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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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CFIS incorporates several models designed to simulate crown fire behavior. The main outputs of CFIS are: (1) the likelihood of crown fire initiation or occurrence; (2) the type of crown fire (active vs. passive) and its rate of spread; and (3) the minimum spotting distance…
Year: 2006
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Sutherland, Pilliod
The Wildlife Habitat Response Model (WHRM) is a web-based tool meant to assist fuel treatment planners in evaluating the effects of fuel treatment alternatives on wildlife habitats. WHRM does not provide estimates of wildlife population changes or viability. WHRM is based on…
Year: 2006
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Elliot, Robichaud
WEPP FuME estimates background erosion rates and compares sediment loads and erosion from wildfire, thinning, prescribed fire, and low and high use road networks for a given topography. Soil and water databases are the same as those used for WEPP. WEPP FuME has gone through…
Year: 2006
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES
Biesecker, Fight
Every fuel reduction treatment has its price, and finding that price involves sorting through a confusing array of choices. Among them are which trees to cut, what material to utilize for forest products versus treatment in place, equipment options, and what types of stands to…
Year: 2006
Type: Tool
Source: FRAMES