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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
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
This paper describes the Oklahoma Fire Danger Model, an operational fire danger rating system for the state of Oklahoma (USA) developed through joint efforts of Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, and the Fire Sciences Laboratory of the USDA Forest Service in…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: adaptation, fire danger rating, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, GIS, grasslands, land management, live fuels, moisture, Montana, Oklahoma, pine hardwood forests, remote sensing, smoke behavior, smoke management, weather observations, wilderness fire management, wildfires
Outdoor fires, such as wildfires and prescribed burns, can emit substantial amounts of particulate matter and other pollutants into the atmosphere. In Texas, an inventory of forest, grassland and agricultural burning activities revealed that fires consumed vegetation on 1.6 and…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, duff, fire management, fire size, fuel appraisal, fuel loading, fuel management, grasslands, litter, logging, particulates, pine forests, pollution, range management, rangelands, slash, smoke management, statistical analysis, Texas, wildfires, wildland fuels
From the text ... 'On the Dude Fire Staff Ride tomorrow, we will retrace the steps of people who were under pressure. Some of those people handled pressure well. Some didn't. For a richer understanding of the Dude Fire, we should focus on what happens when people are overcome by…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Planning, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: Arizona, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire injuries (humans), fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, hardwood forests, pine forests, rate of spread, smoke effects, Washington, wildfires
From the text...'Fire is a natural ecological process; it controls insects and disease and is necessary for natural succession of plant communities. Foliage, litter, and herbaceous matter are typically the predominant fuel components consumed in many prescribed and wildfire…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest, Southern
Keywords: Acer, aerosols, air quality, Aristida stricta, biomass, chemical compounds, combustion, cones, crowns, fire intensity, fire management, Florida, foliage, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel types, hardwood forests, health factors, hydrocarbons, insects, lignin, litter, mortality, needles, North Carolina, Oregon, organic matter, particulates, pH, pine forests, Pinus palustris, Pinus ponderosa, Pinus taeda, plant communities, Quercus, Sabal palmetto, sampling, slash, smoke management, soil organic matter, statistical analysis, succession, surface fires, Tsuga heterophylla, understory vegetation, wildfires, woody fuels
Landuse change from forest to urban/suburban at the wildland-urban interface between 1992 and 1997 was assessed relative to increasing fire risk for the eastern U.S. We modeled forest-to-urban expansion using two regional-scale databases. A scaled metric of forest fragmentation…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Models, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: cover, cover type conversion, evolution, fire danger rating, fire management, forest fragmentation, fragmentation, fuel loading, GIS, habitat conversion, hardwood forests, land use, pine forests, roads, rural communities, smoke management, statistical analysis, urban habitats, wilderness fire management
The authors present a finite-difference numerical model of heat flow within a horizontal section of a tree stem. Processes included in the model are solar radiative heating, infrared emission and absorption, convective heat exchange between tree surface and the atmosphere, and…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: stem heating, finite-difference numerical model , solar radiative heating, tree stem heat flow
The Rocky Mountain Research Station is one of six regional units that make up the USDA Forest Service Research and Development organization-the most extensive natural resources research organization in the world. We maintain 12 field laboratories throughout a 14-state territory…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Southwest
Keywords: research, US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
The Northwest Regional Modeling Center (NWRMC) demonstration project was undertaken to determine the feasibility of using the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system to investigate regional haze in the Pacific Northwest. The project was also aimed at establishing…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Models
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, regional haze, aerosol transport, aerosol formation, MCAQ - Multi-Scale Air Quality modeling system
We have simulated the dynamical evolution of the plume from a prescribed biomass fire, using the active tracer high-resolution atmospheric model (ATHAM). Initialization parameters were set to reflect the conditions during the fire. The model results are compared with airborne…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: biomass burning, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, SCAR-C Smoke, Cloud, and Radiation-C experiment, aerosol transport, aerosol optical properties
PROJECT OBJECTIVES As requested under Tasks 8 and 9, user-friendly modeling systems designed for local use will be provided for modeling smoke from wildland fires. These tools will provide a means for conducting tradeoff analyses, with a focus on emissions production, of…
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Year: 2002
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: FARSITE - Fire Area Simulator, BEHAVE
