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From the text ... 'Smoke from wild and prescribed fire has been an increasing concern in public health and safety over the last few decades. The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) encourages safe use of fire on firest lands in Georgia and provides a number of smoke management…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire management, forest management, fuel loading, fuel types, Georgia, smoke management, understory vegetation, wildfires, wind
This paper presents an operational approach to predicting fire growth for wildland fires in Canada. The approach addresses data assimilation to provide predictions in a timely and efficient manner. Fuels and elevation grids, forecast weather, and active fire locations are…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Alberta, Canada, cover, elevation, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire growth, fire management, fire size, forest management, fuel management, fuel types, ignition, national parks, Northwest Territories, remote sensing, Saskatchewan, temperature, wildfires, wind, wood, fire detection, fire-growth modelling, Wood Buffalo National Park
Each spring, smoke particles from fires over the Yucatan Peninsula and south Mexico cross over the Gulf of Mexico into the United States (US) under the control of moist oceanic air flow from the southwestern branch of the subtropical (Bermuda) high. Smoke can be transported deep…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, Central America, convection, lightning, Mexico, moisture, ozone, particulates, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, water, Central American smoke, severe weather, aerosol-cloud interaction
The Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system has been used by the US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service and Bureaus of the Department of the Interior since 2006 to evaluate wildfire potential across all administrative units in the continental US, and to…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, forest management, forest products, fuel accumulation, fuel management, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, landscape ecology, national forests, season of fire, surface fires, vegetation surveys, wildfires, decision support, landscape analysis, fire danger, fuels management, forest restoration
This article reviews major impacts of climate change on agriculture and forestry. © INRA, EDP Sciences, 2009.
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, croplands, Denmark, droughts, Europe, fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, forest management, fuel loading, fuel types, human caused fires, phenology, plant growth, precipitation, season of fire, soils, temperature, water, wildfires, climate change, agriculture, forestry, growing season, crop yield, frost damage, phenology, flowering, crop cycle, temperature, SOWING DATE, grapevine, maize, wheat, water demand, irrigation, drought, carbon cycle, fire danger
We report the rapid response of Formosat-2 to locate the fire points in the 2007 California wildfire. After examining the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) image taken and released on 23 October 2007, we used the agility of Formosat-2 to take high spatial…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Mapping
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, photography, rate of spread, remote sensing, statistical analysis, temperature, wildfires, hot spots, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, natural hazards, remote sensing
From the text ... 'Long before humans arrived in America, forests relied on fire. Many forest ecosystems evolved with fire and continue to rely on it to reduce dense underbrush, restore nutrients to the soil, and provide important wildlife habitat. In recent decades, people…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: cavity nesting birds, Colinus virginianus, conservation, cover, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, forage, forest management, forest types, fuel accumulation, game birds, Gopherus polyphemus, ground cover, hardwoods, herbaceous vegetation, insects, Meleagris gallopavo, mosaic, nesting, nutrients, Picoides borealis, pine, plant growth, population density, public information, regeneration, reptiles, savannas, season of fire, smoke management, succession, suppression, thinning, threatened and endangered species (animals), wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food habits, wildlife habitat management
Prescribed burning has been used by the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation (DPR) since 1974 to reduce hazardous fuel loads, to restore/maintain specific habitats, and to preserve rare species populations within state parks, recreation areas, and natural areas.…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: coastal plain, education, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel loading, Georgia, liability, mountains, natural areas management, natural resource legislation, North Carolina, Piedmont, pine hardwood forests, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, recreation, savannas, South Carolina, state parks, Virginia, wildfires, fire-dependent communities, interagency burn team, state parks and natural areas
Relative to the western United States, where fire and fuel management programs have received greater emphasis, few community-based studies have focused on the Great Lakes region. The present paper describes public opinion research from counties surrounding National Forests in…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords: age classes, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire damage (property), fire hazard reduction, fire management, forest management, fuel management, Great Lakes, insects, lakes, Michigan, Minnesota, national forests, population density, public information, recreation, site treatments, thinning, US Forest Service, water quality, windthrows, Wisconsin, citizen-agency interactions, fuels reduction, public confidence, social acceptance
We evaluate the fine-grain age patch model of fire regimes in southern California shrublands. Proponents contend that the historical condition was characterized by frequent small to moderate size, slow-moving smoldering fires, and that this regime has been disrupted by fire…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Models, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: age classes, BEHAVE, chaparral, distribution, droughts, fine fuels, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, firebrands, flammability, Foehn winds, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, ignition, mosaic, range management, scrub, shrublands, southern California, suppression, wildfires, wind, 19th century, Baja California, chaparral, fine-grain age patch mosaic, high-intensity fires, megafires, sage scrub, Santa Ana winds
Since 2004, the National Center for Landscape Fire Analysis (NCLFA) has deployed broadband radio equipment coupled with strategic monitoring technologies to support management of wildland fires in remote areas of the western United States. Wireless broadband radios and…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Intelligence, Outreach, Weather
