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Forest fires have been photographed from the air with infra-red film, and observations wiht an infra-red image converter have been used to map wild fires through heavy smoke. © Institute of Foresters of Australia. Abstract reproduced by permission.
Person:
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Mapping, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, fire management, fire suppression, flame length, photography, smoke effects, smoke management, spot fires, Victoria, wildfires

Samples were collected from smoke clouds above forest fires, and the sizes of the smoke particles were determined. Most particles appeared to be approximately 0.1 in diameter. © Institute of Foresters of Australia. Abstract reproduced by permission.
Person:
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, biomass, distribution, field experimental fires, particulates, precipitation, radiation, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, swamps, western Australia, wildfires

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…
Person:
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

A field technique for evaluating winds aloft is described. It can be used at remote places-even at the site of a wildfire. It has proved accurate as any known single theodolite technique, and is time-saving because the winds aloft are evaluated in miles per hour from direct…
Person:
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California
Keywords: wind velocity, winds aloft, air quality, fire management, fire suppression, wildfires, wind

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,…
Person:
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

Burning experiments in the laboratory on samples of forest floor (L + F + H organic layers) from an old-growth Tsuga heterophylla/Pseudotsuga taxifolia forest, indicated a 25-64% loss of N from the forest floor at temperatures of 300-700 C. Burning increased the N concentration…
Person:
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Canada, forest floor, N - nitrogen, British Columbia, burning, chemical concentration, fire control, forest litter, humus chemistry, plant composition, slash burning, soil nitrogen

A field study on grass field burning was conducted in the Willamette Valley of Oregon during the summer of 1965. Approximately 230,000 acres of grass field are burned in the valley during August and September. Serious air pollution problems result from this burning. The purposes…
Person:
Year: 1966
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, air temperature, arthropods, ash, combustion, croplands, decomposition, distribution, experimental fires, fuel management, fuel moisture, grass fires, grasses, grasslands, humidity, insects, land management, Lolium, moisture, N - nitrogen, Oregon, organic matter, particulates, plant diseases, pollution, slash and burn, soil moisture, temperature, wind