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Fuel loading and fuel consumption were measured on four prescribed burns with a natural fuel component. These sites were in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. Emissions were characterized on three of these sites.
The fuel consumption was typical of a moderately wet…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: fuel loading, fuel consumption, Blue Mountains, northeastern Oregon, emission factors, CH4 - methane, CO - carbon monoxide, PM2.5, CONSUME, FOFEM - First Order Fire Effects Model, underburn, spring burn, NHMC - non-methane hydrocarbons
Austrostipa compressa, a native ephemeral of southwest Western Australia was stimulated to germinate under a range of temperatures, in the presence of light, and exposure to smoke-water. This combination of environmental cues results in winter-maximum germination in immediate…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: fire frequency, fire intensity, heat effects, smoke effects, wildfires, disturbance, grasses, introduced species, light, population density, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, soil temperature, temperature, Ehrharta, Poaceae, western Australia, Australia, fire management, forest management, soil management, Mediterranean habitats, disturbance, heat shock, light, reserve management, soil seed bank, temperature
The chemical composition and size of individual particles derived from combustion products of several species found in Southern California were obtained using aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The major inorganic species observed in >90% of all biomass burning…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): California
Keywords: biomass burning, smoke effects, aerosols, air quality, chemical compounds, particulates, K - potassium, southern California, fire management, smoke management, chaparral
From the text...'The benefits of prescribed fire are many, but prescribed fire is a complex tool and should be used only by those trained in its use. Proper diagnosis and detailed planning are needed for every area where burning is contemplated. The incomplete assessment of any…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: aesthetics, backing fires, cavity nesting birds, Colinus virginianus, distribution, Drymarchon corais, Felis concolor, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, forest management, game birds, general interest, Gopherus polyphemus, hardwoods, headfires, landscape ecology, liability, mammals, mosaic, nesting cover, nongame birds, Odocoileus, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus echinata, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, Pinus taeda, plant communities, recreation, reptiles, riparian habitats, season of fire, smoke effects, spot fires, threatened and endangered species (animals), threatened and endangered species (plants), understory vegetation, wildlife, wildlife habitat management
1. The South and Middle American tropics contain the world's largest area of moist savanna. Despite an apparent uniformity in appearance, floristic groupings can be detected and four zones are provisionally outlined with a number of characteristic plants.2. Although currect…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, biogeography, biomass, Brazil, Central America, cerrado, deciduous forests, drainage, Europe, fire adaptations (plants), fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire resistant plants, grasslands, land use, Mexico, mosaic, paleoecology, range management, reproduction, savannas, scrub, soil nutrients, South America, species diversity (plants), temperature, topography, neotropical savannas, biogeographical zones, cerrados, plant diversity, palaeoecology, topography, drainage, soil nutrients
Custer State Park is a large multiple use park where the dominant vegetation is ponderosa pine. Past management practices and recent wildfires have created a variety of stand structures. The Resource Management Plan was designed and written in holistic fashion; public input was…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Social Science
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: age classes, Betula papyrifera, Black Hills, computer programs, coniferous forests, digital data collection, ecosystem dynamics, fire intensity, fire suppression, forest management, GIS, histories, logging, overstory, Picea glauca, Pinus ponderosa, population density, population ecology, Populus tremuloides, public information, Quercus macrocarpa, South Dakota, stand characteristics, state parks, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, wildfires
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Borneo, Indonesia, light, logging, photography, rainforests, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, tropical forests, understory vegetation, wildfires
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: education, fire case histories, fire management, Komarek, E.V., Sr., Los Alamos, Mexico, national forests, national parks, New Mexico, public information, smoke management, Tall Timbers Research Station
Fire is a natural phenomenon in Madrean Province ecosystems. Suppression of natural fire has altered ecosystem processes, however. Recognition of these alterations has led to the adoption of let-burn policies by many management agencies, but a let-burn policy has become less…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: aesthetics, Arizona, catastrophic fires, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, fuel loading, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, hydrology, liability, lightning caused fires, Madrean habitats, national forests, national parks, plant growth, population density, prescribed fires (chance ignition), private lands, public information, seed production, smoke effects, thinning, water quality, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, natural fire, public safety, public lands, UNINFORMED PUBLIC
Biomass characterization and fire behavior documentation were carried out on two large (>2000 ha) experimental fires conducted in arid savanna fuels in Kruger National Park in September 1992. Prefire fuel loads, fuel consumption, spread rates, flame zone characteristics, and…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, backfires, biomass, convection, energy, experimental fires, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, flame length, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, grasses, headfires, humidity, ignition, national parks, particulates, precipitation, rate of spread, sampling, savannas, South Africa, temperature, vegetation surveys, wind
From the text (p.122) ... 'In recent years, the debate over Indian fire has continued in the context of discussions of the Wilderness Act of 1964. It is basically a dispute over whether or not Indian fires were a 'natural' form of fire management and, if they were not, whether…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern, International
Keywords: Canada, Ceanothus, chaparral, coniferous forests, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, evolution, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, grasslands, histories, human caused fires, hunting, ignition, land management, lightning, lightning caused fires, mammals, mosaic, Native Americans, Pinus palustris, Pinus ponderosa, prairies, presettlement fires, Quercus, range management, rangelands, scrub, season of fire, seed germination, seedlings, succession, understory vegetation, wilderness areas, wildlife, SMOKE SIGNALS
From the text (p.117) ... 'In awe and supplication Mescalero Apache dancers honor flames on their New Mexico reservation. 'Fire is sacred to us,' says one Apache leader. 'It provides warmth, food, protection.' Most Americans, however, fear fire beyond the hearth and for decades…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: boreal forests, catastrophic fires, chaparral, coniferous forests, crown fires, duff, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Georgia, grasslands, lightning caused fires, Mexico, military lands, New Mexico, nongame birds, Picoides borealis, Pinus contorta, Pinus palustris, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus taeda, population density, post fire recovery, rate of spread, seed germination, Sequoia, smoke effects, Stoddard, H.L., surface fires, tallgrass prairies, understory vegetation, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife habitat management, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park
The AERONOX programme investigated the impact of NOx emissions from aircraft on the atmosphere and included an extensive modelling programme. In the model comparisons undertaken within the AERONOX programme, a standard set of emissions of NO from both aviation and non-aviation…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, Asia, biomass, combustion, decomposition, deforestation, distribution, forest management, gases, grasslands, human caused fires, lightning, microorganisms, post fire recovery, rainforests, shrublands, soils, South America, statistical analysis, tropical forests, tundra, NOx, biomass burning, soils, lightning, troposphere, ammonia oxidation, fossil fuels, global emissions, inventories, AERONOX
After replacement of tropical primary forests, fire becomes an important management tool. During establishment of plantations with fast-growing tree species and within slash-and-burn agriculture, the export of macronutrients and other elements to the atmosphere by burning was…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Amazon, ash, Brazil, clearcutting, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, forest management, land use, leaching, litter, nutrients, particulates, plantations, precipitation, slash, slash and burn, soil leaching, South America, tropical forests, volatilization, slash burning, nutrient release, humid tropics
Ozone generation is computed in a one-dimensional photochemistry code following convective redistribution of tropical urban effluent into the free troposphere. Simulations are run at several stages of pollutant dilution by surrounding surface air. A threshold boundary layer NOx…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, Amazon, Brazil, convection, forest management, hydrocarbons, ozone, rate of spread, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke management, South America, storms, tropical forests, wildfires, wind
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: ash, Asia, crown scorch, Europe, fire management, flame length, France, Italy, Japan, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, wildfires, wind
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, cellulose, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, coniferous forests, Eucalyptus dalrympleana, fire intensity, fuel types, grasses, grasslands, hydrocarbons, Lolium, Oregon, particulates, sampling, smoke management, soot, Tsuga mertensiana, vegetation surveys
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, Africa, agriculture, air quality, arid regions, biomass, deforestation, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, forest management, humidity, population density, remote sensing, savannas, season of fire, statistical analysis, vegetation surveys, wildfires
California chaparral and South African fynbos are fire-prone communities dominated by species exhibiting remarkable similarities in germination response. In both regions there are a substantial number of species with germination stimulated chemically by charred wood and smoke.…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): California, Great Basin, International
Keywords: Africa, annual plants, Calochortus, Ceanothus leucodermis, Ceanothus megacarpus, chaparral, char, Emmenanthe penduliflora, evolution, fynbos, germination, heat effects, herbaceous vegetation, Mediterranean habitats, perennial plants, plant growth, post fire recovery, range management, regeneration, seed germination, shrubs, South Africa
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: air temperature, Australia, convection, dead fuels, eucalyptus, Eucalyptus sieberi, field experimental fires, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, ignition, leaves, live fuels, New South Wales, radiation, rate of spread, scorch, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, surface fuels, understory vegetation, wind
Wildland fires produce smoke that contributes to reduced visibility over roadways with potentially tragic consequences. Land managers need to reduce this potential hazard. Two indices are described that correlate with conditions associated with roadway hazard. The Dispersion…
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: smoke effects, wildfires, air quality, roads, statistical analysis, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Texas, fire management, land management, smoke management
The wildfires that occurred in central Florida in 1998 are discussed. These fires were largely the result of lightning, although some were set by arsonists. Throughout June and early July, these wildfires torched vast areas of Florida, causing as much economic and environmental…
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Economics, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire intensity, fire size, fire suppression, lightning caused fires, rate of spread, smoke effects, wildfires, air quality, health factors, insects, mopping up, pollution, precipitation, wind, central Florida, Florida, fire management, forest management, smoke management, wildfires, environmental health, disasters -- Florida
Prescribed burning costs are extemely variable, even if conditions are similar. This variability complicates planning and evaluation of prescribed burning programs and budgets, resulting in imprecise projecions of their economic benefits. Evaluating the worth of prescribed…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, fire size, Idaho, Montana, mopping up, Oregon, statistical analysis
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Year: 1999
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, boreal forests, carbon dioxide, cover type conversion, deforestation, deserts, distribution, Europe, forest types, habitat conversion, habitat types, land use, landscape ecology, Mediterranean habitats, Portugal, remote sensing, savannas, season of fire, Spain, statistical analysis, tropical forests
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Year: 1996
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Africa, Australia, bark, bibliographies, boreal forests, Casuarina, Ceanothus, chaparral, chemistry, coniferous forests, distribution, Emmenanthe penduliflora, fire dependent species, fire regimes, fynbos, grasses, Hakea, heathlands, Leucadendron, Mediterranean habitats, Pinus attenuata, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, plant growth, population ecology, post fire recovery, Protea, reproduction, roots, seed dormancy, seed germination, seedlings, Sequoia sempervirens, serotiny, shrublands, small mammals, smoke effects, South Africa, sprouting, tropical forests, vulnerable species or communities, Widdringtonia