Region(s): Northern Rockies, Northwest
Keywords: fire case histories, wildfires, education, public information, remote sensing, Montana, Washington, fire management, communication, fire management, public outreach and education, remote cameras, surveillance, wireless technologies
New estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian forest fires were calculated based on a revised model for fuel consumption, using both the fire fuel load and the Drought Code of the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System. This model was applied to future climate…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forests, Canada, greenhouse gas emissions, fuel consumption, greenhouse gases, air quality, biomass, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, cover, drought, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, forest management, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel types, gases, N - nitrogen, particulates, taiga, wildfires
Weather and climate have a profound influence on wildland fire ignition potential, fire behavior, and fire severity. Local weather and climate are affected by large-scale patterns of winds over the hemispheres that predispose wildland fuels to fire. The characteristics of…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, fuel moisture, wildland fire, AVHRR - Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer, climate change, wind
Every year tens of millions of hectares of forests, woodlands, and grasslands burn globally. Some are burned intentionally for land conversion, pasture renewal or hazard reduction, or wildlife habitat improvement, but most are burned by uncontrolled wildfire. Estimates of burned…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: carbon flux, fire regime, carbon emissions, carbon stock, carbon storage, climate change, fire dynamics, soil processes
Forest in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) covers 56,285,000 ha (5% of European total forested area). Forest cover in CEE makes 30% of land use. Almost 50% of the forest under study is formed by coniferous species and only 30% by deciduous ones. Forest younger than 60 years old…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: coniferous forest, central Europe, Eastern Europe
In Australia the responsibility for management of forests and other public lands rests largely with state governments, and multiple government agencies may be involved in fire management. Whether resulting from wildfire, fuel reduction, or silvicultural operations, biomass…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: fuel reduction, wildfires, smoke dispersion, smoke management, Australia, smoke forecasting
A summary is presented that integrates general information on the causes and effects of wildland fires and emissions with various ecological impacts of forest fires and air pollution in forests and other ecosystems. We also synthesize information on the regional effects of…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, remote sensing, public health
In 2002, a major drought and prolonged high temperatures occurred in central Russia that resulted in unprecedented wildland fires. These fires occurred under extreme fire danger conditions and were impossible for the Russian authorities to extinguish. It is perhaps somewhat…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Russia, smoke, solar radiation, AOT - aerosol optical thickness, surface ozone
The interaction between smoke and air pollution creates a public health challenge. Fuels treatments proposed for National Forests are intended to reduce fuel accumulations and wildfire frequency and severity, as well as to protect property located in the wild land-urban…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: wildland fire, air pollution, public health
This report summarizes the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. It is largely based on results of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and integrates those results with related research from around…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire frequency, fire severity, acres burned, climate change, climate change impact analysis
Wildfires during the summer of 2007 burned over 500,000 acres within central Idaho. These fires burned around and through over 8,000 acres of fuel treatments designed to offer protection from wildfire to over 70 summer homes and other buildings located near Warm Lake. This area…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin
Keywords: burn severity, fire intensity, fire suppression, Idaho, cold forests, crown fires, fire case histories, fire protection, fire size, fuel types, heat, ladder fuels, season of fire, smoke behavior, spot fires, surface fuels, wildfires, aerial ignition, mosaic, national forests, overstory, slash, soil temperature, wind, Pinus contorta, lodgepole pine, fire management, forest management, fuel management, smoke management, coniferous forests, lakes, watersheds
Wildfires are capable of inducing atmospheric circulations that result predominantly from large temperature anomalies produced by the fire. The fundamental dynamics through which a forest fire and the atmosphere interact to yield different convective regimes is still not well…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: dimensional analysis, numerical simulation, fire-atmosphere interaction, ARPS - Advanced Regional Prediction System, dry convection
ANNOTATION: This paper provides results of modeling the effects of eight different fuel treatments on tree-based C storage and release over a century, with and without wildfire. Model runs show that, after a century of growth without wildfire, the control stored the most C.…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): California
Keywords: forest management, wildfires, carbon emissions, carbon release, carbon storage, fuel treatment effects, Abies concolor, Abies magnifica, air quality, Calocedrus decurrens, C - carbon, catastrophic fires, climatology, coniferous forests, diameter classes, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire resistant plants, flammability, fuel management, pine, Pinus jeffreyi, Jeffrey pine, Pinus lambertiana, presettlement vegetation, Sierra Nevada, thinning
Landowners and managers, municipalities, the logging and livestock industries, and conservation professionals all increasingly recognize that setting prescribed fires may reduce the devastating effects of wildfire, control invasive brush and weeds, improve livestock range and…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: human dimension, public relations, smoke management, mop up
We investigate the impact of climate change on wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations in the western United States. We regress observed area burned onto observed meteorological fields and fire indices from the Canadian Fire Weather Index system and find that…
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Year: 2009
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Weather
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: air quality, area burned, biomass consumption, climate change, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System, fuel consumption, carbonaceous aerosol, wildfire