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Buoyant plumes in a moist atmosphere

From the summary ... 'This paper describes a simple model which can be used to investigate the transport of water vapour by thermal plumes in the atmosphere. For an approximate treatment of these plumes, it is assumed (as in a previous paper) that the vertical velocity,…
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Year: 1957
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: conservation, gases, heat, humidity, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, water

Green deserts and dead gardens

Description of botanical collecting trip to south Florida in 1921.
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Year: 1923
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Acer rubrum, deserts, distribution, droughts, everglades, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire resistant plants, Florida, hardwood hammocks, histories, humus, lakes, land management, marshlands, mortality, Native Americans, native species (plants), Nyssa biflora, organic soils, pine forests, Pinus, plant communities, prairies, Quercus nigra, Quercus virginiana, rivers, Sabal palmetto, sand dunes, scrub, soil moisture, soil nutrients, south Florida, species diversity (plants), succession, Taxodium distichum, vegetation surveys, xeric soils

Wildflowers of the forest

'Severe fires sometimes surround and destroy grown animals and birds and kill them outright; but the greatest damage occurs through the destruction of eggs and young, and the ruin of coverts, without which game falls an easy prey to vermin and hunters. Fire also important…
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Year: 1923
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: birds, coniferous forests, conservation, disturbance, education, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fishes, forest management, game birds, grasslands, ground fires, incendiary fires, pine forests, pollution, prairies, public information, season of fire, wildfires, wildflowers, wildlife, wildlife habitat management, wind