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Methods for transmitting weather data and uses of the data by foresters are becoming more automated. Recent work at Macon confirms the importance of atomospheric [atmospheric] stability as a determinant of forest fire behavior. Smoke management systems currently being developed…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire management, forest management, Georgia, humidity, remote sensing, roads, smoke behavior, smoke management, wildfires, wind
Article discusses burning permits, prescribed fire, land management and smoke management in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: Alabama, burning permits, education, fire management, firebreaks, Florida, Georgia, land management, liability, roads, smoke management
From the text ... 'Ten years ago there was no known smoke problem in the south from prescribed burning except isolated pockets, or at least we were not aware of them. Today, the smoke problem from prescribed burning varies from being a major problem in some states to no problem…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: air quality, Alabama, Arkansas, education, fire management, Florida, forest management, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, pollution, smoke management, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, wind
The state forestry agencies in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas experience the same problems in training, program delivery and smoke management. Enforcement and coordination with federal, state and private landowners becomes increasingly important as smoke management comes under…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, burning permits, fire management, liability, Louisiana, Mississippi, private lands, smoke management, Texas
Consulting foresters are described as a growing force representing the best potential for expanded use of prescribed fire on private nonindustrial forestlands. Recognition by consultants and others of the true costs of prescribed burning is advocated as well as State policies to…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, education, fire equipment, fire management, forest management, Georgia, herbicides, liability, smoke management
The agreement is made and entered into the first day of July 2985, by and between S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control - Air Quality and the S.C. Forestry Commission.
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Eastern
Keywords:
The motion of a strong line thermal in an unstratified atmosphere is modeled to estimate a bound for its capability to life firebrand particles. It is found that the maximum height of a viable firebrand is roughly proportional to the square root of thermal strength. The…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire control, fire management, firebrands, ignition, particulates, site treatments, smoke management, spot fires, temperature, wildfires, wind
Fire spread in wildland fuels is modeled as the steady, longitudinal propagation of an isothermal surface at ignition temperature by the process of radiation transport through a uniform layer of randomly-distributed, thermally-thin, radiometrically-black fuel particles. The…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire intensity, fire management, flame length, fuel management, fuel moisture, fuel types, heat, heat effects, ignition, particulates, radiation, rate of spread, temperature, wilderness areas, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildland fuels, wind
This study shows the results of concentration measurements of large particles (D>0.3 um), CCN and Aitken nuclei (CN) in two different sites of the Ivory Coast-Lamto and Abidjan-during the middle of the dry season. A comparison is established over a period of 24 h; it clearly…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, Africa, air quality, coastal forests, Ivory Coast, particulates, savannas, tropical forests, urban habitats, West Africa, wildfires
From the text:'It*s imperative you have the right messages to explain and justify "prescribed burning.” The messages must be tailored to the audiences you need to reach and be adapted to the delivery system you use to send the messages. All three elements are important — the…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: burning permits, conservation easements, education, fire suppression, land management, logging, public information, reforestation, smoke management, wildlife habitat management
A high performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method for determining the concentration of trace amounts of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) in particulate matter from combustion of forest fuels was validated. Particulate matter was prepared for analysis by a small-scale (1mg),…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: combustion, laboratory fires, particulates
From the text ... 'Crown weight tables are used to provide estimates of slash loading that will result from timber cutting. This information is useful for assessing potential utilization of slash for fuelwood or other forest products, predicting fire behavior potential,…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Eastern, International
Keywords: crowns, cutting, fire management, forest management, forest products, fuel loading, fuel management, logging, Missouri, Ozarks, pine forests, Pinus echinata, shortleaf pine, size classes, slash, smoke behavior
Fire management specialists in the southeastern United States needing guides for predicting or assessing particulate matter emission factors, emission rates, and heat release rate can use the models presented in this paper for making these predictions as a function of flame…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fire intensity, fire management, flame length, Florida, forest management, fuel types, Georgia, headfires, heat, Ilex glabra, particulates, pine forests, plantations, rate of spread, Serenoa repens, smoke management, statistical analysis
From the Executive Summary... 'Changes in policies governing fire in publicly-managed recreation areas have generated concern among federal land management professionals about public acceptance. This concern is compounded by the increasing numbers of people engaged in outdoor…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Southwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, Arizona, burning intervals, education, fire intensity, fire management, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, human caused fires, land management, land use, light, lightning, lightning caused fires, low intensity burns, public information, recreation, sampling, statistical analysis, wildfires, wildlife
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: artificial regeneration, backfires, burning intervals, cutting, diseases, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, firing techniques, flame length, flank fires, forest management, hardwoods, headfires, humidity, Louisiana, pine forests, plantations, precipitation, season of fire, site treatments, sloping terrain, smoke management, spot fires, statistical analysis, wildlife habitat management, wind
Fuel consumption and performance results of four mechanical harvesting systems were determined in burned and unburned sugarcane in Florida. Harvester fuel consumption per gross tonne of cane averaged 112% higher in unburned cnae than in burned cane. More important, cane recovery…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, biomass, croplands, cutting, distribution, fire exclusion, Florida, fuel loading, fuel management, histories, litter, population density, sampling, site treatments, statistical analysis
Natural area managers are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of prescribed fire management. Many individuals are interested in ways to advance their knowledge of how to plan and execute prescibed burns. The Nature Conservancy conducted a servey to identify training…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Great Basin, Southern
Keywords: air quality, education, fire control, fire management, smoke management
In 1983 the most severe fire in Victorian mountain forests for over forty years killed extensive areas of highly productive eucalypt forest, requiring a large scale timber salvage and forest rehabilitation program. The scheduling of these programs was dependent upon a rapid and…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Weather, Economics
Region(s): International
Keywords: age classes, arthropods, artificial regeneration, ash, Australia, backfires, catastrophic fires, crown fires, crown scorch, decay, droughts, Eucalyptus regnans, fine fuels, fire control, fire danger rating, fire exclusion, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire sensitive plants, fire suppression, flammability, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, fuel types, fungi, ground fires, hardwood forests, insects, litter, logging, mortality, mosaic, overstory, photography, post fire recovery, rate of spread, regeneration, remote sensing, salvage, spot fires, understory vegetation, Victoria, wildfires, wind
An earlier paper* described three techniques used to estimate the moisture content of large (3- to 9-inch diameter) woody fuels in logging slash west of the Cascade range in Washington and Oregon. Our paper examines the use of these and other independent variables to predict…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Monitoring and Inventory, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: broadcast burning, Cascades Range, coniferous forests, fire hazard reduction, fuel appraisal, fuel arrangement, fuel inventory, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel moisture, heat, logging, moisture, Oregon, Pseudotsuga menziesii, size classes, slash, surface fuels, trees, Tsuga heterophylla, Washington, woody fuels
Goals and objectives outlined in the Clean Air Act of 1977 are in conflict with land management practices that utilize control or prescribed burns to maintain a healthy ecosystem. Specifically, smoke emissions from burn areas can significantly and adversely affect the visual air…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, land management, landscape ecology, national parks, natural areas management, natural resource legislation, pollution, K - potassium, smoke effects, smoke management, wilderness fire management
From the Introduction ... 'The first European colonists in the South had roots in cultures in which fire was an integral part of landscape management. They were met on their arrival by a culture, the Amerindian [American Indian], which had reshaped the landscape over several…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, Appalachian Mountains, ash, central Florida, coastal plain, community ecology, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire regimes, flatwoods, forest management, fungi, heavy fuels, microclimate, North Carolina, nutrient cycling, Piedmont, pine forests, Pinus palustris, plant communities, plant diseases, post fire recovery, roots, runoff, sandhills, savannas, scrub, season of fire, smoke management, species diversity (plants), streams, water, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife management
From the text ... 'The scientific application of fire has proven to be a worthwhile, cost effective land management tool. Our challenge is to develop ways to accomplish this in the face of expanding regulations, tighter controls and reduced numbers of personnel.'
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire size, fire suppression, forest management, histories, land management, multiple resource management, national forests, national parks, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, smoke management, southern brackenfern
Prescribed burning is a vital tool in the management of industrial pine plantations. New techniques and tools such as the use of helicopters in aerial ignition have facilitated the use of fire in younger stands, while permitting more acreage to be treated in a given time period…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aviation, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Logistics, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerial ignition, age classes, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, firing techniques, forest management, ignition, pine forests, plantations, smoke management, South Carolina, understory vegetation, wildfires
From the Summary ... 'It is obvious from the varying levels of use of prescribed fire in the hardwood oriented states that it is not widely considered as a necessity for a viable forest management program. It is equally clear that many people recognize that this tool is neither…
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Year: 1985
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Rocky Mountain, Southern
Keywords: air quality, Arkansas, education, erosion, forest management, hardwood forests, Kentucky, Oklahoma, public information, smoke management, soil erosion, Tennessee, water, water quality
The high variablility of burning conditions and fuels, found in Alaskan forest fires, produces an associated complex emission of particulate matter. Histological evidence of some large particles has been found in the forest fire plumes as well as aerosols resulting apparently…
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Year: 1983
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, distribution, energy, environmental impact analysis, heat, Interior Alaska, particulates, radiation, remote sensing, sampling, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, temperature, wildfires, wind