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Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, moderate rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, activity fuels, prescribed burn, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, moderate rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, activity fuels, prescribed burn, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, moderate rate of spread, flanking fire, surface fire, torching, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, activity fuels, prescribed burn, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, light wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, high severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, light wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, high severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, light wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, high severity fire, low severity fire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, passive crown fire, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, passive crown fire, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2017 Pier Fire recorded by the Fire Behavior Assessment Team (FBAT) in coordination with collection of fuels, vegetation, fire behavior, and fire effects data. The FBAT website (see below) provides links to reports on each fire ("Reports and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Sequoia National Forest, California, Tulare County, moderate wind, high rate of spread, head fire, surface fire, passive crown fire, high severity fire, uncontained widlfire, unmanaged fuels, 2017 Pier Fire
This document presents the study plan for the Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE). FASMEE is a large-scale interagency effort to (1) identify the critical measurements necessary to improve operational wildland fire and smoke prediction systems, (2) collect…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, FASMEE - Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment, plume dynamics, air quality, fire energy
Canada is expected to see an increase in fire risk under future climate projections. Large fires, such as that near Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016, can be devastating to the communities affected. Understanding the role of human emissions in the occurrence of such extreme fire…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, climate change, Alberta, Canada, event attribution, extremes, boreal forest, fire spread, CFFDRS - Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System
Wildland and cropland fires, which differ considerably in fire regime characteristics, have often been evaluated jointly to estimate regional or global fire regimes using satellite-based fire activity data. We hypothesised that excluding cropland fires will change the output of…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, cropland fires, fire regimes, Turkey, agricultural fire, land cover, Mediterranean basin, Taurus Mountains, global scale, Count Data, MODIS
This study presents the spatial and temporal patterns of vegetation fires in China based on a combination of national fire records (1950-2010) and satellite fire data (2001-12). This analysis presents the first attempt to understand existing patterns of open fires and their…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, fire regimes, China, air quality, boreal forest, burnt area, crop residue burning, Great Xing’an Mountains, fuel moisture content, forest fire, ecosystems, Algorithm
A wildfire with many ignition points took place in the Daxing'an Mountains of north-east China in June 2010. After the fire, moss polsters and particle traps were collected from burnt and unburnt areas a few kilometres away from four ignition points. Charcoal extracted from the…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: wildfires, ignition, air quality, China, biomass burning, Larch Forest, wildfire, forest fire, macroscopic charcoal, microscopic charcoal, Holocene fire, source area, records, deposition, regimes, boreal, history
Based on online wildfire satellite-monitoring data, distributions of burned-out areas, as well as emission volumes of carbon-containing gases (СО and СО2) and fine aerosols (РМ2.5), for different regions and months in 2005-2016 (across the territory of Russia) and in 2010-2016 (…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): International
Keywords: satellite monitoring, remote sensing, satellite imagery, wildfires, pollutant emissions, atmosphere, Russia, Eurasia, area burned, PM2.5, CO - carbon monoxide, CO2 - carbon dioxide
Ecological Restoration and Management of Longleaf Pine Forests is a timely synthesis of the current understanding of the natural dynamics and processes in longleaf pine ecosystems. This book beautifully illustrates how incorporation of basic ecosystem knowledge and an…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: longleaf pine, Pinus palustris, climate change, regeneration, biodiversity, forest management
From the Spring 2017 AFSC Remote Sensing Workshop: Opportunities to Apply Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science.
Person: Jenkins, Butteri, Miller, Slaughter, Ellicott, Heinrichs, Waigl
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: fire intensity, fire perimeter, fire management, plumes
From the Spring 2017 AFSC Remote Sensing Workshop: Opportunities to Apply Remote Sensing in Boreal/Arctic Wildfire Management and Science.
Person: Oliva
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Northwest, International
Keywords: remote sensing, VIIRS - Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, boreal forest, area burned, NIROPS - National Infrared Operations, Canada
From the summary ... 'This paper describes a simple model which can be used to investigate the transport of water vapour by thermal plumes in the atmosphere. For an approximate treatment of these plumes, it is assumed (as in a previous paper) that the vertical velocity,…
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Year: 1957
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: conservation, gases, heat, humidity, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, water
Three topics were presented by three different speakers: 1) Tom Spies presents Fire Regime: Past, Present, Future; Addressing Multiple perspectives; 2) Steve Acker presents Ecology: Effects of fire on Vegetation; and 3) Jane Kertis presents Opportunities and Challenges to…
Person: Spies, Acker, Kertis
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Mapping, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: fire regimes, succession, Willamette National Forest, fire activity, fire return interval
Ambient and fire-induced atmospheric turbulence in the vicinity of wildland fires can affect the behavior of those fires and the dispersion of smoke. The presence of forest overstory vegetation can further complicate the evolution of local turbulence regimes and their…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: turbulence, New Jersey, Pinelands National Reserve, turbulent kinetic energy, smoke dispersion, fire front
Prescribed fire (rx fire) is a safe way to apply a natural process, ensure ecosystem health and reduce wildfire risk. This webinar will provide an introduction to prescribed fire for air quality and air resource specialists as well as other non-fire professionals. Knowledge of…
Person: Long
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: SFE - Southern Fire Exchange, fire regimes, fire suppression effects, fire-adapted ecosystems, animals, fire reduction, combustion, fire spread, ignition method, smoke management
Quantifying biomass consumption and carbon release is critical to understanding the role of fires in the carbon cycle and air quality. We present a methodology to estimate the biomass consumed and the carbon released by the California Rim fire by integrating postfire airborne…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Mapping
Region(s): California
Keywords: LiDAR - Light Detection and Ranging, biomass consumption, C - carbon, megafires, Landsat, scientific data integration, 2013 Rim Fire, carbon release
Join us in a discussion on how climatic changes can influence wildland fire activity across the globe and how these critical fire weather variables have changed over the last 40 years. These changes in key weather variables have combined to both lengthen the fire season and…
Person: West, Legarza, Jolly, Emanuel, Knight
Year: 2017
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: climate change, relative humidity, rain, annual precipitation, fire regimes, fire danger indices, fire season length, fire return interval, global carbon cycle, Forest Resilience Bond, fire suppression, fire suppression costs
An issue of great concern on federal lands is wildland fires, which have increased in frequency and strength over the past few decades as a possible consequence of climate change. Modeling wildfires under an evolving climate is challenging: there are disparate spatial and…
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Year: 2017
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Models, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: climate change, air quality, fuel load, NAAQS - National Ambient Air Quality Standards, fire activity