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A computerized fire weather model coupled with a synoptic model is a powerful means of describing the weather part of the fire environment.
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, ash, fire danger rating, GIS - geographic information system, GPS - global positioning system, smoke behavior, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Natural processes are clearly provided for in the Wilderness Act of 1964. This Act defines wilderness as a large land area which is primarily affected by the forces of nature. In addition, the defined purpose of the Act was to assure these lands were to be preserved and…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, coniferous forests, conifers, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire adaptations, forest management, lightning caused fires, multiple resource management, natural resource legislation, pine forests, pine, prescribed fires (chance ignition), recreation, threatened and endangered species, water, water quality, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires
The Fire Behavior Research Work Unit (RWU) of the Intermountain Research Station has been developing the Wildland Fire Assessment System (WFAS) since 1994. The WFAS will eventually combine the functionality of the current fire-danger rating system (Deeming et al. 1977) and the…
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Year: 1997
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Planning, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire potential, WFAS - Wildland Fire Assessment System, fire danger rating, climatology, crown fires, fire frequency, fire intensity, fuel moisture, live fuels, Oklahoma, smoke management, wilderness fire management, wildfires