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Enhanced carbon monoxide (CO) in the upper troposphere (UT) is shown by nearly collocated Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) and Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) measurements near and down-wind from the known wildfire region of SE Australia from December 12th-19th, 2006.…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): International
Keywords: remote sensing, Australia, GEOS-Chem, tropospheric CO, satellite observations, HYSPLIT - Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory, OMI - Ozone Monitoring Instrument, MLS - Microwave Limb Sounder
While acknowledging the current usefulness of the fire management tools available on the Oklahoma Mesonet, the state's automated weather monitoring system, the USDA Forest Service (Problem Statement) describes a critical need to incorporate a forecast component into the fire…
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Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire danger, forecasting, Oklahoma, DSS - decision support system, OK-FIRE
Prescribed burning in eastern hardwood forests is becoming increasingly important for promoting forest health and reducing fuels at the same time that concerns about the impacts of fire emissions on regional airsheds, human health, and wildlife are increasing. This proposal…
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Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: hardwood forest, Ohio, fuel consumption, Kentucky, smoke management program
Accurate information on regional background particulate matter concentrations is essential to burn permitting and airshed management. Such information is essential to efforts to comply with National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The standard approach (applied by Malm: # 01-1-5-…
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Year: 2010
Type: Project
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, remote sensing
The impact of Canadian forest fires in Quebec on May 31, 2010 on PM2.5, carbonaceous species, and atmospheric mercury species was observed at three rural sites in northern New York. The results were compared with previous studies during a 2002 Quebec forest fire episode. MODIS…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire History, Intelligence
Region(s): Eastern, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, boreal forests, Canada, C - carbon, fire case histories, fire management, forest management, Hg - mercury, New York, particulates, pollution, Quebec, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires
This paper summarizes the importance of climate on tropical wetlands. Regional hydrology and carbon dynamics in many of these wetlands could shift with dramatic changes in these major carbon storages if the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) were to change in its annual…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, Botswana, C - carbon, Central America, Costa Rica, fire frequency, fire management, climate change, hydrology, CH4 - methane, Ohio, precipitation, swamps, tropical regions, water, watershed management, wetlands, Botswana, carbon sequestration, climate change, Costa Rica, inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ), methane emissions, monsoonal wetlands, Okavango Delta, pulsing hydrology, tropical swamps
Submicron particles were collected from June to September 2008 in La Jolla, California to investigate the composition and sources of atmospheric aerosol in an anthropogenically-influenced coastal site. Factor analysis of aerosol mass spectrometry (AMS) and Fourier transform…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire History, Fuels, Intelligence
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aerosols, biomass, biomass burning, brush, C - carbon, combustion, fire case histories, fire management, fuel management, hydrocarbons, lightning, lightning caused fires, northern California, particulates, sampling, S - sulfur, wildfires, wood, Organic carbon particles, Ketone, biomass burning, Organic functional groups
Fine (PM2.5) and coarse (PM2.5-10) smoke particles from controlled biomass burnings of a shrub-dominated forest in Lousa Mountain, Portugal, enabled the quantification by chromatographic techniques of several molecular tracers for the combustion of Mediterranean forest…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, C - carbon, cellulose, combustion, ecosystem dynamics, Europe, experimental fires, fire management, hydrocarbons, lignin, Mediterranean habitats, particulates, Portugal, shrubs, smoke management, wildfires, forest fires, smoke particles, OC, organic speciation, tracers
Gaseous and particulate samples from the smoke from prescribed burnings of a shrub-dominated forest with some pine trees in Lousa Mountain, Portugal, in May 2008, have been collected. From the gas phase Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) measurements, an average modified…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, chemical elements, combustion, Europe, experimental fires, fire management, fuel loading, fuel moisture, particulates, pine, Portugal, season of fire, shrublands, shrubs, smoke effects, smoke management, trees, tropical forests, wildfires, forest fires, greenhouse gas emissions, particulate emissions, organic and elemental carbon, chemical elements, water-soluble ions
It is expected that elevated CO2 levels may have an important positive effect on the dominance of woody plants over grasses in savannas and grasslands. I propose that these changes in the relative abundance of trees and shrubs over grasses may be explained by Tilman's resource…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, elevation, fire management, grasses, grasslands, grazing, herbivory, invasive species, range management, roots, savannas, shrubs, soil moisture, South Africa, trees, wildfires, woody plants, shrub encroachment, bush, C3 and C4 plants, savanna, tree-grass ratios
A process-based fire regime model (SPITFIRE) has been developed, coupled with ecosystem dynamics in the LPJ Dynamic Global Vegetation Model, and used to explore fire regimes and the current impact of fire on the terrestrial carbon cycle and associated emissions of trace…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, C - carbon, ecosystem dynamics, ENSO, fire management, fire regimes, fuel loading, fuel management, gases, precipitation, rate of spread
A series of smoke plumes was detected in Helsinki, Finland, during a one-month-lasting period in August 2006. The smoke plumes originated from wildfires close to Finland, and they were short-term and had a high particulate matter (PM) concentration. Physical and chemical…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory
Region(s): International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, biomass, biomass burning, boreal forests, C - carbon, Europe, Finland, fire management, organic matter, particulates, K - potassium, remote sensing, size classes, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, wildfires, PM1, biomass burning, high-time-resolution observation, chemical characterisation, size distribution
Fire is an integral Earth System process that interacts with climate in multiple ways. Here we assessed the parametrization of fires in the Community Land Model (CLM-CN) and improved the ability of the model to reproduce contemporary global patterns of burned areas and fire…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Restoration and Rehabilitation
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aerosols, Africa, air quality, C - carbon, deforestation, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, fire suppression, fuel loading, ignition, land management, land use, population density, remote sensing, season of fire, South America, suppression, wildfires, wood
Atmospheric CO2 has more than doubled since the last glacial maximum (LGM) and could double again within this century, largely due to anthropogenic activity. It has been suggested that low [CO2] contributed to reduced tree cover in savanna and grassland biomes at LGM, and that…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels
Region(s): International
Keywords: Acacia spp., Acacia karroo, Acacia nilotica, Africa, Australia, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, cover, disturbance, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, flame length, forest management, grasses, grasslands, herbivory, photosynthesis, plant growth, resprouting, roots, savannas, seedlings, Themeda, Themeda triandra, trees, wildfires, woody plants, elevated CO2, Last Glacial Maximum, root, savanna, starch
Mill residues from forest industries are the source for most of the current wood-based energy in the US, approximately 2.1% of the nation's energy use in 2007. Forest residues from silvicultural treatments, which include limbs, tops, and small non-commercial trees removed for…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Northern Rockies
Keywords: air quality, biomass, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, energy, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, fuel management, greenhouse gases, ladder fuels, litter, logging, CH4 - methane, Montana, national forests, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, slash, thinning, trees, vegetation surveys, biomass energy, bioenergy, carbon emissions, greenhouse gases, GHG, logging residues, woody biomass, forestry
Disturbances such as fire, land clearing, and road building remove vegetation and can have major influences on public health through effects on air quality, aesthetics, recreational opportunities, natural resource availability, and economics. Plant recovery and succession…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin
Keywords: aesthetics, agriculture, air quality, arid regions, Bromus rubens, C - carbon, Carnegiea gigantea, cover, desert tortoise, deserts, disturbance, dust, fire adaptations (plants), fire damage (property), fire injuries (plants), fire management, Gopherus agassizii, grasses, Joshua tree, Pennisetum, post fire recovery, range management, red brome, roads, saguaro cactus, soil erosion, species diversity (plants), succession, wildfires, wind, Yucca brevifolia, arid land, recovery, revegetation, management, resource damage, dust mitigation, diversity
Rangelands and savannas occupy 70% of the Australian continent and are mainly used for commercial grazing of sheep and cattle. In the center and north, where there are extensive areas of indigenous land ownership and pastoral production is less intensive, savanna burning is…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, C - carbon, European settlement, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, forage, gases, genetics, grazing, greenhouse gases, land management, livestock, CH4 - methane, Northern Territory of Australia, population density, Queensland, range management, rangelands, savannas, soil nutrients, soils, vegetation surveys, wildfires, burning, C - carbon, deforestation, livestock, vegetation thickening
The tropical peat swamp forests of Indonesia and Malaysia are unusual ecosystems that are rich in endemic species of flora, fauna and microbes despite their extreme acidic, anaerobic, nutrient poor conditions. They are an important refuge for many endangered species including…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Aquatic
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, algae, Asia, bacteria, C - carbon, cover, decomposition, disturbance, drainage, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fishes, flammability, forest management, herbivory, hydrology, Indonesia, invertebrates, leaves, litter, logging, Malaysia, microorganisms, nutrient cycling, overstory, peat, peat bogs, peat fires, peatlands, roots, sclerophyll vegetation, Sumatra, swamps, tropical forests, water, watershed management, wildlife, bacteria, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, hydrology, Indonesia, Malaysia, microbial communities, peat fires, tropical forests
Carbon sequestration by forested ecosystems offers a potential climate change mitigation benefit. However, wildfire has the potential to reverse this benefit. In the western United States, climate change and land management practices have led to increases in wildfire intensity…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies concolor, Abies grandis, air quality, Arizona, biomass, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, Colorado, combustion, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire management, fire regimes, fire suppression, flame length, forest management, fuel management, fuel moisture, Idaho, land management, LANDFIRE, Montana, mortality, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, overstory, Pinus contorta, Pinus jeffreyi, Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rate of spread, Utah, Washington, wildfires, Wyoming
Rainfail-runoff simulations were conducted to estimate the characteristics of the steady-state infiltration rate into 1-m2 north- and south-facing hillslope plots burned by a wildfire in October 2003. Soil profiles in the plots consisted of a two-layer system composed of an ash…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Models
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: ash, C - carbon, charcoal, Colorado, distribution, fire management, floods, litter, mineral soils, post fire recovery, precipitation, runoff, sloping terrain, smoke management, soil management, soil moisture, soils, soot, statistical analysis, water, watersheds, wildfires, wind, burned watershed, ash, infiltration, overland flow
Particulate matter (PM) emitted from biomass burning and wildfire has been an air quality concern in affected areas such as dense population conters. Because of regulatory requirements, airborne particles smaller than 32.5 µm (PM2.5) are of special concern. Controversy has…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: biomass burning, fire hazard reduction, wildfires, air quality, air temperature, C - carbon, N - nitrogen, particulates, sampling, S - sulfur, understory vegetation, Pinus taeda, loblolly pine, Okefenokee Swamp, north Florida, Georgia, fire management, forest management, smoke management, coniferous forests, pine forests, biomass burning, chemical signature, PM2.5, smoke wildfire
We analyze detailed atmospheric gas/aerosol composition data acquired during the 2008 NASA ARCTAS (Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites) airborne campaign performed at high northern latitudes in spring (ARCTAS-A) and summer (ARCTAS-B…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Occurrence, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Great Basin, Northwest, International
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, Arctic, Asia, biomass, biomass burning, boreal forests, Canada, C - carbon, chemistry, Europe, fire frequency, climate change, greenhouse gases, N - nitrogen, ozone, pollution, radiation, research, Siberia, smoke management, wildfires, arctic pollution, ozone, aerosols, greenhouse gases, wild fires
The frequency of fires in the Okavango Delta seasonal floodplains peaked at an intermediate frequency of flooding. Floodplains are commonly burnt every 3-5 years. This study showed fundamental changes in ecosystem properties due to burning. A burnt seasonal floodplain in the…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Intelligence, Mapping, Monitoring and Inventory, Aquatic
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, biomass, Botswana, fire frequency, fire management, fishes, floods, litter, CH4 - methane, N - nitrogen, nutrients, O - oxygen, remote sensing, water, watershed management, wetlands, wildfires, seasonal floodplain, flood pulse, macrophyte, Okavango Delta, nutrients, zooplankton biomass, fish productivity
Forest fires represent a serious threat to public security in Europe due to the large burned area. Moreover, smoke pollution due to forest fire events is an important public health issue for the communities directly affected, and particularly for the personnel involved in…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology
Region(s): International
Keywords: air quality, C - carbon, CO - carbon monoxide, Europe, experimental fires, fire management, fire suppression, firefighting personnel, gases, health factors, N - nitrogen, particulates, pollution, Portugal, shrublands, smoke management, wildfires, firefighters exposure, air pollutants, experimental fires, occupational exposure standards, Mediterranean shrubland
The boreal region stores a large proportion of the world's terrestrial carbon (C) and is subject to high-intensity, stand-replacing wildfires that release C and nitrogen (N) stored in biomass and soils through combustion. While severity and extent of fires drives overall…
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Year: 2010
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels
Region(s): Alaska, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, biomass, black spruce, boreal forests, C - carbon, catastrophic fires, combustion, diameter classes, fire intensity, fire management, forest management, forest types, N - nitrogen, organic soils, Picea, Picea mariana, roots, soil management, soil nutrients, soil organic matter, soils, spruce, stand characteristics, surface fuels, trees, wildfires, adventitious roots, allometric equations, black spruce, carbon emissions, forest fire, N - nitrogen, organic layer depth, Picea mariana, soil carbon, surface fuel consumption