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Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, CO - carbon monoxide, gases, leaves, particulates
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Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: air quality, coniferous forests, gases, grasses, ozone, particulates, site treatments, slash, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, Washington
Savannas are a major terrestrial biome, comprising of grasses with the C4 photosynthetic pathway and trees with the C3 type. This mixed grass-tree biome rapidly appeared on the ecological stage 8 million years ago with the near-synchronous expansion of C4 grasses around the…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, C - carbon, CO2 - carbon dioxide, cover, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire management, flammability, grasses, grasslands, land use, mortality, photosynthesis, plant growth, regeneration, savannas, trees, wildfires, C4 photosynthesis, cloud physics, feedbacks, systems analysis
CO2 efflux from tropical peat swamp substrates was measured under three different land uses (selectively logged forest, recently burned and cleared forest, and agriculture) in Jambi Province, eastern Sumatra over a six-month period that incorporated parts of both the major wet…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: agriculture, carbon dioxide, clearcutting, fire management, climate change, Indonesia, land use, logging, peat, peatlands, remote sensing, soil management, soil temperature, soils, Sumatra, temperature, tropical regions, wildfires, greenhouse gas emissions, forest fires, tropical soil respiration
Several studies have documented potential health effects due to agricultural burning smoke. However, there is a paucity of literature characterizing community residents' exposure to agricultural burning smoke. This study assesses personal exposures to particulate matter (PM)…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Models, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, biomass, biomass burning, cropland fires, fire management, forest management, health factors, season of fire, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, Washington, biomass burning, smoke impact, personal exposure, random component superposition model, recursive model, spatial variation
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Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Canada, fire management, Quebec, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, wildfires, forest fire, aerosol optical depth, Angstrom exponent
Fire is one of the key disturbances affecting aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) forest ecosystems within western Canadian wildlands, including Elk Island National Park. Prescribed fire use is a tool available to modify aspen forests, yet clearly understanding its potential…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Alberta, boreal forests, Canada, disturbance, droughts, duff, experimental fires, fire management, forest management, fuel moisture, ground cover, ground fires, hardwood forests, ignition, moisture, national parks, plant communities, Populus, Populus tremuloides, precipitation, soil moisture, statistical analysis, fuels management, ground fire ignition potential, aspen, Populus tremuloides, DMC - CFFDRS Duff Moisture Code, drought code, FWI - Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index System
A year-long sampling and analysis of 24 h airborne particles equal to or less than 10 mm (
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, chemistry, diseases, fire frequency, fire intensity, humidity, hydrocarbons, Mexico, Mexico City, organic matter, particulates, pollution, sampling, season of fire, smoke management
Federal fuels managers are increasingly using prescribed fire to decrease hazardous fuels and risks to resources in wildland and urban settings. Two factors have become apparent throughout the last several years: prescribed burning costs are rising, and costs exhibit substantial…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Northwest
Keywords: broadcast burning, computer programs, coniferous forests, elevation, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel management, grasslands, Great Plains, land management, Oregon, season of fire, sloping terrain, statistical analysis, thinning, topography, Washington, wildfires, cost structure
The past decade has seen an increasing interest in forest management based on historical or natural disturbance dynamics. The rationale is that management that favours landscape compositions and stand structures similar to those found historically should also maintain…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: age classes, Canada, carbon dioxide, coniferous forests, distribution, disturbance, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, logging, old growth forests, Quebec, species diversity (plants), statistical analysis, wildfires
From the text ... 'A coordinated, interagency effort is required to ensure that fire use programs are implemented in a professional and competent manner.... Fire management is as much a philosophy and attitude toward the land as it is an action program.'
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Intelligence, Outreach, Planning, Social Science
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire management, land management, public information, smoke management, wildfires
From the text ... 'Early prescribed natural fire efforts were tacitly supported, limited in extent, and carried out under close scrutiny.... Wildland fire use has moved beyond the confines of remote, inaccessible areas. It is expanding across an increasing variety of land use…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire size, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, forest management, invasive species, land use, national parks, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (chance ignition), private lands, public information, smoke management, wildfires
From the text ... 'Before lighting a prescribed fire on the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests, fire managers rely on Tom Robison to check air quality in several of the nearby small towns. Using data from a network of real-time smoke monitors, Robison helps fire managers…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, computer programs, fire management, forest management, Montana, national forests, particulates, smoke behavior, smoke management, telemetry, Washington, wildfires
From the text ... 'To mitigate and reduce downstream smoke complaints, clients in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere have used BlueSky and BlueSky-RAINS on prescribed burns for go/no-go decisions and timing.... Failure to meet air quality obligations can lead to more stringent…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky, Fire Consortia for the Advanced Modeling of Meteorology and Smoke (FCAMMS), fire management, forest management, fuel management, GIS, smoke behavior, smoke management, wind
From the text ... 'We ensured that the New Mexico State air quality coordinator and the Southwest Coordination Center knew that the smoke predictions were posted on a publicly available Website.... The year 2003 saw record-high energy release component values in much of the…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, Arizona, BlueSky, energy, fire danger rating, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, Idaho, Mexico, Montana, National Fire Plan, New Mexico, smoke management, wildfires
From the text ... 'BlueSky accurately predicted a smoke event into central Washington's Wenatchee-Leavenworth area that was confirmed by verbal reports and data from particulate monitors.... Fine particulates in smoke from wildland fires can cause significant health problems for…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Models, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, BlueSky, fire danger rating, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, health factors, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, National Fire Plan, national forests, particulates, rate of spread, smoke effects, smoke management, Washington, wildfires
From the text ... 'This issue of Fire Management Today highlights the expanding science of smoke issues and air quality. From the discussion of Web-based tools that predict how much smoke might come from that fire and where it might go, to the growing array of monitoring…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, catastrophic fires, fire management, fuel management, smoke management, wildfires
From the text.... 'The Apache National Forest, like many southwestern forests situated on the Colorado Plateau, has significant fuel hazard problems.... Our objective is to compile a catalog of proven prescriptions to burn any given site in the pine type.... It is important to…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: Colorado, coniferous forests, diameter classes, duff, fire control, fire management, firefighting personnel, firing techniques, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, humidity, ignition, mortality, national forests, scorch, season of fire, slash, sloping terrain, smoke management, temperature, thinning, wind
Except in remote areas, most prescribed fires will have some effect on members of the public. It is therefore important for land managers to work with the public before, during, and after a prescribed burn. To do this effectively, managers need to have an accurate idea of what…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: education, fire control, fire management, National Fire Plan, Native Americans, public information, smoke management, urban habitats
Visibility impairment from regional haze is a significant problem throughout the continental United States. A substantial portion of regional haze is produced by smoke from prescribed and wildland fires. Here we describe the integration of four simulation models, an array of GIS…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Mapping, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, distribution, ENSO, fire danger rating, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, flammability, GIS, Idaho, ignition, Michigan, national parks, Oregon, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, Washington, wilderness areas, wildfires, Wyoming, regional haze, integrated models, fire regimes, smoke dispersion
Results from two independently developed biomass-burning smoke plume models are compared. Model results were obtained for the temporal evolution of two nascent smoke plumes originating from significantly different fire environments (an Alaskan boreal forest and an African…
Person:
Year: 2006
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: Africa, air quality, biomass, boreal forests, coniferous forests, evolution, fire management, gases, human caused fires, lightning caused fires, mosaic, ozone, savannas, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke management, South Africa, statistical analysis, wildfires, biomass burning, computational modeling, intercomparison, tropospheric chemistry
Most western state laws pertaining to prescribed burning do not specifically deal with range rehabilitation. Prescribed burns require a burning permit issued by the State Forester, or his equivalent, prior to ignition during closed fire seasons. Air quality standards have been…
Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: air quality, air temperature, arid regions, burning permits, CO - carbon monoxide, Colorado, combustion, fire control, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, hydrocarbons, ignition, liability, logging, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, particulates, pollution, post-fire recovery, season of fire, site treatments, slash, smoke management, statistical analysis, SO2 - sulfur dioxide, Utah, Washington, water, water quality, wind
It is now well established that fire plays an important part as a periodic disturbing influence on many of the forest types of North America. The species composition of such forests has undergone selection as a result of the regularity of fires during their history so that the…
Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Betula, biomass, Calluna, charcoal, coniferous forests, deciduous forests, Europe, fire adaptations (plants), fire frequency, fire management, forest types, heathlands, lakes, nutrient cycling, phosphorus, Pinus, pollen, K - potassium, sedimentation, smoke effects, succession, wildfires
In a year of catastrophic wildland fires across the country, Alaska once again had the dubious honor of being host to the nation's largest wildland fire.
Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: catastrophic fires, fire case histories, fire management, fire suppression, lightning caused fires, rate of spread, smoke effects, wilderness areas, wildfires
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Person:
Year: 1978
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, brush, Cascades Range, chemical compounds, chemistry, duff, fire hazard reduction, fire management, forage, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel moisture, litter, multiple resource management, Oregon, particulates, pollution, site treatments, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, statistical analysis, Washington, wildfires, wildlife habitat management