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Fire products are now available from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) including the only current global daily active fire product. This paper describes the algorithm, the products and the associated validation activities. High-resolution ASTER data,…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, active fires, Africa
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, 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: Abies spp., air quality, Arizona, biomass, catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, crown fires, crowns, disturbance, education, environmental impact analysis, environmental impact statements, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firebreaks, forest management, fuel breaks, fuel management, fuel types, general interest, grasses, herbaceous vegetation, human caused fires, landscape ecology, logging, low intensity burns, Montana, mortality, mosaic, national forests, national parks, New Mexico, old growth forests, Oregon, overstory, partial cutting, Picea engelmannii, Pinus contorta, Pinus ponderosa, prescribed fires (chance ignition), Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, roads, second growth forests, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, site treatments, size classes, slash, surface fuels, thinning, US Forest Service, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, International
Keywords: British Columbia, Canada, catastrophic fires, coastal forests, community ecology, coniferous forests, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, education, erosion, fine fuels, fire adaptations (animals), fire adaptations (plants), fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel management, fuel moisture, general interest, grazing, Great Plains, histories, landscape ecology, lightning caused fires, livestock, logging, Mexico, national forests, national parks, native species (animals), native species (plants), Nebraska, old growth forests, Oregon, Picea engelmannii, pine forests, Pinus contorta, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus ponderosa, prescribed fires (chance ignition), Pseudotsuga menziesii, public information, roads, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum , smoke effects, South Dakota, thinning, Tsuga heterophylla, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Erica, fynbos, germination, Lobelia, Restio, seed germination, seeds, Silene, smoke effects, South Africa, Syncarpha vestita
Smoke particulate matter from deciduous trees (angiosperms) subjected to controlled burning, both under smoldering and flaming conditions, was sampled by high volume air filtration on precleaned quartz fiber liters. The filtered particles were extracted with dichloromethane and…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Acer macrophyllum, aerosols, air quality, Alnus rubra, Betula glandulosa, Betula pendula, biomass, cellulose, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, deciduous forests, Eucalyptus dalrympleana, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, lignin, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, trees, vegetation surveys
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Abies amabilis, Abies procera, aerosols, air quality, biomass, Chamaecyparis lawsoniana, chemical compounds, chemistry, coniferous forests, conifers, fire management, forest management, fuel types, hydrocarbons, litter, Mexico, Oregon, particulates, Picea sitchensis, Pinus contorta, Pinus engelmannii, Pinus monticola, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus strobus, Pseudotsuga menziesii, sampling, Sequoia sempervirens, smoke effects, smoke management, temperate forests, Tsuga mertensiana, vegetation surveys
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, Africa, Amazon, biomass, distribution, fire case histories, Indonesia, radiation, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, tropical forests, tropical regions, wildfires, Indonesian forest fire, unsupervised classification, multi spectrum classification, aerosol optical thickness
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, Avena, Avena fatua, char, combustion, disturbance, germination, organic soils, Queensland, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, water, weeds, Avena fatua, germination, seed dormancy, smoke water, weeds
Two seed lots of Calluna vulgaris were obtained from English Nature (seed of Cornish provenance) (EN) and John Chambers Wildflower Seeds (JCWS). In laboratory tests, under continuous light untreated seeds of both seed lots were partially dormant at temperatures between 14-35 ºC…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: Calluna, Calluna vulgaris, England, Europe, germination, Great Britain, heathlands, light, Netherlands, range management, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, Themeda, EN -- English Nature seed lot, JCWS -- John Chambers Wildflower Seeds seed lot, GA -- mixture of the gibberellins A4 and A7
Available evidence suggests that there are at least two locations for dormancy mechanisms in primary dormant seeds: mechanisms based within the embryo covering structures, and mechanisms based within the embryo. Mechanisms within the covering structures may involve mechanical,…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Aristida, Australia, Bothriochloa, Brachiaria, Echinochloa, germination, grasses, grasslands, Netherlands, plant growth, range management, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, Themeda, weeds
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, heat, heat effects, legumes, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, temperature, western Australia, heat, seedbank, seed dormancy, seed germination, western Australia
The exotic longhorn beetle Arhopalus tristisis a pest of pines, particularly those damaged by fire, and a major export quarantine issue in New Zealand. Actinograph recordings of caged individuals showed that males and females were most active from dusk to midnight. Olfactometer…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: bark, experimental fires, fire injuries (plants), forest management, habits and behavior, insects, New Zealand, pine forests, Pinus radiata, plant diseases, population density, reproduction, trapping, attractant, Pinus radiata, Arhopalus tristis, trap, Cerambycidae, oviposition, bark, repellent
