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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.

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Hamilton, Jones, Zeiler
The Multi-scale Resource Integration Tool (MRIT) was developed as an extension of ArcMap to facilitate the integration and summarization of spatial data. Simply put, MRIT characterizes the composition of feature layers (i.e., spatial themes added to an ArcMap document) within…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Zimmerman
This powerpoint discusses the Fire Regime Condition Class's role in fuel treatment and ecosystem restoration.
Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Hann
The objectives of this power point are to 1) Review reference values and landscape FRCC, 2) Review NFPORS data fields for FRCC, 3) Review previous stand FRCC assessment tool, 4) Walk through examples of revised stand FRCC determination.
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Hann
Powerpoint presentation discussing integrating fire regime and condition class.
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Reinhardt, Dickinson
We give an overview of the science application process at work in supporting fire management. First-order fire effects models, such as those discussed in accompanying papers, are the building blocks of software systems designed for application to landscapes over time scales from…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Engstrom
Models of first-order fire effects are designed to predict tree mortality, soil heating, fuel consumption, and smoke production. Some of these models can be used to predict first-order fire effects on animals (e.g., soil-dwelling organisms as a result of soil heating), but they…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS

Stephan, Miller, Dickinson
Herbaceous plants and shrubs have received little attention in terms of fire effects modeling despite their critical role in ecosystem integrity and resilience after wildfires and prescribed burns. In this paper, we summarize current knowledge of direct effects of fire on herb…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

In this document, you'll learn the following: First, we'll discuss what biophysical settings (BpS) and the associated LANDFIRE BpS models are. Second, you'll learn how you can use the BpS models and associated descriptions. After that, we'll go over some background information…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

ANNOTATION: This document describes current US national fuel challenges in the context of increased renewable energy production. There is a description of the Congressionally created Biomass Research and Development Board's mandate: 'to coordinate programs within and among…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Blackard, Finco, Helmer, Holden, Hoppus, Jacobs, Lister, Moisen, Nelson, Riemann, Ruefenacht, Salajanu, Weyermann, Winterberger, Brandeis, Czaplewski, McRoberts, Patterson, Tycio
Annotation: This paper presents a spatially explicit dataset of aboveground live forest biomass made from ground measured inventory plots for the conterminous U.S., Alaska and Puerto Rico. The plot data are from the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program…
Year: 2008
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kavanagh, Dickinson, Bova
Current operational methods for predicting tree mortality from fire injury are regression-based models that only indirectly consider underlying causes and, thus, have limited generality. A better understanding of the physiological consequences of tree heating and injury are…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Butler, Dickinson
Wildland fire managers are often required to predict tree injury and mortality when planning a prescribed burn or when considering wildfire management options; and, currently, statistical models based on post-fire observations are the only tools available for this purpose.…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Massman, Frank, Mooney
Heating soil during intense wildland fires or slash-pile burns can alter the soil irreversibly, resulting in many significant long-term biological, chemical, physical, and hydrological effects. To better understand these long-term effects, it is necessary to improve modeling…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kremens, Smith, Dickinson
The robust evaluation of fire impacts on the biota, soil, and atmosphere requires measurement and analysis methods that can characterize combustion processes across a range of temporal and spatial scales. Numerous challenges are apparent in the literature. These challenges have…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Dickinson, Ryan
As prescribed fire use increases and the options for responding to wildfires continue to expand beyond suppression, the need for improving fire effects prediction capabilities becomes increasingly apparent. The papers in this Fire Ecology special issue describe recent advances…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

O'Neill, Larkin, Hoadley, Mills, Vaughan, Draxler, Rolph, Ruminski, Ferguson
Several real-time smoke prediction systems have been developed worldwide to help land managers, farmers, and air quality regulators balance land management needs against smoke impacts. Profiled here are four systems that are currently operational for regional domains for North…
Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Wong, Cummings
Aim: The purpose of this review was to describe findings of a systematic review of studies that examine the relationship between nursing leadership and patient outcomes. Background: With recent attention directed to the creation of safer practice environments for patients,…
Year: 2007
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Cummings, MacGregor, Lee, Davey, Wong, Lo, Muise, Stafford
Context: Numerous policy and research reports call for leadership to build quality work environments, implement new models of care, and bring health and wellbeing to an exhausted and stretched nursing workforce. Rarely do they indicate how leadership should be enacted, or…
Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Norris, Friedman, Watson, Byrne, Diaz, Kaniasty
Results for 160 samples of disaster victims were coded as to sample type, disaster type, disaster location, outcomes and risk factors observed, and overall severity of impairment. In order of frequency, outcomes included specific psychological problems, nonspecific distress,…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Kakoyannis, Shindler, Stankey
Natural resource managers are being confronted with increasing conflict and litigation with those who find their management plans unacceptable. Compatible and sustainable management decisions necessitate that natural resource agencies generate plans that are not only…
Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Babiuch, Farhar
Stakeholder analysis is a process that allows analysts to identify how parties are likely to be affected by government projects and programs, referred to as 'proposed actions.' The process involves identifying the likely impacts of a proposed action and the affected stakeholder…
Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

This guide will help you translate the complicated scientific and technical information generated at CDC into material that captures and keeps the interest of your intended readers. It will teach you how to write simply, use language and visuals that your audience relates to and…
Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Topics discussed in this panel include: (1) the role of theory in the evaluation of health communication programs and campaigns, (2) recommended evaluation methods, strategies and statistical issues, (3) coping with budget constraints, (4) considerations pertaining to health…
Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Reynolds
The purpose of this course is to introduce the reader to communication principles and tools as they relate to what we have called emergency risk communication. The principles in this course borrow from (1) font of classical rhetoricians, (2) wealth of modern crisis, issues…
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES

Bowes
The perspective of this review is taken from a deceptively simple vantage: community development and communication. In turn, these derivative fields draw from a wide assortment of more established literature encompassing traditional fields such as sociology, telecommunications,…
Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES