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From the summary:'Experimental study on the visibility through fire smoke was carried out. The relation among the brightness of sign, visual distance, and the extinction coefficient of smoke at the instant of obscuration threshold was obtained by using the smoke chamber. The…
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, experimental fires, Japan, smoke management, temperature
An aerial ignition system using and incendiary device and a helicopter can be used to backburn a large area safely and completely. The system was used to backburn 4,800 acres and helped bring under control a large fire in February 1986. The system and the conditions under which…
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Year: 1970
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerial ignition, Australia, Australian Capital Territory, backfires, convection, crown fires, eucalyptus, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, flammability, humidity, ignition, incendiary fires, rate of spread, sclerophyll forests, spot fires, temperature, topography, wind
Long-term effects of air pollutants in Finland have been studied by analyzing needle litter of pine (Pinus silvestris L.) and spruce (Picea abies L. Karst) in 13 stands from the years 1958 to 1982. A considerable annual increase in elemental concentrations was observed in the…
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Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, Asteraceae, Canada, chemical elements, coniferous forests, Finland, litter, needles, nutrients, Picea, Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris, pollution, K - potassium, sampling, Scandinavia, site treatments, soil nutrients
This paper presents a vision of the future rooted in consideration of the past 20 years in the smoke and air resource management field. This future is characterized by rapid technological development of computers for computation, communications, and remote sensing capabilities…
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Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: GIS - geographic information system, smoke management
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Year: 1987
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Eastern, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: bibliographies, C - carbon, charcoal, community ecology, conifers, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire regimes, fire size, fossils, fuel types, habitat types, humus, hydrology, lakes, Maine, microclimate, Minnesota, New England, paleoecology, pollen, sampling, sedimentation, soils, South Dakota, statistical analysis, water, wind