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Anigozanthos, Australia, fire dependent species, flowering, heat effects, jarrah, post fire recovery, seed dormancy, seed germination, seed production, smoke effects, smoke management, western Australia, Anigozanthos manglesii, populations, geographical cline, inflorescence level, germination, heat, seed development
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Anigozanthos, Australia, germination, Hibbertia, Leucopogon, Leucopogon conostephioides, Mediterranean habitats, native species (plants), seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, soil moisture, soil temperature, soils, Stirlingia, Stylidium, western Australia, burial, germination, Anigozanthos manglesii, Conastylis neocymosa, Stylidium affine, Stylidium crossocephalum, Hibbertia commutata, Leucopogon conostephioides, Conospermum triplinervium, Stirlingia latifolia
Our understanding of the effect of smoke on seed germination is limited and based mainly on studies of botanical plant species. The study reported here provides evidence that a traditional approach to maize (Zea mays L.) storage used by some subsistence farmers in South Africa…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, fynbos, germination, seed germination, smoke effects, smoke management, South Africa, Zea, Zea mays
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: ash, Australia, char, fire management, germination, heat, heat effects, heathlands, Mediterranean habitats, population density, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Asia, mountainous terrain, particulates, K - potassium, smoke management, soot, S - sulfur, Tibet, urban habitats, Tibet, vegetation burning, soot, transport
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, char, eucalyptus, Eucalyptus baxteri, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, germination, heat, heat effects, heathlands, Mediterranean habitats, national parks, native species (plants), plant communities, population density, sampling, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, seeds, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, Victoria, Wahlenbergia, wood
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Asperula, Australia, Centaurium, Crassula, Desmodium, Elymus, Eragrostis, Eucalyptus obliqua , fire management, Geranium, Gnaphalium, grasses, grazing, heat, heat effects, herbaceous vegetation, Hypericum, Juncus, native species (plants), New South Wales, perennial plants, Plantago, Poa, population density, sampling, sclerophyll forests, seed dormancy, seed germination, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, soils, Sporobolus, statistical analysis, Trifolium, Trifolium repens, vegetation surveys, Wales
Significant associations between firefighting and cancer have been reported; however, studies finding toxic products of combustion at municipal fires have been limited by (1) technical difficulties encountered at the scene of working fires, (2) the lack of a coherent sampling…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: experimental fires, firefighting personnel, smoke effects, air quality, chemical compounds, health factors, hydrocarbons, pollution, toxicity, Quebec, Canada, fire management, smoke management
The South-East Asian region experienced a haze episode in 1994 which was widely believed to be due to widespread forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Indonesia). Broadband measurements of the surface level solar ultraviolet-B, UV-A and Global radiation at Penang (Malaysia)…
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Year: 2001
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, slash and burn, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, ozone, radiation, remote sensing, Indonesia, Sumatra, Asia, fire management, forest management, haze, forest fires, radiation, ultraviolet, ozone
In this study, the authors assessed air quality and health effects of the 1997 haze disaster in Indonesia. The authors measured carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, particulate matter with diameters less than or equal to 10 [micro]m,…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, fire frequency, fire size, smoke effects, wildfires, air quality, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, health factors, ozone, particulates, pollution, Indonesia, Asia, fire management, smoke management, tropical forests, forest fires, haze, health effects, Indonesia, particulates, respiratory symptoms
Surface CO and ozone data were obtained in 1998 at Happo (36.7°N, 137.8°E, altitude 1840 m) in Japan. Backward trajectory analysis was applied to get the origin of the air mass to the measuring site. The air mass is basically coming from the west over the Asian continent except…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, wildfires, air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, ozone, pollution, remote sensing, Japan, Russia, Siberia, Asia, fire management, biomass burning, backward trajectory, long-range transport, east Asia
Atmospheric particulate matter, from three sites in the city of Campos dos Goytacazes, and smoke samples from the burning of sugarcane leaves and bagasse were analyzed for biomass burning emissions. Samples were acquired using a standard high-volume air sampler; extracts were…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: biomass burning, cropland fires, air quality, chemical compounds, hydrocarbons, leaves, particulates, plantations, Brazil, South America, fire management, smoke management, croplands, sugarcane, levoglucosan, air quality, PAH - polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, GC-MS, particulate matter
The native tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata, synchronizes its germination with the immediate post-fire environment with a combination of germination stimulants found in wood smoke and inhibitors from the unburned litter of the dominant vegetation. The inhibitors override the…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Great Basin, International
Keywords: post fire recovery, smoke effects, litter, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, Nicotiana attenuata, tobacco, Germany, Netherlands, Europe, Utah, smoke management, Nicotiana attenuata, secondary dormancy, abscisic acid, gibberellic acid, fluridone, methyl jasmonate, bornane-2, 5-dione