Hellman
[no description entered]
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Fosberg, Marlatt, Krupnak
[no description entered]
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Brotak, Reifsnyder
Fifty-two major wildland fires in the eastern half of the United States were analyzed to determine the synoptic situations involved. At the surface, 3/4 of the fires were found near frontal areas. The vast majority of fires were associated with the eastern portion of small…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Sando, Dobbs
From the Introduction: 'It is only recently, however, that prescribed burning has been introduced in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and, consequently, relatively few peple in these provinces are experienced in its use. It is for this reason that this note has been prepared-to serve…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Chandler
From the summary ... ' In summary, the results of these large scale fire tests, conducted under marginal burning conditions, were negative; but, paradoxically, I find this very heartening, for we can now be much more confident in our predictions of fire behavior to be expected…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Cooper
[no description entered]
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Nickey
A computer simulation model of lightning fire discoveries has been developed by analyzing historical records of lightning fire occurrences. The model is being tested by using reports of lightning fires from four national forests. Results to date suggest that statistical…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Simard
This paper analysizes wind speed and direction distributions obtained at nine forestry stations and nine airports across Canada. The effect of differences in the distributions on forest fire danger rating is discussed. The major finding is that forestry stations have a…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Pech
Seven composite samples of western red cedar and western hemlock logging slash of 0.25 to 2 inches diameter were exposed on top of and within the bottom third of a fuel bed in the interior wet belt of British Columbia in August 1965. Their moisture contents were measured…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Reifsnyder
At the request of the World Meteorological Organization, a hierarchical system for rating forest fire danger was developed. The system uses generally available meteorological measurements to evaluate the flammability of wildland fuels anywhere in the world. The basic framework…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Anderson
The Sundance Fire and its impressive run were not due to any new phenomena but the combination of several important factors. Extremely dry fuels and favourable weather conditions existed at the time; the atmospheric winds increased steadily thorughout the day, and the fire did…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Noggle, Krider, Vance, Barker
A new type of lightning direction-finding system is described which detects primarily discharges to ground and which discriminates against intracloud discharges and background noise. Ground discharges are selected by requiring the wideband magnetic waveforms to have rise times,…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Baughman, Fuquay, Mielke
[no description entered]
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Deeming
Extensive use of the 1972 version of the National Fire-Danger Rating System has pointed up deficiencies that the 1978 update is expected to correct. Eighteen fuel models will be provided as well as a completely overhauled fire occurrence module. The system will respond to longer…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bjornsen
There are five principle categories of fire management planning which have meteorological needs; many of them common. Meteorological data is essential to execution of fire plans. The data, historical and forecasted, is an integral part of each fire plan. There is shared…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Burgan
Seasonal changes in day length and solar radiation intensity at three latitudes influenced the Man-Caused Ignition Component, the Energy Release Component, and the Burning Index of the National Fire-Danger Rating System. Seasonal effects for the Energy Release Component are…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Biswas, Jayaweera
The very high resolution radiometer imagery from the NOAA-3 satellite is used to obtain the spatial and temporal distribution of thunderstorms in Alaska. Although the observations presented here are confined to only one summer, they show 1) the capability of NOAA-3 very high…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Beaufait, Fischer
Fire managers require 24-hour records of temperature, relative humidity, and windspeed to use fire efficiently and effectively. When carefully calibrated and interpreted, modified hygrothermographs provide minimum instrumentation to obtain these records. An actual case of record…
Year: 1969
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Countryman
Before a wildland fire can start, heat must be transferred from a firebrand to the fuel. Then heat must be transferred from the fuel surface to deeper layers if the fire is to continue to burn. Finally, heat must be transferred to surrounding unburned fuel if the fire is to…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Martin, Pendleton, Burgess
Burning rates of Douglas fir wood were measured using crosspiled sticks 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, and 1 in. (0.64, 1.27, 1.90, and 2.54 cm) in cross-sectional dimensions. Burning was 1.4 to 4.2 times as fast with the whirlwind as without.
[This publication is referenced in the "Synthesis…
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Frost, Haines
Describes how to build a housing for the balance used to weigh fuel moisture sticks. The housing is easy to build, low-cost, and can be mounted on the supports of the standard cotton region shelter.
Year: 1976
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES