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[1] Southern African wildfires are a globally significant source of trace gases and aerosols. Estimates of southern African wildfire fuel consumption have varied from hundreds to thousands of teragrams (Tg), and better-constrained estimates are required to properly assess the…
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: southern Africa, FRP - Fire Radiative Power, FRE - Fire Radiative Energy, biomass burning, SEVIRI - Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager, combustion rate
The public policy of the State of Nevada is to achieve and maintain levels of air quality which will protect human health and safety, prevent injury to plant and animal life, prevent damage to property, and preserve visibility and the scenic and esthetic values of the state. The…
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Southwest
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The purposes of the Arkansas Voluntary Smoke Management Guidelines (guidelines) are to assure adherence to air quality regulations and to manage smoke from prescribed fire so the smoke’s impact on people will be acceptable.
These guidelines will allow the prescribed fire manager…
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Year: 2013
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Eastern
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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): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, annual plants, catastrophic fires, Ceanothus, Centaurea, Colorado, coniferous forests, Cytisus, disturbance, duff, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire case histories, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fishes, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, general interest, health factors, herbaceous vegetation, Idaho, invasive species, light burning, lightning caused fires, litter, logging, Montana, national forests, national parks, native species (animals), native species (plants), natural resource legislation, Pinus albicaulis, Pinus ponderosa, plant communities, precipitation, riparian habitats, runoff, seedlings, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, shrubs, smoke effects, soil nutrients, soils, streams, surface fires, thinning, water, water quality, water repellent soils, weed control, wildfires, wildlife food plants, wildlife habitat management, woody fuels
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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
From the text ... 'This article updates the uses of the fire severity index called the Haines Index (HI). We discuss the original intended use of HI, its current operational use, some ways that users have modified it, and different aspects of HI that researchers are examining to…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: convection, fire danger rating, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, flame length, fuel moisture, ignition, rate of spread, smoke behavior, temperature, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text ... 'This article discusses factors that are critical to both firefighters and fire managers in ensuring a safe and productive workforce. First, it discusses such items as the work environment, the firefighter workforce, physical fitness, nutrition, work/rest…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire equipment, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, health factors, heat effects, mortality, nutrition, smoke effects, Washington, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
From the text ... 'The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) notified the Forest Service of the findings of its investigation of the Thirtymile Fire on the Okanagan-Wenatchee National Forest in July 2001. OSHA cited the Forest Service for two willful and three…
Person:
Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Planning, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: catastrophic fires, crown fires, education, fire case histories, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, health factors, smoke effects, US Forest Service, Washington, wilderness areas
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, Asia, clearcutting, Digitaria, eucalyptus, fire frequency, fire management, forest management, grasslands, grazing, hydrology, logging, nutrients, peat fires, Pinus, precipitation, rainforests, runoff, soil leaching, soil permeability, soils, Southeast Asia, streams, succession, tropical forests, water quality, wildfires
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, fine fuels, fire frequency, fire management, fuel loading, gases, particulates, remote sensing, smoke management, biomass burning emissions modeling, remote sensing, fuel consumption
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, artificial regeneration, ecotones, fynbos, geology, grazing, herbicides, litter, Medicago sativa, Mediterranean habitats, native species (plants), natural areas management, old fields, overstory, perennial plants, plowing, population density, seed germination, seeds, sloping terrain, smoke effects, soils, South Africa, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, succulents, wilderness areas, nature reserve, plough plus seed treatments
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, disturbance, fire management, germination, Grevillea, heat, Mediterranean habitats, Poaceae, post fire recovery, range management, reproduction, seed dormancy, seed germination, smoke effects, statistical analysis, temperature, western Australia, dormancy classification, fire ephemeral, seed germination
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., air quality, boreal forests, Canada, deciduous forests, ecosystem dynamics, evolution, fire regimes, forest management, genetics, Glaucomys volans, climate change, Great Lakes, greenhouse gases, Ontario, Picea engelmannii, Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), subalpine forests, Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, Tsuga mertensiana, tundra, wetlands, climate change, ecodiversity, forest, ecosystem diversity, species diversity, genetic diversity, ECOSYSTEM HIERARCHY, ECOLOGICAL LAND CLASSIFICATION TERMINOLOGY, ALPINE ECOSYSTEMS, aspen parkland
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Actinotis, artificial regeneration, Australia, Banksia, fire management, germination, moisture, post fire recovery, range management, seed dormancy, seed germination, site treatments, smoke effects, statistical analysis, temperature, Tersonia, western Australia, wildfires, dormancy cycling, fire ephemeral, germination stimulants, scarification, smoke water, soil burial, storage temperature, Actinotus leucocephalus, Tersonia cyathiflora, Banksia woodland
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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: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire History
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, Corymbia, Digitaria, eucalyptus, fire management, forbs, forest management, grasses, heat, Heteropogon, Indigofera, introduced species, native species (plants), population density, Queensland, savannas, season of fire, seed dormancy, seed germination, seeds, soil management, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, Themeda triandra, tropical forests, fire regime, savanna, seed dormancy, soil seed bank
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Year: 2005
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, chemical compounds, chemistry, combustion, distribution, Europe, Finland, fire management, forest management, health factors, particulates, pollution, precipitation, radiation, remote sensing, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, urban habitats, wildfires, wind, long-range transport, wildfire smoke, mass size distribution, chemical analysis, source analysis, biomass combustion markers
Fire behavior video from the 2013 Rim 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: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Stanislaus National Forest, California, Tuolumne County, light wind, surface fire, moderate severity fire, unburned, plantation, activity fuels, 2013 Rim Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2013 Rim 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…
Person:
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Stanislaus National Forest, California, Tuolumne County, light wind, low rate of spread, backing fire, surface fire, moderate severity fire, unburned, plantation, activity fuels, 2013 Rim Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2013 Rim 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…
Person:
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Stanislaus National Forest, California, Tuolumne County, light wind, low rate of spread, backing fire, surface fire, moderate severity fire, unburned, plantation, activity fuels, 2013 Rim Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2013 Rim 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…
Person:
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Stanislaus National Forest, California, Tuolumne County, light wind, low rate of spread, backing fire, surface fire, moderate severity fire, unburned, plantation, activity fuels, 2013 Rim Fire
Fire behavior video from the 2013 Rim 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…
Person:
Year: 2013
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): California
Keywords: Yosemite National Park, California, Tuolumne County, light wind, low rate of spread, surface fire, low severity fire, unburned, burnout operation, unmanaged fuels, 2013 Rim Fire