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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: burned area, fire detection, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Canada, aerosols, trace gas emissions, biomass burning

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Canada, aerosols, trace gas emissions, biomass burning

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: air quality, forecasting, satellite data

Algorithms and techniques to inform an air quality forecasting system with near real-time satellite observations have been developed, demonstrated, and validated. These techniques are generally applicable to any air quality forecasting system, and in many cases do not depend on…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: air quality, forecasting

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning
Region(s): Unknown
Keywords: air quality, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: wildfire, air pollution, atmospheric science, PM - particulate matter

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Outreach, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: education, fire education, fire terminology

From introduction: 'Research on fire is often of an applied nature, addressing questions of how to manage landscapes for fire, how to determine fire danger, how to model fire behavior, fire impacts and post-fire succession (Martell 2001; Chuvieco 2003). This in part reflects the…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Planning
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: boreal forest, fire, land management, land use, carbon cycle, fire monitoring, fire observations, NASA land cover

Continuous and semi-continuous measurements of organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC) and PM2.5 were performed during the summer of 2002 in Rochester, NY and Philadelphia, PA. During the study period in Philadelphia, high concentrations of woodsmoke from a Canadian forest…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Eastern, International
Keywords: wildfires, aerosols, air quality, C - carbon, Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, fire management, smoke management, organic carbon, elemental carbon, black carbon, PM2.5, sunset lab OC, EC analyzer, aethalometer, specific attenuation cross-section, Canadian forest fire

The objective of this study is to investigate the cost of the use of fire in the Amazon. Burnings are commonplace in the Amazon production process and contribute towards the region's agricultural expansion. Fire is used by farmers in the land preparation process and in clearing…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: cropland fires, fire control, fire damage (property), fire injuries (plants), human caused fires, prescribed fires (escaped), agriculture, air quality, C - carbon, health factors, livestock, private lands, statistical analysis, Amazon, Brazil, South America, fire management, forest management, land management, smoke management, croplands, Amazon, economic cost, forests

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Eastern, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Canada, C - carbon, New York, particulates, Pennsylvania, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, organic carbon, elemental carbon, black carbon, PM2.5, sunset lab OC, EC analyzer, aethalometer, specific attenuation cross-section, Canadian forest fire

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, Brazil, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, croplands, land management, nutrient cycling, site treatments, slash and burn, soil management, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, South America, tillage, carbon sequestration, soil carbon, no-till, sugar cane, biofuel, burning, South America, Brazil

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biogeochemical cycles, Brazil, C - carbon, deforestation, digital data collection, ecotones, fire frequency, fire regimes, fire sensitive plants, grasslands, grazing, human caused fires, land use, landscape ecology, Oregon, overstory, rainforests, remote sensing, South America, tropical forests, CLOSED CANAPY

Management of pine flatwoods on the southeastern coastal plain often involves the use of prescribed fire to limit encroachment of shrubs and trees, but fire also serves an important ecological role in these forests, as much of the native vegetation is fire dependent. However,…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: biomass, C - carbon, charcoal, coastal plain, distribution, fire damage (property), fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire injuries (humans), fire injuries (property), fire regimes, fire suppression, flatwoods, Florida, microorganisms, mineral soils, national forests, north Florida, nutrients, Oregon, organic matter, Osceola National Forest, O - oxygen, Pinus palustris, sampling, shrubs, smoke management, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soil organisms, soils, soot, trees, lipids

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: Adenostoma fasciculatum, Adenostoma sparsifolium, C - carbon, chaparral, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, fire dependent species, fire frequency, gases, leaching, leaves, light, moisture, nutrients, Oregon, photosynthesis, southern California, water

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, 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: aerosols, Asia, biogeochemical cycles, biomass, boreal forests, Brazil, Canada, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, char, charcoal, chemical compounds, China, decomposition, ecosystem dynamics, Europe, evolution, fire management, climate change, humus, Indonesia, Mediterranean habitats, microorganisms, nutrient cycling, organic matter, particulates, pH, Pinus halepensis, Pinus pinea, Pinus sylvestris, Quercus rotundifolia, savannas, Siberia, soil moisture, soil organic matter, soils, South America, statistical analysis, temperate forests, tropical forests, wildfires, wood

The main objective of this study was to investigate the chemical characteristics of post-harvest biomass burning aerosols from field burning of barley straw in late spring and rice straw in late fall in rural areas of Korea. A 12-hr integrated intensive sampling of particulate…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, agriculture, air quality, Asia, biomass, calcium, C - carbon, chemical elements, chemistry, chlorine, copper, croplands, environmental impact analysis, fire management, health factors, Korea, magnesium, manganese, particulates, K - potassium, sampling, season of fire, slash and burn, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, S - sulfur, zinc

Forest fires are a common disturbance within the boreal ecosystem of the Mackenzie Basin during the warm season. These fires threaten human life, property, and valuable commercial resources, and pose the greatest danger for fire managers. Fire is the dominant disturbance regime…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: biogeochemical cycles, Canada, C - carbon, catastrophic fires, disturbance, energy, fire case histories, fire danger rating, fire growth, fire intensity, humidity, ignition, lightning, lightning caused fires, Northwest Territories, precipitation, rate of spread, smoke behavior, storms, temperature, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind

During each summer of 1997 through 2001, a series of experimental forest fires in Canada's Northwest Territories, collectively known as the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME), provided a unique opportunity to collect emissions that closely represent those of…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, boreal forests, Canada, C - carbon, catastrophic fires, chemical compounds, combustion, crown fires, field experimental fires, fire management, foam, gases, hydrocarbons, Northwest Territories, particulates, sampling, size classes, volatilization, wildfires

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, age classes, agriculture, air quality, Amazon, biomass, Brazil, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, combustion, cover type, deforestation, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO - El Nino Southern Oscillation, fire frequency, fire management, fire size, gases, grasslands, ignition, land use, livestock, national forests, range management, rangelands, regeneration, remote sensing, slash, South America, statistical analysis

Temperature, intensity, spread, and dimensions of fires burning in tropical savanna and slashed tropical forest in central Brazil were measured for the first time by remote sensing with an infrared imaging spectrometer that was designed to accommodate the high radiances of…
Person:
Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, biogeochemical cycles, Brazil, C - carbon, cerrado, combustion, distribution, energy, fire case histories, fire intensity, fire management, fire size, firebreaks, flame length, forest management, gases, GIS, ignition, radiation, rate of spread, remote sensing, savannas, slash, smoke behavior, South America, statistical analysis, temperature, tropical forests, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wind

The remaining carbon stocks in wet tropical forests are currently at risk because of anthropogenic deforestation, but also because of the possibility of release driven by climate change. To identify the relative roles of CO2 increase, changing temperature and rainfall, and…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, Asia, biogeochemical cycles, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, croplands, deforestation, distribution, disturbance, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire regimes, fragmentation, gases, land use, land use planning, landscape ecology, soils, tropical forests, wildfires

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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Asia, biogeochemical cycles, boreal forests, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, Central America, chemical compounds, chemistry, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO, Europe, fire management, Canada, Mexico, precipitation, remote sensing, South America, Southeast Asia, wildfires

Fire has been a significant ecosystem process in the Southeast for thousands of years. It kept slash pine in the wetter parts of the flatwoods pine forests historically. Today, when slash pine covers a much larger landscape, fire still plays an integral role in its management.…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, browse, burning permits, cavity nesting birds, Colinus virginianus, cover, crown scorch, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire dependent species, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire management, flatwoods, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, GIS, Gopherus polyphemus, hydrology, insects, invasive species, liability, longleaf pine, mammals, mortality, N - nitrogen, nutrients, old growth forests, pH, Picoides borealis, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus elliottii densa, Pinus palustris, plant diseases, plant growth, plantations, post fire recovery, public information, regeneration, remote sensing, reptiles, shrubs, slash, slash pine, smoke management, soil nutrients, statistical analysis, threatened and endangered species (animals), Ursus americanus floridanus, vegetation surveys, water quality, wildfires, wildlife, wildlife food habits, wildlife habitat management