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Smoke at Palm Beach during the 1971 Everglades wildfires

During the last 17 days of April 1971, smoke from wildfires in the Florida Everglades drifted over the east coast of southern Florida. Smoke restricted visibilities 67.9% of the time at Palm Beach International Airport, and aircraft operations were 11.9% less than for an…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, everglades, fire case histories, fire management, fire size, Florida, particulates, pollution, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, south Florida, temperature, urban habitats, wildfires, wind

Potential temperature analysis for mountainous terrain

Potential temperature analysis supplies needed information that is not obtainable by other methods of graphical analysis. Terrain surface maps and large-scale cross sections are constructed by using data from weather stations, raobs, and aircraft soundings. Interpretation of the…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: elevation, mountainous terrain, mountains, Oregon, pest control, smoke behavior, temperature, topography, weather observations, wind

The counterfire: its use to cut and extinguish forest fires

From the text...”Extinguishing forest fires must be done urgently, in most cases, using whatever tools at hand, with little time to employ mechanical methods. Making matters worse, location of the fire cannot be foreseen, nor such factors as wind direction and velocity. Passive…
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Year: 1972
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: backfires, combustion, convection, fire management, fire suppression, fire whirls, flame length, flammability, forest management, gases, overstory, O - oxygen, rate of spread, temperature, volatilization, wind