A new algorithm is described for joint retrievals of the aerosol optical depth and spectral absorption from EPIC observations in the UV—Vis spectral range. The retrievals are illustrated on examples of the wildfire smoke events over North America, and...
Alaska Reference Database
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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Person: Lyapustin, Go, Korkin, Wang, Torres, Jethva, Marshak
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fires, among other forms of natural and anthropogenic disturbance, play a central role in regulating the location, composition and biomass of forests. Understanding the role of fire in global forest loss is crucial in constraining land‐use change...
Person: van Wees, Van der Werf, Randerson, Andela, Chen, Morton
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wildfires can destroy property and vegetation, thereby threatening people’s livelihoods and food security. Soil moisture and biomass are important determinants of wildfire hazard. Corresponding novel satellite-based observations therefore present an...
Person: O, Hou, Orth
Year: 2020
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Forest fires are an integral part of the natural Earth system dynamics, however they are becoming more devastating and less predictable as anthropogenic climate change exacerbates their impacts. In order to advance fire science, fire danger reanalysis...
Person: Vitolo, Di Giuseppe, Barnard, San-Miguel-Ayanz, Libertà, Krzeminski
Year: 2020
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Background
Wildland fire (wildfire; bushfire) pollution contributes to poor air quality, a risk factor for premature death. The frequency and intensity of wildfires are expected to increase; improved tools for estimating exposure to fire smoke...
Person: Larsen, Hanigan, Reich, Qin, Cope, Morgan, Rappold
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Nitrous acid (HONO) is a precursor of the hydroxyl radical in the atmosphere, which controls the degradation of greenhouse gases, contributes to photochemical smog and ozone production, and influences air quality. Although biomass burning is known to...
Person: Theys, Volkamer, Müller, Zarzana, Kille, Clarisse, De Smedt, Lerot, Finkenzeller, Hendrick, Koenig, Lee, Knote, Yu, Van Roozendael
Year: 2020
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
In Alaska the current wildfire fuel map products were generated from low spatial (30 m) and spectral resolution (11 bands) Landsat 8 satellite imagery which resulted in map products that not only lack the granularity but also have insufficient accuracy...
Person: Smith, Panda, Bhatt, Meyer
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) onboard the new generation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) series provides 10 min, multi-spectral, 500 m to 2 km observations, with...
Person: Roy, Li, Giglio, Boschetti, Huang
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Geostationary imaging sensors offer unique high temporal resolution capabilities with which to characterise the fast-changing dynamics of landscape fires. The new R-Series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) are the most...
Person: Xu, Wooster, He, Zhang
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wildland fires can emit substantial amounts of air pollution that may pose a risk to those in proximity (e.g., first responders, nearby residents) as well as downwind populations. Quickly deploying air pollution measurement capabilities in response to...
Person: Landis, Long, Krug, Colón, Vanderpool, Habel, Urbanski
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES