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An inventory of particulate matter and air toxic emissions from prescribed fires in the USA for 1989
This report documents a prescribed fire emissions inventory developed using consistent methodology for each of the 50 states of the USA for calendar year 1989. Emissions of particulate matter, selected toxic compounds, and a few other carbon-containing compounds are estimated.…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: emissions inventory, particulate matter, fuel complexes, toxic compounds, emission factors
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: aborigines, air quality, fire management, grasslands, human caused fires, land management, recreation, savannas, shrublands, watershed management, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, fire intensity, fire retardants, laboratory fires, particulates, site treatments, slash, smoke management, wood
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke
Region(s): Alaska, Northwest
Keywords: air quality, Interior Alaska, wildfires
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: litter, nutrient cycling, particulates, phosphate, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus taeda, precipitation, runoff, soil leaching, soil nutrients, South Carolina, volatilization
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, fuel loading, particulates, smoke management, weather observations
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, backfires, dead fuels, fuel moisture, headfires, live fuels, particulates, pine forests, smoke management, wildfires
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, backfires, dead fuels, fuel moisture, headfires, live fuels, particulates, pine forests, pollution, smoke management, wildfires
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: carbon dioxide, CO - carbon monoxide, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, hydrocarbons, Ilex glabra, laboratory fires, Liquidambar styraciflua, particulates, pine forests, Pinus clausa, Pinus taeda, Quercus laevis, Serenoa repens, understory vegetation
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Australia, carbon dioxide, chemistry, decay, eucalyptus, fire intensity, fuel appraisal, fuel types, gases, light, litter, ozone, rural communities, sampling, site treatments, smoke effects, trees
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Social Science, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, erosion, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, forest management, general interest, public information, soils, water quality, wildfires, wildlife
This review summarizes the available literature relevant to British Columbia concerning the influences of harvesting and post-harvest practices upon the forest environment and resources, and points out significant gaps in knowledge where research would be useful. This will aid…
Person:
Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: Abies spp., aesthetics, air quality, bibliographies, British Columbia, Canada, coniferous forests, decay, disturbance, fishes, forest management, hardwood forests, hydrology, logging, microclimate, Picea, pine forests, Pinus contorta, plant growth, recreation, regeneration, roads, runoff, seed germination, seedlings, slash, soil erosion, soil organisms, soils, succession, watershed management, wildlife
'A program of burning experiments was carried out to assess the air pollutant emmissions potential of forest residues in the Pacific Norhtwest. Only the fine fuel component of slash fuelbeds was considered. Ponderosa pine slash, Douglas-fir slash with needles, and Douglas-fir…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, air temperature, CO - carbon monoxide, clearcutting, combustion, coniferous forests, field experimental fires, fine fuels, fire intensity, fire management, fire retardants, flammability, fuel appraisal, fuel arrangement, fuel loading, fuel management, fuel models, fuel moisture, fuel types, gases, humidity, hydrocarbons, ignition, laboratory fires, live fuels, logging, needles, old growth forests, particulates, Pinus ponderosa, pollution, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rate of spread, second growth forests, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, Thuja plicata, Tsuga heterophylla, understory vegetation, Washington, wildfires, wind
From the text...'Big gaps still exist in the understanding of fire ecology, especially the seasonal aspects. Fire can have profoundly different effects on soil, plants and animals depending on when it occurs. Oftentimes the most ecological gain comes from burning during the…
Person:
Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Weather, Fire Ecology, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Eastern, Southern
Keywords: backfires, catastrophic fires, cones, coniferous forests, crown fires, ecosystem dynamics, education, fire adaptations (plants), fire equipment, fire frequency, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, firing techniques, flatwoods, Florida, forest management, general interest, grasslands, headfires, invasive species, land management, liability, mopping up, Native Americans, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, pine forests, Pinus banksiana, Pinus contorta, public information, Sequoiadendron giganteum , smoke effects, surface fires, Tall Timbers Research Station, tallgrass prairies, topography, vegetation surveys
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, flowering, fynbos, roots, smoke effects, South Africa
We develop a simple analytical model to estimate the thickness of a smoke layer formed by a plume of a large area fire and to account for crosswinds. We take advantage of the dominant flow features in the upper part of the rising plume and in the smoke layer far from the plume…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: air quality, decay, dust, humidity, nuclear winter, smoke behavior, statistical analysis, temperature, wind
About 872,000 acres of forest and agricultural land were burned in Georgia during 1972, releasing an estimated 17,000 tons of particulate matter into the atmosphere. Most of this burning was done in the southwestern half of the State during January, February, and March.…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire, Hazard and Risk
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, coastal plain, combustion, computer programs, fire control, fire hazard reduction, flatwoods, fuel management, Georgia, particulates, site treatments, smoke effects, smoke management, weather observations, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
From the text...'Several important facets of any wilderness fire management program must be understood by everyone. First, there are risks involved--primarily the risk of fires escaping. We may not always be able to contain them within the mangement unit. Also, wilderness fire…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Planning, Safety
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: ecosystem dynamics, elevation, fire adaptations, fire exclusion, fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire suppression, fuel accumulation, Idaho, national forests, needles, pine forests, Pinus ponderosa, plant communities, precipitation, Pseudotsuga menziesii, rate of spread, savannas, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Areas, shrublands, shrubs, spot fires, subalpine forests, vegetation surveys, wilderness fire management, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
The atmospheric trace element abundances associated with agricultural field burning and rural air have been measured for the Willamette Valley of western Oregon. Neutron activation analysis is as used to measure the concentrations of about 26 trace elements in gross air…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, croplands, gases, grasses, human caused fires, Oregon, particulates, pollution, rural communities, sampling, slash and burn, smoke effects, statistical analysis
From the text...'The new Mississippi statute on prescribed burning activities is welcome by the forestry community. The act recognizes prescribed burning as an important property right and land management tool that greatly benefits society, the environment and the economy of the…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke, Hazard and Risk, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: burning permits, fire hazard reduction, fire management, fire suppression, forest management, land management, liability, Mississippi, natural resource legislation, pine forests, private lands, regeneration, site treatments
Prescribed fire is the intentional use of fire to achieve certain land management goals. Over 2 million acres of forest land in the southern United States are treated with this tool each year. The benefits from these burns can be offset by a degradation of air quality due to the…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: aerosols, air quality, backfires, combustion, distribution, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire management, forest management, fuel moisture, fuel types, grasses, hardwood forests, Ilex glabra, land management, leaves, litter, needles, particulates, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus taeda, Quercus rubra, sampling, Serenoa repens, smoke management, Solidago, wind
Prescribed fire has been used in managing our southern forest lands for over 50 years. However, burning forest fuels comes under the open burning regulations of the various states. These regulations and how they affect forest management are highlighted by three geographic areas…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation
Region(s): California, Eastern, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Southern
Keywords: air quality, backing fires, fire hazard reduction, fire injuries (plants), fire intensity, fire management, Florida, forest management, fuel accumulation, Idaho, Illinois, logging, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, pollution, site treatments, slash, smoke behavior, smoke management, Texas, Virginia, Washington, wildfires
From the text...'The Southern Forest Fire Laboratory of the USDA Forest Service's Southeastern Forest Experiment Station at Macon, Georgia, is engaged in research and development work to manage smoke from prescribed fire. A part of this work is the development of techniques to…
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Year: 1974
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: air quality, backfires, fire management, Georgia, headfires, pine forests, Pinus elliottii, Pinus palustris, pollution, rate of spread, smoke behavior, smoke management, wind
An average of 350 fire weather special Forecast Requests are prepared each year by the fire weather forecasters in the National Weather Service Forecast Office (WSFO) in Denver. Up to 650 of these spot forecasts may be prepared during a severe fire season. Spot forecasts are…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fuels, Models, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: Colorado, fire danger rating, fire management, fuel moisture, humidity, ignition, precipitation, smoke management, temperature, wildfires, wind
Mechanized full-tree logging is the preferred harvesting system in Northeastern Ontario. These operations typically involve roadside delimbing, producing large quantities of slash at roadsides and landings. Slash pile burning involves gathering the slash into concentrated areas…
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Year: 1993
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Fire Ecology, Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Planning, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: artificial regeneration, biomass, Canada, combustion, duff, fine fuels, fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire suppression, firing techniques, flammability, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel arrangement, fuel management, fuel moisture, grasses, herbaceous vegetation, hunting, ignition, lightning caused fires, logging, Ontario, rate of spread, recreation, regeneration, season of fire, seeds, shrubs, site treatments, slash, smoke management, wildfires, wind