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The National Weather Service Fire Weather Program provides weather forecasting and meteorological support services to state and federal wildland fire management agencies. An Intergovernmental Fire Weather User's Summit, sponsored by the National Weather Service (NWS) and the…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, biomass, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, land management, particulates, Pinus, smoke management, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, US Forest Service, wildfires
Pre-industrial human activities which changed the atmospheric greenhouse gas or aerosol loading, or which modified the properties of the earth's surface, such as albedo, roughness, or vegetation cover, had the potential to modify the regional or even global climate. The primary…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Eastern, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest, International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, cover, deforestation, Europe, European settlement, fuel management, climate change, human caused fires, India, presettlement fires, regeneration, topography
The capture of fire by the genus Homo changed forever the natural history of the Earth. Even today fire appears at the core of many popular scenarios for an environmental apocalypse. Yet the larger history of fire - the varied ways human society have sought to use and control…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Economics, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: aborigines, agriculture, air quality, Australia, biomass, charcoal, combustion, Europe, everglades, Finland, fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, forest management, fuel appraisal, Greece, histories, human caused fires, ignition, lightning caused fires, Mediterranean habitats, prehistoric fires, Scandinavia, season of fire, slash and burn, statistical analysis, Sweden, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Acer glabrum, air quality, Amelanchier, catastrophic fires, cavity nesting birds, Colorado, cover type conversion, cutting, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, herbicides, Larix occidentalis, lightning caused fires, logging, mammals, mosaic, Oregon, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, plant diseases, public information, Purshia tridentata, season of fire, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, site treatments, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, threatened and endangered species (plants), understory vegetation, Washington, wildfires
Among the difficult land management problems Floridians face due to explosive population growth and extensive remaining wildland acreage is ensuring highway safety near and downwind of prescribed fires. A climataology of relevant parameters is useful for mitigating potentially…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Florida, forest management, humidity, land management, pine forests, roads, smoke behavior, smoke management, state parks, temperature, wind
PLUMP is a general -purpose, one-dimensional plume rise model for wildfire and prescribed fire planning. It calculates the characteristics of fire plu8mes, including vertical velocity, water content, excess temperature, rain, and ice. The model can also be used to determine the…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, lightning, smoke behavior, smoke management, temperature, water, wildfires
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asia, catastrophic fires, China, coniferous forests, cutting, dead fuels, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire injuries (humans), fire protection, fire size, Georgia, human caused fires, ignition, lightning caused fires, logging, mortality, radiation, rate of spread, remote sensing, smoke behavior, temperature, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind
Wind direction is one of the most critical weather parameters with respect to fire and smoke management. The observed and forecast data analyzed for this study (1985-1991 at Macon, GA) indicate that current smoke management guidelines do not allow sufficient margin for…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: backfires, fire management, geography, Georgia, light, smoke management, wind, wind, wind direction, forecasting, smoke management
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, air quality, Australia, biomass, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, chemistry, digital data collection, distribution, droughts, energy, eucalyptus, fire control, fire frequency, fire scar analysis, fuel types, Georgia, grasslands, greenhouse gases, land management, mosaic, Northern Territory of Australia, nutrients, particulates, plant growth, precipitation, radiation, remote sensing, savannas, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke effects, statistical analysis, understory vegetation, biomass burning, NOAA-AVHRR (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer), fire mosaic, fire scar, Northern Territory of Australia, gaseous emissions, anthropogenic effects
Each year highway accidents occur at locations where smoke or a combination of smoke and fog is implicated as a contributor to poor visibility. A numerical model to simulate near ground smoke movement at night over complex interlocking valley-ridge systems typical of the…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, digital data collection, drainage, ecosystem dynamics, elevation, forest management, Georgia, particulates, Piedmont, roads, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, streams, temperature, topography, wind, highway accidents, smoke management, fog, PREGNANT BUBBLES, SNAF - slow nocturnal air flow, wind model
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Social Science
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: bacteria, bark, carbon dioxide, chemistry, combustion, deciduous forests, fire growth, fire retardants, fire suppression, flammability, forest management, fuel arrangement, fuel inventory, fuel loading, fuel management, fungi, Georgia, heat, ignition, leaves, litter, logging, microorganisms, moisture, national forests, needles, Oregon, organic matter, private lands, public information, remote sensing, slash, soil moisture, soil organic matter, spontaneous combustion, temperature, wood, woody fuels, spontaneous ignition, forest residue, wood chips, slash, CHIP PILE, SAWDUST
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Fire Ecology, Weather, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air temperature, deciduous forests, digital data collection, fire danger rating, fire management, Formicidae, fuel moisture, Georgia, grazing, land management, leaves, livestock, moisture, Oklahoma, Praomys natalensis, precipitation, private lands, radiation, rangelands, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, soil temperature, statistical analysis, weather observations, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildland fuels, wildlife habitat management, wind, weather station, fire danger, computer communications, NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System, OLETS - Oklahoma Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, high plains
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, air quality, Asia, biomass, chemistry, deforestation, Europe, gases, climate change, habits and behavior, insects, land use, Middle East, Oceania, savannas, soil management, soil nutrients, soils, wetlands, animal excreta, animals, aquatic sources, arable lands, biomass burning, CH4 - methane, CO - carbon monoxide, deforestation, emission, landfills, N2O - nitrous oxide, rice cultivation, sewage, soils, termites, trace gases, wetlands
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Mapping, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain
Keywords: air quality, biomass, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, catastrophic fires, combustion, coniferous forests, crown fires, dead fuels, decomposition, duff, ecosystem dynamics, energy, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire dependent species, fire intensity, fire protection, fire size, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel types, gases, Georgia, headfires, lightning caused fires, litter, live fuels, CH4 - methane, Montana, needles, organic matter, overstory, particulates, photography, scorch, smoke management, surface fires, surface fuels, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildland fuels, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, PM - particulate matter, greenhouse gases, biomass burning, ERC - Energy Release Component, aerial photography, fire dependent ecosystem, fire patterns, NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System, nonmethane hydrocarbons, Canyon Creek Fire, Sundance Fire, Tillamook Fire
It is possible to delimit the areas of the North, Central, and South America that are most susceptible to fire and would have been most affected by burning practices of early Americans. Areas amounting to approximately 155 x 105 km² are here designated as the most burnable part…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: agriculture, biomass, broadcast burning, C - carbon, Canada, Central America, charcoal, chemical elements, disturbance, European settlement, fire frequency, grasslands, human caused fires, land management, Mexico, Native Americans, particulates, presettlement fires, smoke effects, South America, topography
Spatial trends in pre-industrial biomass burning emissions for eastern North America were reconstructed from sediment charcoal data. Petrographic thin sections were prepared from varved lake sediments along a transect of sites extending from NW Minnesota eastward to NE Maine.…
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Year: 1994
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models
Region(s): Eastern, International
Keywords: air quality, biomass, C - carbon, charcoal, combustion, coniferous forests, European settlement, fire regimes, hardwood forests, land use, Maine, Minnesota, New England, paleobotany, particulates, prairies, presettlement fires