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A North American perspective to fire management

Fire is becoming recognized as a major issue throughout the North American continent. The last several years have seen major fire seasons in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. There are five areas where an international approach to fire management will be useful. Technology…
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, education, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, climate change, land management, Mexico, season of fire, smoke management, Washington, wildfires

Fire management on the frontier: an international perspective

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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Africa, air quality, Asia, CO2 - carbon dioxide, catastrophic fires, community ecology, deforestation, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire danger rating, fire injuries (animals), fire injuries (plants), fire management, fire suppression, forest management, general interest, climate change, Indonesia, land use, mortality, multiple resource management, Philippines, public information, South America, wilderness fire management, wildfires

Gaseous emissions from Canadian boreal forest fires

CO sub(2)-normalized emission ratios (Delta X/ Delta CO sub(2); V/V; where Delta X and Delta CO sub(2) identical with the enhancement of trace gas and CO sub(2), respectively, above background levels) for carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen (H sub(2)), methane (CH sub(4)), total…
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Year: 1990
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: Canada, CH4 - methane, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, greenhouse gas emissions, N2O - nitrous oxide, biomass burning, Abies balsamea, air quality, Betula papyrifera, biomass, boreal forests, Florida, chemistry, climatology, combustion, ecosystem dynamics, fuel types, gases, grasses, habitat types, H2 - hydrogen, litter, Ontario, Picea mariana, Populus tremuloides, regeneration, sampling, season of fire, Thuja occidentalis, wetlands