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The Northwest Regional Modeling Consortium (NWRMC) has been supporting the real-time predictions of mesoscale weather since 1993. The consortium includes local, state, and federal agencies with interests in air quality, smoke management, fire weather, water resources, hazard…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Communications, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Mapping, Models, Monitoring and Inventory, Weather
Region(s): Great Basin, Northern Rockies
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, catastrophic fires, computer programs, fire danger rating, fire management, hydrology, Idaho, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, Montana, ozone, physics, remote sensing, runoff, season of fire, smoke behavior, smoke management, statistical analysis, storms, water, weather observations, wildfires
Under what conditions does fire in wetland environments consume substantial organic soil and generate substantial smoke? Does this depend on the wetland type? On whether the burn is prescribed or a wildfire? On hydrological conditions or drought conditions at the time of the…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Ecology, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: droughts, ecosystem dynamics, fire management, Florida, hydrology, JFSP - Joint Fire Science Program, plant communities, smoke effects, soil organic matter, wetlands, wilderness areas, wildfires
Recent research makes clear that much of the Everglade's flora and fauna have evolved to tolerate or require frequent fires. Nevertheless, restoration of the Everglades has thus far been conceptualized as primarily a water reallocation project. These two forces are directly…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Mapping, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Social Science, Emissions and Smoke, Mapping, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): California, Great Basin, Southern
Keywords: agriculture, Ammodramus maritima mirabilis, biomass, calcium, catastrophic fires, charcoal, Cladium jamaicense, community ecology, distribution, disturbance, drainage, ecosystem dynamics, Eleocharis, ENSO, erosion, everglades, evolution, fire dependent species, fire exclusion, fire frequency, fire management, fire regimes, fire size, floods, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel moisture, genetics, GIS, hardwood hammocks, hydrology, invasive species, land use, marshes, moisture, Muhlenbergia filipes, national parks, native species (plants), nongame birds, Nymphaea, organic matter, Panicum hemitomon, peat, pine forests, Pinus elliottii densa, plant communities, population ecology, prairies, precipitation, Quercus douglasii, Rhynchospora, savannas, Schizachyrium rhizomatum, Schoenus, season of fire, sedimentation, soils, south Florida, Spartina bakeri, suppression, swamps, threatened and endangered species (animals), topography, tropical hardwood hammocks, vegetation surveys, vulnerable species or communities, water, watershed management, watersheds, wetlands, wildfires, wildlife habitat management
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Models, Outreach, Planning, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI)
Region(s): Great Basin, Northwest
Keywords: aesthetics, air quality, burning permits, catastrophic fires, crown fires, education, fire damage (property), fire damage protection, fire hazard reduction, fire intensity, fire regimes, fire suppression, forest management, fuel accumulation, fuel loading, fuel management, health factors, landscape ecology, liability, logging, population density, post fire recovery, prescribed fires (escaped), public information, recreation, riparian habitats, sedimentation, slash, smoke effects, smoke management, soil erosion, species diversity (animals), species diversity (plants), stand characteristics, statistical analysis, streamflow, thinning, US Forest Service, wilderness fire management, wildfires
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Administration, Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Prevention, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Planning, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Safety, Social Science, Economics
Region(s): Rocky Mountain
Keywords: catastrophic fires, Colorado, coniferous forests, ecosystem dynamics, fire case histories, fire damage (property), fire injuries (humans), fire management, fire size, fire suppression, floods, forest management, forest products, health factors, liability, logging, multiple resource management, national forests, Pinus ponderosa, post fire recovery, recreation related fires, season of fire, sedimentation, site treatments, smoke behavior, smoke effects, smoke management, soil erosion, soils, statistical analysis, storms, US Forest Service, water quality, water repellent soils, watersheds, wildfires
From the text ... 'Wildfires have had a high impact on Botswana's environment, destroying both forest and rangeland resources. ...Prescribed burning is practiced in State forest reserves, national parks, and game reserves to reduce highly flammable fine fuels on the forest floor…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Economics, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire Occurrence, Fire Prevention, Fuels, Hazard and Risk, Intelligence, Logistics, Outreach, Prescribed Fire, Regulations and Legislation, Safety, Social Science
Region(s): International