Forest Service research has developed a set of tools to estimate fuel consumption and resulting emissions from wildland fire. These two models, CONSUME (Ottmar et al., 1993) and EPM (Emissions Production Model, McKenzie et al., 2002 and Sandberg and Peterson, 1984) have formed…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: BlueSky Modeling Framework, CONSUME, emission estimates, EPM - Emissions Production Model, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke models, smoke estimation tools, MM5 - Mesoscale Model generation 5, smoke forecasting, CSEM - Community Smoke Emissions Model
This state-of-knowledge review about the effects of fire on air quality can assist land, fire, and air resource managers with fire and smoke planning, and their efforts to explain to others the science behind fire-related program policies and practices to improve air quality.…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, wildfire, biomass emissions, FERA - Fire and Environmental Research Applications Team, smoke dispersion, smoke management, biomass, burning permits, chemistry, combustion, cover, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, flame length, fuel management, health factors, heat effects, land management, NFP - National Fire Plan, O3 - ozone, particulates, pollution, public information, roads, smoke effects, soil management, soils, wildland fire
Fuel reduction has the best chance of success if managers understand the factors that influence public acceptance of fuel management sufficiently to provide effective responses to the questions, objections, and concerns of wildland-urban interface (WUI) homeowners. This study's…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Eastern, Southern
Keywords: public opinion, aesthetics, catastrophic fires, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire damage (property), fire frequency, fire hazard, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (humans), fire management planning, fire protection, fire suppression, firebreak, flammability, Florida, forest management, fuel management, geography, GIS - geographic information system, health factors, human caused fires, hunting, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Lake States, land management, landscape ecology, lightning caused fires, logging, Michigan, mowing, national forests, natural resource legislation, pine forests, pine hardwood forests, private lands, public information, recreation, regulations, sampling, SFP - Southern Fire Portal, site treatments, smoke effects, state forests, statistical analysis, trees, understory vegetation, wildlife habitat management, wildfires
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: trace gas emissions, biomass burning, aerosol particles
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Safety, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Canada, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, combustion, coniferous forests, conifers, deciduous forests, disturbance, fire growth, fire hazard reduction, fire suppression, firebreaks, forest management, fuel accumulation, gases, health factors, human caused fires, land use, lightning, lightning caused fires, CH4 - methane, wildfires, C - carbon, climate change, Kyoto Protocol, fire suppression and biodiversity
The longleaf pine ecosystem is one of the most biologically diverse in North America, supporting hundreds of plant and animal species. Because of its timber and many non-timber benefits, there is strong interest among forestry professionals, conservation groups, and the public…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, cavity nesting birds, coastal plain, conservation, ecosystem dynamics, fire dependent species, forest management, climate change, habitat conversion, land use, logging, longleaf pine, natural resource legislation, nutrient cycling, old growth forests, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, plant communities, plantations, private lands, rural communities, slash, slash pine, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species (animals), wildlife habitat management
The Russian boreal forest contains approximately 25% of the global terrestrial biomass, and even a higher percentage of the carbon stored in litter and soils. Fire burns large areas annually, much of it in low-severity surface fires - but data on fire area and impacts or extent…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, boreal forest, biomass, fire regimes, fire severity, area burned, carbon emissions, carbon storage, climate change, Siberia, broadcast burning, Canada, C - carbon, chemistry, cover, crown fires, dead fuels, disturbance, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, forest management, land use, litter, remote sensing, Russia, soils, surface fires, vegetation surveys, wildfires
Prescribed fire is used as a management practice to maintain grassland dominance and reduce woody plant encroachment on grasslands and rangelands. Little is known regarding effects of these fires on CO2 fluxes and their potential contribution to atmospheric CO2. The objectives…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: C - carbon, Bromus japonicus, LAI - leaf area index, Prosopis glandulosa, rangelands, biomass burning, grasslands, scaling, mesquite, woody plant encroachment, biomass, woody plants, Buchloe spp., CO2 - carbon dioxide, combustion, dominance, drought, ecosystem dynamics, fire exclusion, fire management, fire resistant plants, invasive species, forbs, leaves, Nassella spp., photosynthesis, plant growth, population density, post-fire recovery, precipitation, Prosopis, range management, resprouting, savannas, season of fire, seasonal activities, statistical analysis, Texas
Russian boreal forests are subject to frequent wildfires. The resulting combustion of large amounts of biomass not only transforms forest vegetation, but it also creates significant carbon emissions that total, according to some authors, from 35 to 94 Mt C per year. These carbon…
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Year: 2002
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: boreal forest, C - carbon, fire damage, NDVI - Normalized Difference Vegetation Index, remote sensing, carbon emissions, Russia, satellite imagery