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From the text ... 'The Encyclopedia of Southern fire Science (ESFS) is a web/based resource containing approximately 600 webpages of peer-reviewed fire science knowledge about the southern United States. Much of the information is equally applicable to other regions. Information…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Prevention, Intelligence, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: wildfires, computer networks, computer programs, research, fire management, smoke management
From the text ... '..., in today's world with imcreasing populations, and more people living in the wildland urban interface, prescribed burn practitioners must put more emphasis on smoke management. If we don't manage our smoke and the resulting negative impacts, then the…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Prevention, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Weather, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: heat, smoke behavior, air temperature, humidity, precipitation, public information, storms, wind, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, land management, smoke management
Multiple air monitoring campaigns were conducted from 2003 to 2007 during the months of December through April in which time-integrated monitoring of PM2.5 was performed during 55 prescribed burn (PB) events administered under select meteorological conditions. The data were…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: fire intensity, fire size, ignition, air quality, particulates, statistical analysis, wind, Georgia, South Carolina, fire management, smoke management, air pollution, Generalized Additive Models, mixed-models, particulate matter
The WFR-Chem model can produce valuable smoke emissions and fire spread information along with up to a 72 hour smoke forecast. This model can be used by fire and resouce managers, city and borough personnel and others. Feedback is needed for improved graphics and output.
Person: Steufer
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): Alaska
Keywords: aerosols, AFSC - Alaska Fire Science Consortium, smoke forecasting, WRF-Chem, wildfire, pollutants, PM - particulate matter, PM2.5, WRF-Fire, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
The State of North Carolina has engaged in an active prescribed fire and smoke management program since the 1970s in an effort to maintain a healthy ecosystem and minimize uncontrolled fuel overgrowth that contributes to catastrophic wildfires. Each of the State's 13 natural…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire History, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: NFDRS - National Fire Danger Rating System, North Carolina, fire data
This paper is the second of two reviewing scientific literature from 100 years of research addressing interactions between the atmosphere and fire behaviour. These papers consider research on the interactions between the fuels burning at any instant and the atmosphere, and the…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, International, National
Keywords: literature review, atmospheric dynamics, convection, vortices, plumes, whirls, crown fires, fire whirls, flame length, wildfires, wind, Portugal, Australia, Greece, Russia, fire management, smoke management
This publication is a guide for resource managers on planning and executing prescribed burns in Southern forests and grasslands. It includes explanations of reasons for prescribed burning, environmental effects, weather, and techniques as well as general information on…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fuels, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: environmental effects, prescribed fire burn plan, smoke management, firing techniques
Smoke from bushfires is an emerging issue for fire managers because of increasing evidence for its public health effects. Development of forecasting models to predict future pollution levels based on the relationship between bushfire activity and current pollution levels would…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): International
Keywords: Australia, MODIS - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, wildfires, pollution, air pollution, wind, forecasting, particulates
Biological activity and the physical environment regulate greenhouse gas fluxes (CH4, N2O and NO) from upland soils. Wildfires are known to alter these factors such that we collected daily weather records, fire return intervals, or specific fire years, and soil data of four…
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Year: 2012
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects, Weather
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: fire regimes, fire suppression, fire exclusion, Colorado Front Range, trace gases, soil, CH4 - methane, N2O - nitrous oxide, nitric oxide, nitrification, Pinus ponderosa, ponderosa pine, DAYCENT
Veteran burn bosses share their stories and firsthand insights.
Person: Norman, Buckley, Larsen, Jacobs, McFarland
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fuels, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): California
Keywords: air quality, public opinion, burn boss, burn plans, decision making, escaped fire, flash fuels, risk analysis, wind shift, wind effects, lessons learned
Gary L. Achtemeier presented a webinar on predicting the occurrence and transport of smoke-induced dense fog (superfog) which has been implicated in roadway accidents around the nation. The webinar summarizes 20 years of collaboration between land managers in the southeastern U.…
Person: Achtemeier
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Prescribed Fire, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: smoke transport, smoke-induced fog, superfog
Extreme fire behavior indicates a level of fire behavior characteristics that ordinarily precludes methods of direct control action. One or more of the following is usually involved: high rate of spread, prolific crowning/spotting, presence of fire whirls, and strong convection…
Person: Werth
Year: 2012
Type: Media
Source: FRAMES
Topic(s): Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fuels, Intelligence, Models, Weather
Region(s): Alaska, California, Eastern, Great Basin, Hawaii, Northern Rockies, Northwest, Rocky Mountain, Southern, Southwest, National
Keywords: fire weather, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, extreme fire behavior, spot fires, vortices, smoke plumes, SWFSC - Southwest Fire Science Consortium, fire interactions, fire weather patterns, crown fire dynamics