Numerous studies have linked outdoor levels of PM2.5, PM10, NO2, O3, SO2, and other air pollutants to significantly higher rates of Covid 19 morbidity and mortality, although the rate in which specific concentrations of pollutants increase Covid 19...
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 The database provides a listing of fire research publications relevant to Alaska and a venue for sharing unpublished agency reports and works in progress that are not normally found in the published literature.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: Curtis
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fire is a natural element of the ecosystems, but it can have virulent social, economic and environmental impacts when uncontrolled. It is a phenomenon that needs to be understood because it is not possible to erase. Therefore, it is vital to mitigate...
Person: Thomaz, Pereira
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wildfires are increasing in frequency, size, and intensity, and increasingly affect highly populated areas. Wildfire smoke impacts cardiorespiratory health; children are at increased risk due to smaller airways, a higher metabolic rate and ongoing...
Person: Henry, Ospina, Dennett, Hicks
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
An inventory of particulate matter and air toxic emissions from prescribed fires in the USA for 1989
This report documents a prescribed fire emissions inventory developed using consistent methodology for each of the 50 states of the USA for calendar year 1989. Emissions of particulate matter, selected toxic compounds, and a few other carbon-containing...
Person: Ward, Peterson, Hao
Year: 1993
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Wildfires can be divided in two types, flaming or smouldering, depending on the dominant combustion processes. Both types are present in most wildfires, and despite being fundamentally different in chemical and physical terms, one transitions to the...
Person: Rein, Huang
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Fire alters microbial community composition, and is expected to increase in frequency due to climate change. Testing whether microbes in different ecosystems will respond similarly to increased fire disturbance is difficult though, because fires are...
Person: Hopkins, Semenova-Nelsen, Sikes
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Since air pollutants are difficult and expensive to control, a strong scientific underpinning to policies is needed to guide mitigation aimed at reducing the current burden on public health. Much of the evidence concerning hazard identification and...
Person: Kelly, Fussell
Year: 2020
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Passive (diffusive) sampling using sorbents is an economical and versatile method of measuring pollutants in air, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Diffusive uptake rates (UTRs) are needed for each analyte to obtain average concentrations...
Person: Miller, Bajracharya, Dickinson, Durbin, McGarry, Moser, Nuñez, Pukkila, Scott, Sutton, Johnston
Year: 2022
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
As we learn to sustainably coexist with wildfire, there is an urgent need to improve our understanding of its multidimensional impacts on society. To this end, we undertake a nationwide study to estimate how megafires (wildfires > 100,000 acres in...
Person: Jones, McDermott
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES
Across the globe, aircraft that apply water and suppressants during active wildfires play key roles in wildfire suppression, and these suppression resources can be highly effective. In the United States, US Department of Agriculture Forest Service (...
Person: Stonesifer, Calkin, Thompson, Belval
Year: 2021
Resource Group: Document
Source: FRAMES