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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.
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Albini, Latham, Baughman
A mathematical model for the near-surface flow of air up a sun-heated slope is derived. The model is used to produce tables and graphs for estimating "midflame" windspeeds as needed for predicting wildland fire behavior. The model applies on open or sparsely-forested slopes when…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Williams
Urban and wildland fire phenomenology - no preview available.
[This publication is referenced in the "Synthesis of knowledge of extreme fire behavior: volume I for fire managers" (Werth et al 2011).]
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
The symposium, held at San Diego State University, provided information about the Mediterranean-type ecosystems found throughout the world. In the papers, and in brief summaries of poster displays, both researchers and managers addressed concerns relating to vegetation, fauna,…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Haines
Observational evidence from nine crown fires suggests that horizontal roll vortices are a major mechanism in crown-fire spread. Post-burn aerial photography indicates that unburned tree-crown streets are common with crown fire. Investigation of the understory of these crown…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Emori, Saito
The fluid dynamical scaling laws of forest fires are derived by dimensional analysis and a scale model is constructed to investigate a forest fire which seriously injured several fire fighters. The result of the small-scale experiment indicate that a fire whirl could be…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Albini
A speculative, phenomenological model is formulated for the time-varying intensity and spread rate of a free-burning fire under the influence of nonsteady wind. The model is linearized by approximations and explicit solutions derived for the amplitude response of spread rate and…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Donoghue
Discusses problems associated with fire-cause data on USDA Forest Service wildfire reports, traces the historical development of wildfire-cause categories, and presents the pros and cons of retaining current wildfire-cause reporting systems or adopting new systems.
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Donoghue
Traces the history of USDA Forest Service fire reports, examines the most recent report, Form 5100-29, and discusses the reliability of information recorded on the 5100-29, factors influencing data accuracy, and reactions of the Ranger District personnel to wildfire reporting.
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wykoff, Crookston, Stage
The Inland Empire version of the Prognosis Model, a computer program designed to simulate the development of forest stands, is described. The Inland Empire version is calibrated for eleven tree species occurring on over 30 habitat types. The individual tree is the basic unit of…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Schmidt, Rinehart
[From first paragraph] Line production estimating guides are needed for initial action planning and estimating control forces required on project fires. Current methods of predicting fire behavior in these situations use fire behavior models. This article provides line…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Greulich, O'Regan
Fire managers face two interrelated problems in deciding the most efficient use of air tankers: where best to base them, and how best to reallocate them each day in anticipation of fire occurrence. A computerized model based on a mixed integer linear program can help in…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Parker
Structural/functional characteristics of the vegetative cover are used to provide common attributes for comparing vegetation patterns in Yosemite National Park, California, in the central Sierra Nevada, and Glacier National Park, Montana, in the northern Rocky Mountains.…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Beever
Spontaneous ignition resulting from slow oxidation of combustible material can be an industrial fire hazard. The problems are fairly well recognised. This paper describes a simple and powerful test method which can be used to assess the spontaneous ignition hazard of particulate…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Hunter, Philpot
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Albini, Anderson
Quantification and methods of prediction of wildland fire behavior are discussed briefly and factors of particular relevance to the prediction of fire behavior in Mediterranean ecosystems are reviewed. A computer-based system which uses relevant fuel information and current…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Albini
An empirical representation of the power spectral density of horizontal gustiness near the ground in high winds is combined with a theoretical model for the response of free-burning fires to nonsteady wind to predict the variability of spread rate and intensity of wind-aided…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Mobley
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Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Martell
This paper is a comprehensive review of operational research studies in forest fire management during the years 1961 through 1981. It includes a brief discussion of fire management decision making, summaries of and comments regarding the practical merits of the work that has…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
LeVan, Schaffer
[no description entered]
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
LeVan, Schaffer
[no description entered]
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Richardson, Holliday
Fifteen months after an intense forest fire, the fauna of carabid beetles in burnt and unburnt sites was sampled using pitfall traps to detect the indirect effects of fire on carabids caused by habitat change. Traps were installed in burnt and unburnt sites in which the dominant…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bevins
Two computer programs for testing alternative fire prescriptions are presented. Program RXBUILD creates a fire occurrence and a fire weather, danger, and manning class file for use by the second program. Program RXFIRES reads user fire selection criteria are tested against the…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Bradshaw
Climatological data can aid in scheduling prescribed fires. Proper scheduling results in efficient fire management activities. This paper introduces several computer programs that provide climatic analysis of fire weather variables used in setting burning prescriptions.
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Battson, Cawker
This study involved an evaluation of the various measures of fire occurrence as recorded in lake sediments. A short core (90cm) was extracted from Mashagama Lake, Ontario. The basin was burned in 1948 and 1967, yielding two zones, one burned and one unburned in the sediment core…
Year: 1982
Type: Document
Source: TTRS