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Prescribed burn fire climate survey 1-57

The Prescribed Burn Fireclimate Survey 1-57 was the first of four prescribed burn surveys in 1957. In this burn we were looking particularly for effects of fire on the wind patterns on the lee side of the fire. Instrumentation, observation techniques, and data collected were…
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Year: 1958
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: brush, distribution, field experimental fires, firing techniques, grasses, pine, Pinus sabiniana, Quercus, range management, rangelands, rate of spread, sloping terrain, smoke effects, topography, weather observations, wind

Forest fire areas in Muddus National Park, northern Sweden

The importance of fire for the regeneration of the forests has never been so topical as in our days, when increasing use is made of controlled burning in the interests of forestry. In 1955 about 40,000 hectares of forest land, belonging to the Forest Service and the companies,…
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Year: 1958
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forests, Muddus National Park, Sweden, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, ash, Betula pubescens, Betula verrucosa, cover, Calluna vulgaris, charcoal, Ceratodon purpureus, Cladina spp., Deschampsia flexuosa, Empetrum hermaphroditum, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire resistant plants, fire suppression, forest management, hardwood forest, heathlands, humus, leaves, lichens, litter, Luzula spp., Marchantia polymorpha, mycorrhiza, national parks, pH, Picea abies, pine forests, Pinus sylvestris, pioneer species, Pleurozium schreberi, Polytrichum juniperinum, Polytrichum piliferum, Populus tremula, post-fire recovery, reforestation, regeneration, Rubus idaeus, seed dispersal, seedlings, smoke effects, soil temperature, soils, Stereocaulon spp., temperature, thinning, trees, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, vegetation surveys, wildfires