Keywords: Africa, agriculture, arid regions, Baikiaea, Botswana, conservation, crown fires, deserts, ecosystem dynamics, education, environmental impact analysis, fine fuels, fire control, fire damage (property), fire danger rating, fire equipment, fire frequency, fire injuries (animals), fire intensity, fire management, fire size, firebreaks, firefighting personnel, flammability, fuel loading, grasses, ground fires, heat, human caused fires, humidity, hunting, landscape ecology, leaves, litter, logging, mortality, national parks, precipitation, public information, riparian habitats, runoff, savannas, season of fire, smoke effects, soil erosion, soil nutrients, state forests, surface fires, temperature, topography, Washington, water, wildfires, wind
Aquatic toxicity due to the creation and mobilization of chemical constituents by fire has been little studied, despite reports of post-fire fish kills attributed to unspecified pyrogenic toxicants. We examined releases of cyanides from biomass burning and their effect on…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Effects
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: biomass burning, wildfires, ash, air quality, chemical compounds, fishes, pollution, runoff, soil leaching, toxicity, North Carolina, fire management, watershed management, wildlife habitat management, watersheds, cyanide, salmonids, stormwater
From the Conclusion ... 'A comprehensive, mechanistic simulation of wildland fire and ecosystem dynamics across a landscape may not be possible because of computer limitations, inadequate research, inconsistent data, and extensive parameterization. Therefore empirical and…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, 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: bacteria, climate change, decomposition, disturbance, duff, ecosystem dynamics, erosion, evapotranspiration, fire growth, fire injuries (plants), fire management, fuel moisture, fungi, heat effects, humidity, hydrology, ignition, insects, landscape ecology, leaves, litter, mortality, nutrient cycling, photosynthesis, plant diseases, precipitation, radiation, rate of spread, regeneration, roots, runoff, seed dispersal, seed production, smoke behavior, smoke management, soil moisture, soil organic matter, soils, stand characteristics, temperate forests, understory vegetation, wilderness fire management, wildfires, woody fuels
The relationship between charcoal production from fires and charcoal deposition in lakes is poorly understood, which limits the interpretation of sediment charcoal records. This calibration study assessed charcoal particle production, size, and transport during the International…
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Year: 2004
Type: Document
Source: FRAMES, TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Effects, Fire History, Fire Occurrence, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): Alaska, International
Keywords: boreal forest, Canada, charcoal, crown fires, fire regimes, jack pine, Pinus banksiana, black spruce, charcoal deposition, ICFME - International Crown Fire Modeling Experiment, Picea mariana, sediment records, Northwest Territories, age classes, Alnus crispa, Betula glandulosa, Betula papyrifera, C - carbon, community ecology, coniferous forests, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, field experimental fires, fire frequency, fire intensity, fire size, fossils, fuel loading, lakes, Larix laricina, Manitoba, Ontario, particulates, Picea glauca, Pinus resinosa, Pinus strobus, Pinus sylvestris, Populus balsamifera, Populus tremuloides, rate of spread, Salix spp., sedimentation, taiga, statistical analysis
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Fuels, Models, Prescribed Fire
Region(s): International
Keywords: aborigines, agriculture, Australia, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, computer programs, conservation, cover type conversion, diameter classes, distribution, ecosystem dynamics, ecotones, eucalyptus, Eucalyptus microtheca, Excoecaria, fire exclusion, fire management, firing techniques, flammability, floods, forbs, grasses, grazing, ground cover, herbaceous vegetation, histories, humidity, ignition, introduced species, invasive species, land management, livestock, mortality, Northern Territory of Australia, photography, plant communities, plant growth, precipitation, range management, savannas, soil moisture, species diversity (plants), vegetation surveys, wetlands, wildfires, woody plants
The southeastern United States is replete with rich biological diversity in ecosystems ranging from bald cypress bayous and fire-dependent longleaf pine savannas, to high elevation spruce-fir forests. Yet global change will likely impact these systems in numerous ways.…
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Year: 2003
Type: Document
Source: TTRS
Topic(s): Aquatic, Climate, Emissions and Smoke, Fire Behavior, Fire Ecology, Fire Occurrence, Models
Region(s): Southern
Keywords: agriculture, air quality, Appalachian Mountains, bogs, C - carbon, carbon dioxide, community ecology, cover type conversion, droughts, ecosystem dynamics, elevation, everglades, fire frequency, fire regimes, Florida, forest types, climate change, habitat conversion, introduced species, invasive species, longleaf pine, N - nitrogen, North Carolina, Odocoileus virginianus, pH, pine forests, population ecology, precipitation, regeneration, runoff, savannas, soil nutrients, streams, succession, temperature, trees, understory vegetation, wetlands